Eugen Trică
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eugen Trică | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unirea Urziceni | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1994 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1998 | Universitatea Craiova | 91 | (14) |
| 1998–2003 | Steaua Bucureşti | 130 | (21) |
| 2003–2005 | Litex Lovech | 54 | (22) |
| 2005 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 10 | (1) |
| 2005–2007 | CSKA Sofia | 34 | (17) |
| 2007–2009 | CFR Cluj | 46 | (15) |
| 2009 | Anorthosis | 12 | (2) |
| 2009 | CFR Cluj | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Universitatea Craiova | 16 | (2) |
| 2010– | Concordia Chiajna | 25 | (8) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1999–2007 | Romania | 4 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 13 March 2010 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 November 2007 (UTC) | |||
Eugen Trică (born August 5, 1976) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Club career
Trică started his career at Universitatea Craiova as a youth, being promoted in the first team in 1995.
He then joined Steaua Bucureşti in 1998, winning the championship in 2001.
Litex Lovech was the third club Trică played for, after being transferred in 2003, then after two years he joined the squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv but after only few months he returned to Bulgaria, this time at PFC CSKA Sofia.
In May 2007, Trică returned to Romania after he could not agree on a contract with CSKA, signing with CFR Cluj. At Cluj he was part of the team that won for the first time in the club's history the championship and the cup in 2008, playing in Champions League.
He moved in 2009 to Cyprus first division at Anorthosis Famagusta FC, just after the team was eliminated from Champions League group stage. However, after the end of the season, he returned to Cluj.
In 25 August 2009, Eugen Trică signed to the first love Universitatea Craiova.
International career
He was one of the best players of the national U21 team, but has only four caps for Romania.
Personal life
Trică is married to Lorena, daughter of Ilie Balaci, one of the best Romanian football players from the past.
Honours
Player
Universitatea Craiova
- Romanian League: Runner-up 1994–95
- Romanian Cup: Runner-up 1997-98
- Steaua Bucureşti:
- Romanian League: 2000–01
- Romanian Super Cup: 2000–01
Litex Lovech:
- Bulgarian Cup: 2003-04
- CSKA Sofia:
- Bulgarian League: Runner-up 2005-06, 2006–07
- Bulgarian Cup: 2005-06
- Bulgarian Super Cup: 2006
- CFR Cluj:
- Romanian League: 2007–08
- Romanian Cup: 2007-08
- Romanian Super Cup: 2009
External links
- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Craiova
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Association football midfielders
- FC Universitatea Craiova players
- FC Steaua Bucureşti players
- PFC CSKA Sofia players
- Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- PFC Litex Lovech players
- FC CFR Cluj players
- Anorthosis Famagusta players
- Bulgarian A Professional Football Group players
- Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Romanian expatriates in Bulgaria
- Liga I players