Alexandru Maxim
Maxim training for VfB Stuttgart in 2013
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexandru Iulian Maxim | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Piatra Neamț, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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VfB Stuttgart | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2004 | Olimpia Piatra Neamț | ||
| 2004–2007 | Ardealul Cluj | ||
| 2007–2009 | Espanyol | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2009–2011 | Espanyol B | 26 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Badalona (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 44 | (9) |
| 2013– | VfB Stuttgart | 110 | (13) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011–2012 | Romania U21 | 3 | (0) |
| 2012– | Romania | 27 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 May 2016 |
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Alexandru "Alex" Iulian Maxim (born 8 July 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for German club VfB Stuttgart and the Romania national team as an attacking midfielder or a winger.
He played youth football for Olimpia Piatra Neamț and Ardealul Cluj before joining Espanyol in Spain, making his debut as a professional for their reserve team. He returned to Romania with Pandurii Târgu Jiu before transferring abroad again to VfB Stuttgart in 2013.
Maxim has been a full international for Romania since 2012, earning over 20 caps.
Maxim started his football career with local side Olimpia Piatra Neamț when he was seven years old before joining Ardealul Cluj in 2004, sharing teams at some point with Mihai Răduț and Vlad Chiricheș.
Aged 17, Maxim moved to Spain with Espanyol. About his accommodation in the country, he said that "it was not very easy". After progressing through the club's academy, he then played for the reserves in the Segunda División B. During the 2010–11 campaign, Maxim was loaned to Badalona.
On 9 August 2011, Maxim returned to Romania to sign a one-year contract with Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
Maxim made his debut in the Liga I on 12 September 2011, coming on as a late substitute in a 5–1 win over Mioveni, and scored his first goal for the club on 18 December in a 1–1 draw with Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. He netted his second on 31 March 2012, in a 1–1 draw against Steaua București. Maxim later scored two more goals against Oțelul Galați and Concordia Chiajna respectively. Despite being absent on some occasions, Maxim finished his first season at the club with four goals in 28 appearances all competitions comprised.
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