Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gabriel Andrei Torje | ||
Date of birth | 22 November 1989 | ||
Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania | ||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Terek Grozny | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
Politehnica Timișoara | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | CFR Timișoara | 8 | (1) |
2006–2008 | Politehnica Timișoara | 37 | (2) |
2008–2011 | Dinamo București | 108 | (17) |
2011–2016 | Udinese | 21 | (2) |
2012–2013 | → Granada (loan) | 34 | (3) |
2013–2014 | → Espanyol (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2014–2015 | → Konyaspor (loan) | 27 | (5) |
2015–2016 | → Osmanlıspor (loan) | 25 | (3) |
2016– | Terek Grozny | 5 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2006 | Romania U17 | 5 | (0) |
2006–2010 | Romania U21 | 24 | (9) |
2010– | Romania | 54 | (11) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 October 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 September 2016 |
Gabriel Andrei Torje (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtorʒe]; born 22 November 1989) is a Romanian footballer who currently plays for Terek Grozny.
He is a versatile right winger with the ability to swap onto the left side of the field during games. Torje was named Romanian Footballer of the Year in 2011.
Torje made his debut during the 2005–06 season for Politehnica Timișoara against FC Argeș and scored on his second match, against Farul Constanța. He was promoted in the first squad by Gheorghe Hagi, manager of Timișoara at that time.
On 15 January 2008, Torje signed a five-year contract with Dinamo București. The reported transfer fee was $2.5 million. He played his 100th match in Liga I for Dinamo on 6 May 2011, in a defeat against CFR Cluj.
On 30 August 2011, he signed a five-year contract with Serie A club Udinese for an undisclosed fee, rumored to be around €7 million. He played his first game in Serie A against U.S. Lecce, on 11 September 2011, even though he had only five days of training with his new team, and he had an impressive performance, suggesting that Alexis Sánchez may not be as irreplaceable as first thought.
On February 5, 2012, Torje scored his first goal in the Serie A in a 3–2 loss against Fiorentina. On March 24, in a game against Palermo he equalized the score in the 85th minute, giving his team a 1–1 draw.