Grozav playing for Terek Grozny in 2016
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gheorghe Teodor Grozav | ||
Date of birth | 29 September 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Alba Iulia, Romania | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Winger / Attacking midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Terek Grozny | ||
Number | 10 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 61 | (14) |
2010–2012 | Standard Liège | 15 | (0) |
2011–2012 | → Universitatea Cluj (loan) | 24 | (6) |
2012–2013 | Petrolul Ploiești | 36 | (10) |
2013– | Terek Grozny | 44 | (7) |
2015 | → Dinamo București (loan) | 11 | (4) |
National team‡ | |||
2009–2011 | Romania U21 | 5 | (1) |
2012– | Romania | 18 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22 April 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016 |
Gheorghe "Gicu" Teodor Grozav (born 29 September 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Russian club Terek Grozny.
Grozav starded his career at his hometown club Unirea Alba Iulia, playing his first match in the 2007–08 Liga II season. In the summer of 2009, after two years in the Romanian Liga II, Grozav wanted to score a move away at Standard Liège as a free agent. He was later forced by UEFA to sign for another three years with the club for which he was a junior.
On 1 September 2009, Gicu Grozav made his Liga I debut in a 1-0 defeat against FC Brașov.
László Bölöni eventually brought Grozav to Belgium in January 2010, signing for Standard Liège for an undisclosed fee, whilst Unirea Alba Iulia retained 15% of the players rights. He got limited playing time in his first two years with the team, only making 15 league appearances.
For the 2011-12 season Grozav was transferd to Liga I team Universitatea Cluj on a one-year loan move. He refound his form here as he helped his team to an eighth-place finish.
In the summer of 2012 Gicu Grozav signed a three-year contract with Petrolul Ploiești after a number of his team mates also signed with the Yellow Wolves. On 8 August 2013, he scored the decisive goal against Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem in the 95th minute to make sure Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the Europa League last preliminary round for the first time in the club's history. On 25 August 2013, Grozav scored a consolation goal with a superb overhead kick at Swansea City in the play-off.