Ianis Zicu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ianis Alin zicu | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Constanța, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder / Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Dinamo București | 33 | (8) |
| 2002–2003 | → Farul Constanța (loan) | 20 | (7) |
| 2004–2007 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Parma (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Dinamo București (loan) | 40 | (12) |
| 2006–2007 | → Rapid București (loan) | 30 | (13) |
| 2007–2010 | Dinamo București | 39 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Politehnica Timișoara | 30 | (18) |
| 2011–2012 | CSKA Sofia | 15 | (13) |
| 2012–2013 | Pohang Steelers | 15 | (6) |
| 2012–2013 | → Gangwon FC (loan) | 17 | (9) |
| 2013–2014 | Gangwon FC | 27 | (6) |
| 2014 | Petrolul Ploiești | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 30 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Poli Timișoara | 26 | (4) |
| 2016–2017 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 20 | (5) |
| Total | 390 | (125) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000–2002 | Romania U19 | 6 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Romania U21 | 13 | (3) |
| 2003–2011 | Romania | 12 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2011 |
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Ianis Alin Zicu (born 23 October 1983 in Constanța) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Zicu made his Divizia A debut on 14 April 2001, at the age of 17 in a 4–2 win over Gaz Metan Mediaș. He scored his first goal in a 4–3 loss to Astra Ploiești in the 2000–01 season. However, Zicu found first-team opportunities limited, during his four years at the club he was loaned out several times to gain more experience. During his time at the club, Zicu won the Romania league titles twice in 2002 and 2004, the Romanian Cup in 2001, 2004, and 2005 and the Romanian Supercup in 2005.
In January 2004 Zicu joined Internazionale, but club sent him immediately on a loan spell to Parma, as part of the Adriano Leite Ribeiro deal.
Zicu made his Serie A debut for Parma on 21 February 2004 in a 2–1 win against Sampdoria. He was loaned back to Dinamo București in January 2005. Upon his return, Zicu won his second Romanian Cup in 2005. He remained in his country on loan to Rapid București, and would become the team's leading scorer. He added 1 more domestic cup with Rapid in 2007. However, the following season he went back to Dinamo on a permanent deal.
On 21 July 2010, Zicu signed a five-year contract with archrivals FC Timișoara. He made his debut in the Europa League, in the second leg of the third qualifying round against MyPa. He scored the second goal in the 80th minute, MyPa were leading 3–0 at half time. Timisoara had completed an amazing comeback during the second half a stoppage-time equaliser from Marián Čišovský in the 90+2' minute gave Poli the tickets to the competition's play-offs. After the first half of the season, Zicu scored 9 times in 15 matches. He scored twice in the second half of the season against Gaz Metan Mediaș in a 3–1 win. He dedicated his goals to his mother, who had died three weeks earlier of breast cancer. On 5 March 2011, Zicu netted again in a 2–1 away win against CFR Cluj at the Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium. He scored again this time against Universitatea Craiova, in a 4–0 win, and then in a 2–0 victory over Victoria Brănești, becoming the Liga 1 top scorer with 18 goals.
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