Răzvan Raț
Răzvan Raț in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Răzvan Dincă Raț | ||
| Date of birth | 26 May 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Piatra-Olt, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Rayo Vallecano | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1994 | Rapid Piatra-Olt | ||
| 1994 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1995 | Constructorul Craiova | ||
| 1996 | Sporting Pitești | ||
| 1996 | Cetatea Târgu Neamț | ||
| 1996–1998 | Sporting Pitești | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2003 | Rapid București | 82 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | → FCM Bacău (loan) | 39 | (2) |
| 2003–2013 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 174 | (6) |
| 2013–2014 | West Ham United | 15 | (0) |
| 2014 | Rayo Vallecano | 10 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | PAOK | 30 | (3) |
| 2015– | Rayo Vallecano | 8 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1999–2002 | Romania U-21 | 16 | (0) |
| 2002– | Romania | 113 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:24, 7 November 2015 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 June 2016 |
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Răzvan Dincă Raț (Romanian pronunciation: [rəzˈvan rat͡s]; born 26 May 1981) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Rayo Vallecano as a left back.
Raț's honours include eight league titles (two with Rapid București and six with Shakhtar Donetsk), one Romanian Cup, four Ukrainian Cups, one UEFA Cup, one Romanian Super Cup and three Ukrainian Super Cups. In 2009, Raț came second in voting for the Romanian Footballer of the Year.
Raț is also the captain of the Romania national team. He made his international debut in 2002 and has represented Romania at UEFA Euro 2008. Raț first captained his country in 2005, in a friendly match against Nigeria, in the absence of regular captain Cristian Chivu, and was appointed captain on 2 September 2011. He is the fourth-most capped Romanian international of all time, earning his 100th cap on 14 October 2014.
Born in Piatra-Olt, Raț began his football career when he joined the local team Rapid Piatra-Olt aged seven in a team trained by his father. In the summer of 1994, Raț went on a trial with Universitatea Craiova. He impressed coach Anghel Mităchescu and joined the club's youth system at age 13. When Mităchescu found out that he was going to be released from his duties by club president Rodion Cămătaru, he transferred the entire junior squad at the Divizia B side Constructorul Craiova. Raț's career for Constructorul, however, ended shortly after due to the club's financial problems, in 1995. In the winter of that year, Raț was noticed by Tudorel Stoica, who attended a futsall tournament held in Balș. Stoica wanted Raț to join Steaua București's youth system. Despite both Stoica and youth coach Bujor Hălmăgean being impressed by the young player, Raț never joined Steaua because according to his father, the club refused to pay the youth, Raț being forced to support himself in Bucharest. Taking advice from his former coach Mităchescu, Raț joined Sporting Pitești, the team trained by former international player Nicolae Dobrin. In his first match, Raț was substituted for the last 10–15 minutes of the game after he had scored five or six goals.
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