Raul Rusescu
Raul Rusescu in June 2014
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| Full name | Raul Andrei Rusescu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 9 July 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position |
Striker Attacking midfielder |
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Current team
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Osmanlıspor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2004 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | Unirea Urziceni | 87 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | → Dunărea Giurgiu (loan) | 31 | (13) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | → Otopeni (loan) | 20 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Steaua București | 65 | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2015 | Sevilla | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | → Braga (loan) | 13 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | → Steaua București (loan) | 21 | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015– | Osmanlıspor | 36 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2006–2007 | Romania U19 | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Romania U21 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012– | Romania | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honours
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 December 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 March 2016 |
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Raul Andrei Rusescu (born 9 July 1988 in Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a Romanian footballer who plays for Turkish club Osmanlıspor and the Romania national team as an attacking midfielder.
At the age of 7 Rusescu was spotted by Cristi Bora at a trial and brought to Râmnicu Vâlcea. As a youth he tore open his calf when he fell out of a bus, and then subsequently broke his tibia falling down on ice. Here he was a group teammate with later Steaua București colleague Mihai Costea. Although he went through the youth systems of CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in 2005 the then coach of the team, Adrian Furnică, decided that the player doesn't have value and that he is not likely to grow.
In 2005 he was brought to Liga II side Unirea Urziceni under the command of Dan Petrescu. He had limited playing time in his first year with the team while they earned promotion to the Liga I.
His team now being in the first tier of Romanian football he was loaned to Dunărea Giurgiu. Although not 18 yet, he quickly became a starter and finished the season with 13 goals overall. For the 2007–08 season he was again loaned to Liga II team CS Otopeni. He helped the gain promotion to the Liga I by scoring four goals in 20 games.
In his first year in Liga I with Unirea Urziceni he helped his team win the 2008–09 league title, earning a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. He finished the season with five goals scored from 23 games.
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