Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adrian Mazilu [1] | ||
Date of birth | 13 September 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Constanța, Romania | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Youth career | |||
2012–2022 | Gheorghe Hagi Academy | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | Farul Constanța | 35 | (7) |
2024– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
2024 | → Vitesse (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Romania U15 | 4 | (0) |
2020–2021 | Romania U16 | 7 | (2) |
2021 | Romania U17 | 6 | (0) |
2022 | Romania U18 | 5 | (2) |
2023– | Romania U19 | 6 | (2) |
2022– | Romania U21 | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 April 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Adrian Mazilu (born 13 September 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Mazilu made his professional debut for his boyhood team Farul Constanța in 2022, and aided to a national title in his first season as a senior. At the start of 2024, he joined English club Brighton & Hove Albion, which immediately loaned him to Vitesse.
Internationally, Mazilu represented Romania under-21 in the 2023 UEFA European Championship.
Mazilu made his senior debut for Farul Constanța on 9 November 2022, in a 2–0 Cupa României away win over Rapid București; he came on as a 46th-minute substitute for Luca Andronache and scored an injury-time goal. [2] Three days later, he recorded his Liga I debut in a 1–1 draw at Chindia Târgoviște. [3]
On 6 February 2023, Mazilu netted his first goal in the latter competition by opening the scoring in a 2–1 victory over Universitatea Craiova. [4] On 22 April, he took his league tally to six goals after scoring in a 1–0 defeat of title contenders CFR Cluj. [5] Mazilu amassed 19 Liga I appearances during his first season as a senior, as his club won the national title.
On 12 July 2023, Mazilu played his first European game by starting in a 1–0 home success over Sheriff Tiraspol in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. [6] Three days later, Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion announced that it agreed a deal in advance to sign him in January 2024. [7] On 28 July, following Farul's elimination from the Champions League, Mazilu scored in a 3–2 home win against Urartu in the second qualifying round of the Europa Conference League. [8]
On 22 January 2024, Brighton & Hove Albion announced that their transfer of Mazilu had gone through and that he had subsequently joined Eredivisie club Vitesse on loan for the remainder of the season. [9]
Mazilu was selected by manager Emil Săndoi in the Romania under-21 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Championship. [10] He came on as a substitute in the opening 0–3 loss to Spain [11] and in the 0–0 draw with Croatia, [12] as his side finished in last place in its group.
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Farul Constanța | 2022–23 | Liga I | 19 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 7 | ||
2023–24 | Liga I | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 25 | 2 | |
Total | 35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 9 | ||
Vitesse (loan) | 2023–24 | Eredivisie | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||
Career total | 38 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 9 |
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