Antonio Sefer

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Antonio Sefer
Antonio Sefer - Petrolul Ploiesti vs Rapid Bucuresti, 13 August 2022.jpg
Sefer with Rapid București in 2022
Personal information
Full name Antonio Valentin Sefer
Date of birth (2000-04-22) 22 April 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Maccabi Bnei Reineh
Number 7
Youth career
2009–2015 Oțelul Galați
2017–2019 Groningen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2016 Oțelul Galați 14 (1)
2019–2023 Rapid București 133 (18)
2023–2025 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 53 (10)
2025Motor Lublin (loan) 6 (0)
2025– Maccabi Bnei Reineh 0 (0)
International career
2016 Romania U15 1 (0)
2016 Romania U16 3 (2)
2016–2017 Romania U17 4 (0)
2017–2018 Romania U18 5 (2)
2018–2019 Romania U19 6 (4)
2021–2022 Romania U21 4 (0)
2021 Romania Olympic 5 (0)
2022– Romania 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 19 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 November 2022

Antonio Valentin Sefer (born 22 April 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Bnei Reineh.

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Club career

On 20 February 2019, Sefer signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Rapid București. [1]

On 12 June 2023, Sefer signed a four-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 23 January 2025, he joined Polish club Motor Lublin on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent. [2]

International career

Sefer was selected in Romania's team for the football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. [3] [4] [5]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 August 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [a] EuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Oțelul Galați 2015–16 Liga II 141141
Rapid București 2018–19 Liga III 123123
2019–20 Liga II26321284
2020–21 Liga II30510315
2021–22 Liga I 28120301
2022–23 Liga I37630406
Total133188114119
Hapoel Be'er Sheva 2023–24 Israeli Premier League 357402 [b] 02 [c] 1438
2024–25 Israeli Premier League183222 [b] 0225
Total53106240216513
Motor Lublin (loan) 2024–25 Ekstraklasa 6060
Maccabi Bnei Reineh 2025–26 Israeli Premier League00005 [c] 252
Career Total20629143407323135

International

As of match played 20 November 2022 [6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
202210
Total10

Honours

Rapid București

Hapoel Be'er Sheva

References

  1. "ANTONIO SEFER ESTE NOUL JUCĂTOR AL RAPIDULUI" (in Romanian). Rapid București. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
  2. Galiński, Tomasz (23 January 2025). "Z Izraela do Ekstraklasy. Kolejny transfer Motoru Lublin". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  3. "Antonio Sefer". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  4. Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  6. "Antonio Sefer". European Football. Retrieved 20 November 2022.