Gabriel Matei

Gabriel Matei

Personal information
Full name	Gabriel Eugen Matei
Date of birth	(1990-02-26) 26 February 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth	Curtea de Argeș, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Right-back
Youth career
2000–2008	Internațional Curtea de Argeș
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2010	Internațional	37	(0)
2010–2011	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	26	(0)
2011–2015	Steaua București	7	(0)
2015	→ Brașov (loan)	10	(0)
2015–2016	Academica Clinceni	14	(2)
2016–2017	Târgu Mureș	29	(2)
2017	Górnik Łęczna	15	(0)
2017	Zira	10	(0)
2018	Termalica Nieciecza	8	(0)
2018–2019	Concordia Chiajna	14	(0)
2019–2020	Academica Clinceni	29	(0)
2020–2021	Argeș Pitești	8	(0)
2021	Górnik Łęczna	7	(0)
2022	Astra Giurgiu	6	(0)
2022–2023	Filiași	8	(3)
2023	Câmpulung Muscel	6	(1)
Total		234	(8)
International career
2011	Romania U21	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:51, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

Gabriel Eugen Matei (born 26 February 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Club career

Steaua București

Gabriel Matei was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €600,000. Pandurii Târgu Jiu will be receiving also €500,000 from a future transfer fee. ^[1]

His career was marked by multiple injuries, thus he missed almost two seasons while at Steaua, having four surgeries in this period. ^[2]

Zira

On 25 June 2017, Matei signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second year, with Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira FK. ^[3]

Termalica Nieciecza

On 29 December 2017, Matei signed with Polish Ekstraklasa club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza. ^[4]

Career statistics

As of 24 November 2020. ^[5]

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Internațional	2008–09	21	0	?	?	—		—		—		21	0
	2009–10	16	0	1	0	—		—		—		17	0
Total		37	0	1	0	—		—		—		38	0
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2010–11	26	0	1	0	—		—		—		27	0
Total		26	0	1	0	—		—		—		27	0
Steaua București	2011–12	4	0	0	0	—		0	0	0	0	4	0
	2012–13	1	0	1	0	—		1	0	—		3	0
	2013–14	2	0	1	0	—		0	0	0	0	3	0
	2014–15	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Total		7	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12	0
FC Brașov	2014–15	10	0	—		—		—		—		10	0
Total		10	0	—		—		—		—		10	0
Academica Clinceni	2015–16	14	2	1	0	—		—		—		15	2
Total		14	2	1	0	—		—		—		15	2
Academica Clinceni	2015–16	11	0	2	0	—		—		—		13	0
	2016–17	18	2	1	0	3	0	—		—		22	2
Total		29	2	3	0	3	0	—		—		35	2
Górnik Łęczna	2016–17	15	0	0	0	—		—		—		15	0
Total		15	0	0	0	—		—		—		15	0
Zira FK	2017–18	10	0	0	0	—		4	0	—		14	0
Total		10	0	0	0	—		4	0	—		14	0
Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza	2017–18	8	0	0	0	—		—		—		8	0
Total		8	0	0	0	—		—		—		8	0
Concordia Chiajna	2018–19	14	0	0	0	—		—		—		14	0
Total		14	0	0	0	—		—		—		14	0
Academica Clinceni	2019–20	29	0	1	0	—		—		—		30	0
Total		29	0	1	0	-		-		—		30	0
Arges Pitesti	2020–21	6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
Total		6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
Career total		205	4	10	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	224	4

Honours

Steaua București

• Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14
• Cupa României: 2014–15
• Supercupa României: 2013
• Cupa Ligii: 2014–15

References

1. "Gabi Matei contra lui Ronaldo" (in Romanian). gorjexclusiv.ro. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
2. "Coşmarul lui Gabi Matei continuă. Stelistul a avut nevoie de încă o operaţie" (in Romanian). Orice Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
3. "Zirə Qabriel Mateylə müqavilə imzaladı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
4. Защитник Зире уехал в Польшу. azerisport.com (in Russian). azerisport. 29 December 2017.
5. "Gabriel Matei statistics". Soccerway.

External links

• Official FCSB profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 September 2015)(in Romanian)
• Gabriel Eugen MATEI at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Gabriel Matei at Soccerway
• Gabriel Matei at 90minut.pl (in Polish)