Gheorghe Bucur

Gigel Bucur
	Bucur playing for Romania in September 2009
Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Bucur
Date of birth	8 April 1980 (age 43)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Winger, striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1998–2005	Sportul Studenţesc
2005–2010	Politehnica Timișoara
2010–2016	Kuban Krasnodar
2017	Sportul Studenţesc
Total
International career
2001	Romania U-21
2005–2013	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated March 08, 2024

Gheorghe "Gigel" Bucur (born 8 April 1980) is a Romanian former football player. He played as a short and speedy forward.

Club career

Before joining Politehnica, Bucur had only played for Sportul Studenţesc, where he appeared in 169 matches and scored 76 goals in the first two Romanian leagues. He made his debut in the Divizia A during the 2001–02 season. After winning the title of Romanian top league goal scorer of the Divizia A in 2006, he was transferred to Timișoara, for a rumored sum of US$800,000.^[1] Sorin Rădoi also came to Poli as part of that deal.

In the autumn of 2009 he scored a brace in the Third Champions League Qualifying Round to help Timișoara knockout Shakhtar Donetsk.^[2]

On 3 February 2010, he signed a 3-year contract with Russian club Kuban Krasnodar for a fee worth $1.8 million.^[3]

International career

Gigel Bucur first played for the Romania national team in 2005 and amassed twenty six appearances until 2013, scoring four goals, including a brace against Armenia for the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.^[4]

On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	8 June 2005	Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Armenia	2–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2	8 June 2005	Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Armenia	3–0	3–0	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
3	9 September 2009	Ghencea, București, Romania	Austria	1–0	1–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
4	14 October 2009	Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania	Faroe Islands	2–0	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification

Career statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sportul Studențesc	1998–99	16	2	0	0	0	0	16	2
	1999–2000	28	6	0	0	0	0	28	6
	2000–01	27	4	5	1	0	0	32	5
	2001–02	29	12	2	1	0	0	31	13
	2002–03	12	2	0	0	0	0	12	2
	2003–04	28	29	0	0	0	0	28	29
	2004–05	29	21	2	1	0	0	29	22
Total		169	76	9	3	0	0	178	79
Timișoara	2005–06	20	2	2	1	0	0	22	3
	2006–07	29	9	4	2	0	0	33	11
	2007–08	28	16	2	1	0	0	30	17
	2008–09	31	17	4	2	2	1	37	20
	2009–10	16	8	0	0	6	3	22	11
Total		124	52	12	6	8	4	144	62
Kuban Krasnodar	2010	31	9	0	0	0	0	31	9
	2011–12	39	6	1	0	0	0	40	6
	2012–13	21	4	2	0	0	0	23	4
	2013–14	28	6	0	0	6	1	34	7
	2014–15	24	3	3	0	0	0	27	3
	2015–16	15	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
Total		158	28	7	0	6	1	171	29
Career Total		451	156	28	9	14	5	493	170

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 May 2016

Honours

Club

Sportul Studenţesc

Liga II: 2000–01

Kuban Krasnodar

Russian National Football League: 2010

Individual

Divizia A Golden Boot : 2004–05, 2008–09

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References

↑ "Azi" article Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Gigel Bucur, despre dubla cu Sahtior". roportal.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
↑ "Главные спортивные новости на сегодня | Последние новости спорта в России и мире".
↑ "Romania-Armenia 3-0". hotnews.ro. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

External links

Gheorghe Bucur at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Gheorghe Bucur at Soccerway

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[1] "Azi" article Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Gigel Bucur, despre dubla cu Sahtior". roportal.ro. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

[3] "Главные спортивные новости на сегодня | Последние новости спорта в России и мире".

[4] "Romania-Armenia 3-0". hotnews.ro. 9 June 2005. Retrieved 8 August 2014.

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