Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 6 July 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Chișinău, Moldova | ||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dundee United | ||
Number | 4 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2018 | Zimbru Chișinău | ||
2018–2022 | Cagliari | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022 | Cagliari | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Venezia | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Istra 1961 (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2023–2025 | Istra 1961 | 24 | (0) |
2025 | → Alavés B (loan) | 12 | (0) |
2025– | Dundee United | 1 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Moldova U17 | 3 | (0) |
2021–2024 | Moldova U21 | 18 | (1) |
2021– | Moldova | 4 | (0) |
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 November 2024 |
Iurie Iovu (born 6 July 2002) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club Dundee United and the Moldova national team.
He was raised in the system of Cagliari and began receiving call-ups to their senior squad in early 2022. He remained on the bench on all those occasions. [1]
On 31 August 2022, Iovu signed a two-year contract with Serie B club Venezia and was immediately loaned out to Istra 1961 in Croatia, with an obligation to buy. [2]
He made his debut for Moldova national football team on 15 November 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Austria. [3]