List of most expensive Romanian football transfers

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The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers in Romania, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players in the Liga I.

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The current record is held by Dennis Man, after Parma signed him from FCSB in a deal worth 11 million plus add-ons, on 29 January 2021. [1] The previous transfer record had been held by Nicolae Stanciu since 2017, who was bought by Anderlecht for €9.8 million, also from FCSB. [2] [3]

Outgoing Liga I transfers

Top 25 outgoing Liga I transfers
RYearNameNat.FromToFee
(€ mln)
Reference(s)
12021 Dennis Man Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of Italy.svg Parma €11 [4] [5] [6]
22016 Nicolae Stanciu Flag of Romania.svg FC Steaua București Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht €9.8 [lower-alpha 1] [7] [8]
32013 Vlad Chiricheș Flag of Romania.svg FC Steaua București Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur €9.5 [9]
42020 Valentin Mihăilă Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Craiova Flag of Italy.svg Parma €8.5
52019 Alexandru Mitriță Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Craiova Flag of the United States.svg New York City FC €8 [lower-alpha 2] [10] [11]
62014 Florin Gardoș Flag of Romania.svg FC Steaua București Flag of England.svg Southampton €6.8
72021 Alexandru Cicaldau Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Craiova Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray €6.5
2009 Álvaro Pereira Flag of Uruguay.svg CFR Cluj Flag of Portugal.svg Porto €6.5
2000 Adrian Mutu Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan €6.5
102011 Lacina Traoré Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg CFR Cluj Flag of Russia.svg Kuban Krasnodar €6
2009 Mirel Rădoi Flag of Romania.svg FC Steaua București Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Hilal €6
122024 Florinel Coman Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of Qatar.svg Al Gharafa €5.25
132022 Rareș Ilie Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București Flag of France.svg Nice €5
2011 Gabriel Torje Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București Flag of Italy.svg Udinese €5
2008 Cristian Săpunaru Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București Flag of Portugal.svg Porto €5
2011 Bogdan Stancu Flag of Romania.svg FC Steaua București Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray €5
172008 Ștefan Radu Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo București Flag of Italy.svg Lazio €4.5
2017 Răzvan Marin Flag of Romania.svg Viitorul Constanța Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liège €4.5
2019 Ianis Hagi Flag of Romania.svg Viitorul Constanța Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Genk €4.5
201990 Gheorghe Hagi Flag of Romania.svg Steaua București Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid €4.3
212021 Olimpiu Morutan Flag of Romania.svg Steaua București Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray €4.1
222008 Ionuț Mazilu Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București Flag of Ukraine.svg Dnipro €4
231994 Ilie Dumitrescu Flag of Romania.svg Steaua București Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur €3.7
242013 Rafael Bastos Flag of Brazil.svg CFR Cluj Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Nassr €3.5
252006 Daniel Niculae Flag of Romania.svg Rapid Bucuresti Flag of France.svg AJ Auxerre €3.3

Notes

  1. Initial €7.8 million plus reported €2 million bonuses
  2. Universitatea Craiova general manager Marcel Popescu revealed the transfer fee to be US$9.1 million (roughly €8 million)

Historical progression

YearNameNat.FromToFee
(€ mln)
1982 Marcel Raducanu Flag of Romania.svg Steaua Bucuresti Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund €0.275
1989 Gavril Balint Flag of Romania.svg Steaua Bucuresti Flag of Spain.svg Real Burgos €1
1990 Gheorghe Hagi Flag of Romania.svg Steaua Bucuresti Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid €4.3
2000 Adrian Mutu Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo Bucuresti Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan €6.5
2013 Vlad Chiriches Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur €9.5
2016 Nicolae Stanciu Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht €9.8
2021 Dennis Man Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of Italy.svg Parma €11

Ongoing Liga I transfers

Top 25 ongoing Liga I transfers
RYearNameNat.FromToFee
(€ mln)
12017 Florinel Coman Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Viitorul Constanța FCSB €3
2007 Cristian Fabbiani Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Lanus CFR Cluj €3
32018 Ianis Hagi Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina Viitorul Constanța €2.8
42008 Álvaro Pereira Flag of Uruguay.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Argentinos Juniors CFR Cluj €2.5
52018 Alexandru Cicaldau Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Viitorul Constanța Universitatea Craiova €2.3
2024 Louis Munteanu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina CFR Cluj €2.3
72017 Dragos Nedelcu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Viitorul Constanța FCSB €2.13
82017 Denis Alibec Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Astra Giurgiu FCSB €2.04
92011 Adrian Cristea Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo Bucuresti Universitatea Cluj €2
2008 Bogdan Stancu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Unirea Urziceni FCSB €2
2008 Gabriel Torje Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Poli Timisoara Dinamo Bucuresti €2
2024 Daniel Birligea Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg CFR Cluj FCSB €2
132012 Alexandru Chipciu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Brasov FCSB €1.95
142016 Dennis Man Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg UTA Arad FCSB €1.85
152009 Cristian Tanase Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg FC Arges FCSB €1.8
162008 Dayro Moreno Flag of Colombia.svg Flag of Colombia.svg Once Caldas FCSB €1.75
172022 David Miculescu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg UTA Arad FCSB €1.7
182007 Élton Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians FCSB €1.65
192007 Ionut Rada Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Rapid Bucuresti FCSB €1.6
202022 Andrea Compagno Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg FC U Craiova 1948 FCSB €1.5
2019 Andrei Ivan Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Russia.svg Krasnodar Universitatea Craiova €1.5
2016 Florin Tanase Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Viitorul Constanța FCSB €1.5
2009 Ciprian Tatarusanu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Gloria Bistrița FCSB €1.5
2009 Wesley Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Leixoes Vaslui €1.5
2008 Juliano Spadacio Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Portugal.svg Nacional Rapid Bucuresti €1.5
2009 Alexandru Curtean Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Gaz Metan Medias Poli Timisoara €1.5
2008 Janos Szekely Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Otelul Galati FCSB €1.5
2008 Urko Pardo Flag of Cyprus.svg Flag of Greece.svg Iraklis Rapid Bucuresti €1.5
2008 Juan Carlos Toja Flag of Colombia.svg Flag of the United States.svg FC Dallas FCSB €1.5
2008 Dorin Goga Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj Poli Timisoara €1.5
2006 Ionut Mazilu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Sportul Studentesc Rapid Bucuresti €1.5
2006 Ovidiu Petre Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Poli Timisoara FCSB €1.5

Historical progression

YearNameNat.FromToFee
(€ mln)
1990 Gheorghe Craioveanu Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Turnu Severin FC Universitatea Craiova €0.005
1991 Constantin Galca Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg FC Arges FC Steaua Bucuresti €0.1
1994 Bogdan Stelea Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liege Rapid Bucuresti €0.15
1995 Bogdan Stelea Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Turkey.svg Samsunspor FC Steaua Bucuresti €0.7
2004 Dorin Goian Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg FCM Bacau FCSB €1.3
2006 Ovidiu Petre Flag of Romania.svg Flag of Romania.svg Poli Timisoara FCSB €1.5
2007 Élton Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Brazil.svg Corinthians FCSB €1.65
2007 Cristian Fabbiani Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Argentina.svg Lanus CFR Cluj €3

Highest transfer payments for Romanian players

RYearNameFromToFee
(€ mln)
12024 Radu Dragusin Flag of Italy.svg Genoa Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur €25
22003 Adrian Mutu Flag of Italy.svg Parma Flag of England.svg Chelsea €22.7
32003 Cristian Chivu Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of Italy.svg AS Roma €18
42007 Cristian Chivu Flag of Italy.svg AS Roma Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan €16
52019 Razvan Marin Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Standard Liege Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax €12.5
62019 Dennis Man Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of Italy.svg Parma €11
72019 Andrei Radu Flag of Italy.svg Genoa Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan €10.6
82021 Razvan Marin Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of Italy.svg Cagliari €10
2019 Nicolae Stanciu Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Sparta Prague Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al Ahli €10
2002 Adrian Mutu Flag of Italy.svg Hellas Verona Flag of Italy.svg Parma €10
112023 Radu Dragusin Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg Genoa €9.7
2016 Nicolae Stanciu Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Anderlecht €9.7
132020 Vlad Chiriches Flag of Italy.svg Napoli Flag of Italy.svg Sassuolo €9.5
2013 Vlad Chiriches Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur €9.5
152020 Valentin Mihaila Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Craiova Flag of Italy.svg Parma €9.1
162019 Andrei Radu Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan Flag of Italy.svg Genoa €8
2019 Alexandru Mitrita Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Craiova Flag of the United States.svg New York City FC €8
2006 Adrian Mutu Flag of Italy.svg Juventus Flag of Italy.svg Fiorentina €8
192019 George Puscas Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan Flag of England.svg Reading €7.5
202015 Vlad Chiriches Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur Flag of Italy.svg Napoli €7
2007 Ciprian Marica Flag of Ukraine.svg Shakhtar Donetsk Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart €7
2001 Cosmin Contra Flag of Spain.svg Deportivo Alaves Flag of Italy.svg AC Milan €7
232014 Florin Gardos Flag of Romania.svg FCSB Flag of England.svg Southampton €6.8
242000 Adrian Mutu Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo Bucuresti Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan €6.5
2021 Alexandru Cicaldau Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Craiova Flag of Turkey.svg Galatasaray €6.5

Historical progression

YearNameFromToFee
(€ mln)
1982 Marcel Raducanu Flag of Romania.svg Steaua Bucuresti Flag of Germany.svg Borussia Dortmund €0.275
1989 Gavril Balint Flag of Romania.svg Steaua Bucuresti Flag of Spain.svg Real Burgos €1
1990 Gheorghe Hagi Flag of Romania.svg Steaua Bucuresti Flag of Spain.svg Real Madrid €4
1992 Florin Raducioiu Flag of Italy.svg Hellas Verona Flag of Italy.svg Brescia €4.5
2000 Adrian Mutu Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo Bucuresti Flag of Italy.svg Inter Milan €6.5
2001 Cosmin Contra Flag of Spain.svg Deportivo Alaves Flag of Italy.svg AC Milan €7
2002 Adrian Mutu Flag of Italy.svg Hellas Verona Flag of Italy.svg Parma €10
2003 Cristian Chivu Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ajax Flag of Italy.svg AS Roma €18
2003 Adrian Mutu Flag of Italy.svg Parma Flag of Italy.svg Chelsea €22.7
2024 Radu Dragusin Flag of Italy.svg Genoa Flag of England.svg Tottenham Hotspur €25

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