![]() Grigore with Petrolul Ploiești in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ricardo Florin Grigore | ||
Date of birth | 7 April 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2007 | Galaxy Team București | ||
2007–2018 | Dinamo București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2024 | Dinamo București | 97 | (5) |
2022–2023 | → FC U Craiova (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2023 | → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2024–2025 | Eldense | 2 | (1) |
International career | |||
2016 | Romania U17 | 2 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Romania U19 | 2 | (0) |
2018–2021 | Romania U21 | 5 | (0) |
2021 | Romania Olympic | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024 |
Ricardo Florin Grigore (born 7 April 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.
Born in Bucharest, Grigore joined the academy of Dinamo București at age eight. On 3 April 2018, shortly before turning 19, he made his professional debut in a 1–0 Liga I away victory over Botoșani. [1]
On 15 July 2022, following Dinamo București's relegation to the Liga II, FC U Craiova announced the signing of Grigore on a three-year contract, [2] although it was later revealed to be a loan. On 9 March 2023, after terminating his deal with FC U Craiova, he signed a contract until the end of the season with fellow Liga I team Petrolul Ploiești. [3]
Grigore returned to Dinamo for the 2023–24 season, but after only seven games played, he was released at the end of the year. [4] On 7 August 2024, he signed a one-year deal with Spanish Segunda División side CD Eldense. [5] Grigore was released from his Eldense contract on 3 February 2025. [6]
In June 2021, Grigore was selected by manager Mirel Rădoi in Romania's squad for the postponed 2020 Summer Olympics. [7]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Dinamo București | 2017–18 | Liga I | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 6 | 1 | |
2018–19 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 28 | 2 | ||||
2019–20 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 22 | 3 | ||||
2020–21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 24 | 1 | ||||
2021–22 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 [a] | 0 | 12 | 1 | |||
Total | 97 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 114 | 8 | ||
FC U Craiova (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga I | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 13 | 0 | ||
Petrolul Ploiești (loan) | 2022–23 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | 3 | 0 | |||
Eldense | 2024–25 | Segunda División | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 112 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 9 |
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