Valentin Crețu (footballer)

Valentin Crețu

Crețu with FCSB in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Iulian Crețu
Date of birth	(1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Buzău, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	FCSB
Number	2
Youth career
2001–2007	Râmnicu Sărat
2007–2008	Gloria Buzău
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Gloria Buzău	3	(0)
2009	→ Râmnicu Sărat (loan)	16	(0)
2009–2014	Concordia Chiajna	72	(1)
2011–2012	→ Rapid București (loan)	11	(0)
2013	→ Beroe (loan)	0	(0)
2013	→ Săgeata Năvodari (loan)	0	(0)
2014–2019	Gaz Metan Mediaș	120	(1)
2016	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)	12	(0)
2017	→ ACS Poli Timișoara (loan)	16	(0)
2019–	FCSB	143	(0)
International career^‡
2020	Romania	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 November 2020

Valentin Iulian Crețu (Romanian pronunciation: [valenˈtin ˈkret͡su]; born 2 January 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga I club FCSB.

Club career

Crețu made his Liga I debut in the 2008–09 season in a game played for Gloria Buzău, against Steaua București which ended 1–1.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

Statistics accurate as of match played 15 December 2024.^[1][2][3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gloria Buzău	2008–09	Liga I	2	0	1	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2009–10	Liga II	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	—		—		—		4	0
Râmnicu Sărat (loan)	2008–09	Liga III	16	0	0	0	—		—		—		16	0
Concordia Chiajna	2009–10	Liga II	19	0	0	0	—		—		—		19	0
	2010–11		23	0	0	0	—		—		—		23	0
	2012–13	Liga I	14	0	1	0	—		—		—		15	0
	2013–14		16	1	1	0	—		—		—		17	1
	Total		72	1	2	0	—		—		—		74	1
Rapid București (loan)	2011–12	Liga I	11	0	3	0	—		1	0	—		15	0
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2014–15	Liga I	26	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		28	0
	2015–16	Liga II	6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2016–17	Liga I	36	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		38	0
	2017–18		16	0	3	0	—		—		—		19	0
	2018–19		33	1	1	0	—		—		—		34	1
	2019–20		3	0	0	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		120	1	7	0	1	0	—		—		128	1
Energie Cottbus (loan)	2015–16	3. Liga	12	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	0
ACS Poli Timișoara (loan)	2017–18	Liga I	16	0	2	0	—		0	0	—		18	0
FCSB	2019–20	Liga I	26	0	5	0	—		4	0	—		35	0
	2020–21		29	0	1	0	—		2	0	1	0	33	0
	2021–22		28	0	1	0	—		2	0	—		31	0
	2022–23		17	0	1	0	—		6	0	—		24	0
	2023–24		26	0	3	0	—		2	0	—		31	0
	2024–25		17	0	0	0	—		12	0	0	0	29	0
	Total		143	0	11	0	—		28	0	1	0	183	0
Career total			393	2	26	0	1	0	29	0	1	0	450	2

International

As of 18 November 2020

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
	2020	2	0

Honours

Râmnicu Sărat

• Liga III: 2008–09

FCSB

• Liga I: 2023–24^[4]
• Cupa României: 2019–20
• Supercupa României: 2024

References

1. Valentin Crețu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
2. Valentin Crețu at Soccerway
3. "Valentin Crețu's 2008–09 Romanian Cup appearance". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
4. "FCSB, campioană înainte de Paști! Deasupra tuturor, după 9 ani » Nici "Regele" n-a putut să o oprească". gsp.ro (in Romanian). 27 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Valentin Crețu at WorldFootball.net