Alexandru Pantea
Pantea with FCSB in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexandru Grigoraș Pantea | ||
Date of birth | 11 September 2003 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | FCSB | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2020 | FCSB | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020– | FCSB | 44 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Hermannstadt (loan) | 28 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | Romania U16 | 4 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Romania U17 | 7 | (0) |
2021 | Romania U18 | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | Romania U19 | 14 | (3) |
2022 | Romania U20 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Romania U21 | 10 | (0) |
2022– | Romania | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 November 2023 |
Alexandru Grigoraș Pantea (born 11 September 2003) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga I club FCSB.
Club career
A youth exponent of his hometown side FCSB, Pantea made his professional debut by starting in a 2–2 Liga I draw with Gaz Metan Mediaș on 21 June 2020. In the process, he became the first player born in 2003 to play in the top flight.[1]
On 7 July 2021, Pantea was sent out on loan to Liga II team Hermannstadt for an undisclosed period.[2] He featured in 28 matches and gained Liga I promotion, before returning to his parent club in the summer of 2022.[3]
International career
Pantea made his full debut for Romania on 20 November 2022, aged 19, after coming on for Cristian Manea in the 70th minute of a 5–0 away thrashing of Moldova. The next year, he was selected in the Romania under-21 squad for the 2023 UEFA European Championship.[4]
Style of play
A full-back, Pantea's ambidexterity makes him capable of operating on both the left and the right sides of the field.[1]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 11 February 2024[5]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
FCSB | 2019–20 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Liga I | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | — | 24 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Liga I | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 0 | ||
2024–25 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 44 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | ||
Hermannstadt (loan) | 2021–22 | Liga II | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||
Career total | 72 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 0 |
- ^ Appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
- As of match played 20 November 2022[6]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Romania | |||
2022 | 1 | 0 | |
Total | 1 | 0 |
Honours
FCSB[5]
References
- ^ a b "Alexandru Pantea, marea surpriză de la FCSB! Primul jucător născut în 2003 care evoluează în Liga 1" [Alexandru Pantea, FCSB's big surprise! The first player born in 2003 to play in Liga 1] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 21 June 2020. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Bine ai venit la #FCH, Alexandru Pantea!" [Welcome to #FCH, Alexandru Pantea!] (in Romanian). FC Hermannstadt. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
- ^ "Alexandru Pantea se întoarce la FCSB din vară. Mihai Stoica: "Se va lupta pentru un loc de titular"" [Alexandru Pantea will return to FCSB in the summer. Mihai Stoica: "He will fight for a place as a starter"] (in Romanian). Prima Sport. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
- ^ "U21 la EURO 2023 | VIDEO: Ei sunt ROMÂNIA U21 pentru Campionatul European!" [U21 at EURO 2023 | VIDEO: They are ROMANIA U21 for the European Championship!] (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ a b Alexandru Pantea at Soccerway. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ^ "Alexandru Pantea". European Football. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
- Alexandru Pantea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- FCSB official profile (in Romanian)
- 2003 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bucharest
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Liga III players
- FCSB players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- Romania men's youth international footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Romanian football defender stubs