Alexandru_Ioniță_(footballer,_born_1989)
Alexandru Ioniță (footballer, born 1989)
Romanian footballer
Alexandru Octavian Ioniță (Romanian pronunciation: [alekˈsandru oktaviˈan joˈnitsə]); born 5 August 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker.[1]
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Ioniță signing autographs in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alexandru Octavian Ioniță | ||
| Date of birth | (1989-08-05) 5 August 1989 (age 34) | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2005 | Viscofil București | ||
| 2005–2006 | Rocar București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Rapid II București | 23 | (14) |
| 2008–2009 | → Rocar București (loan) | 9 | (4) |
| 2009–2010 | Rapid București | 28 | (10) |
| 2010–2012 | 1. FC Köln | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Rapid București (loan) | 23 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Orduspor | 24 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | AEL Limassol | 13 | (2) |
| 2015 | Voluntari | 4 | (0) |
| 2016 | Farul Constanța | 10 | (0) |
| 2016 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 6 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Aris Limassol | 17 | (4) |
| 2018–2019 | Sportul Snagov | 23 | (10) |
| 2019–2020 | UTA Arad | 34 | (6) |
| 2021–2022 | Rapid București | 14 | (0) |
| Total | 234 | (57) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009–2011 | Romania U–21 | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2022– | Rapid București (youth) | ||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:48, 2 November 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 April 2016 | |||
Ioniţă began his youth career in the summer of 1999, when he joined Viscofil București.
Rapid București
In summer 2006, he was scouted by Rapid București, where he initially played for the reserve team. In 2008, he was loaned to Rocar București for which he scored four goals from nine games.
In February 2010 he was transferred to German side 1. FC Köln for a fee of €2.5 million, but he remained at Rapid București until 1 July 2010.[2]
1. FC Köln
Ioniţă signed a four-year contract.[3] He had limited playing time at Köln in his first season. In May 2011, he suffered a ligament injury in his right ankle which kept him out of action for several months.[4] Therefore, he made only seven league appearances during the 2010–11 season.[5]
In January 2012 after his return from injury, Ioniţă was loaned back to Rapid București for six months,[5] with the Bucharest team having the first option to buy the player for €800,000.[6]
He then moved in Turkey signing a one-year contract with the Turkish side Ordurspor. In 2014, he moved in Cyprus and signed with AEL Limassol. He returned in Romania due to family reasons, where he had spells with Voluntari and ASA Târgu Mureș. On 13 January 2017, he parted ways with ASA Târgu Mureș, citing financial instability of the Romanian clubs.
Club
UTA Arad
- "UTA se întărește pentru Liga 1. L-a transferat pe fostul giuleștean Alexandru Ioniță I" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
- "oniţă a semnat cu FC Koln! Managerul Meier: "Vine din vară"" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 1 February 2010. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- "Ioniţă, 4 ani la FC Koln! Vezi aici toate detaliile contractului!" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 2 February 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- "Alex Ioniţă, dezastru total la Koln! Şi-a făcut praf ligamentele gleznei". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 19 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- "Ioniţă s-a întors în genunchi Rapid!" (in Romanian). puterea.ro. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- Dumitrescu, Flavius. "Oficial! Ionita a semnat pana in vara cu Rapid" (in Romanian). ofsaid.ro. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
- Alexandru Ioniță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Alexandru Ioniță at Soccerway