The latest from football
Romanian footballer Bogdan Stancu, currently playing for the Turkish team Bursaspor, has decided to retire from the national team. 30-year old Stancu is Romanian national team's best active scorer, with 14 goals on his record sheet. Dinamo's midfielder Gabriel Torje is the runner-up footballer in this rankings, with a record of 11 goals.
Bodgan Stancu has made public an open letter, from which we quote: "It is with profound regret that I announce, through this open letter, my retirement from the National Team of Romania. I must admit it was rather hard to make such a decision, but I thought time had come for me to focus more on my career as a footballer with the club I have been signed up by, and, more importantly, to dedicate more time to my family. "
Bogdan Stancu was Romanian national team's only scorer in Euro 2016, the last time when the national squad competed in a final tournament. Stancu scored one goal in the game Romania lost to France, 1-2, as well as another goal, when Romania drew against Switzerland, 1-all.
Striker Florin Andone, currently signed up by the Spanish side Deportivo La Coruña, has been selected footballer of the month in January 2018, by the fans of his team. In favor of Florin Andone went 77 per cent of the 4,594 votes posted on Twitter. Second-placed was Spaniard Adrián, with 15 per cent of the votes, while the Portuguese Luisinho, with 8 per cent of the votes, came in third. In the ongoing season, the Romanian footballer is Deportivo La Coruña's most efficient scorer, with a record of six goals scored in 19 fixtures. We recall that Deportivo transferred Andone in 2016, from Cordoba, for the sum of four million euros. It was the biggest sum of money Deportivo had paid for a transfer up to that moment.
The race for the top position at the helm of the Romanian Football Federation has taken a new turn. Former footballer Adrian Mutu, who at international level is one of the best-known Romanian footballers in recent years, has announced his support for the candidacy of the Federation's incumbent president Razvan Burleanu. At the moment, Mutu is the Romanian Football Federation's sports manager. We recall that entering the race for the Federation's presidency are former footballers Ionut lupescu and Marcel Puscas. (translated by Eugen Nasta)
Useful Links
Copyright © . All rights reserved