Athlete of the Week on RRI - Footballer George Puscas

athlete of the week on rri - footballer george puscas Puscas scored a hattrick for Reading

Romanian footballer George Puscas had a stellar performance in the match pitting his team Reading against Wigan in the second English league. Puscas scored a hattrick in the game his club won 3-1. Joe Garner scored the first goal for the home side on minute 34. Puscas made it 1-all on minute 79, scoring from penalty kick. A minute later he scored again, and on minute 84 he scored to make it 3-1 for Reading. For his remarkable performance, we have designated George Puscas Athlete of the Week on RRI. George Puscas this Monday was also designated Footballer of the Year 2019 at the Romanian Football Gala.


George Puscas was born on April 8, 1996 in Marghita, Bihor County, northwestern Romania, close to the Hungarian Border. He started to play football for a local club, Liberty Oradea. It was there that he was scouted by Internazionale Milano, who bought Puscas for 600 thousand euros. Puscas completed a training with the club's under-18 team, and then the club board moved him to the A team, although he spent a lot of time as a substitute. He was on loan to Bari for a season, and was close to securing promotion to Serie A. Inter then loaned Puscas to Benevento, a team which this time secured promotion to the first Italian league. He then played for Novara in Serie B. Inter then transferred Puscas to Palermo in Serie B, for a 3-million-euro fee. After the team was relegated to the fourth-tier league, Inter bought back Puscas and transferred him to Reading in Premier League for an overall 10-million-euro fee, marking the most expensive transfer ever made by the English club. And Puscas was worth every penny. This season he scored 6 goals.


George Puscas has 14 caps for the Romanian national team, scoring 6 goals. He made his debut in May 2018, in a friendly against Chile. On November 17, 2018 he scored his first goal for Romania in Ploiesti, in the 3-nil win against Lithuania in Nations League.

(Translated by V. Palcu)



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