Andrei Bădescu

Andrei Bădescu
Personal information
Full name	Andrei Octavian Bădescu
Date of birth	12 February 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1998–2000	FC Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2000	Știința CFR Craiova
2000–2000	→ MAT Craiova (loan)
2000–2002	FC Universitatea Craiova
2002–2003	Extensiv Craiova
2003–2005	Știința CFR Craiova
2005–2005	→ Bellinzona (loan)
2005–2006	"Gică Popescu" Soccer School
2006–2006	Poli Timișoara 2
2006–2007	→ "Marcel Băban" Soccer School Jimbolia
2007–2007	Botoșani
2007–2008	"Marcel Băban" Soccer School Jimbolia
2009–2011	Montreal Impact
2009–2010	→ Trois-Rivières Attak
2010	→ Montreal Impact Academy
Total
Managerial career
2010–2011	UQAM Soccer (GK Coach)
2010–2011	Montreal Impact Academy (GK Coach)
2011–2012	Capital City (GK Coach/assistant)
2012–2014	Kingston (GK Coach/assistant)
2015–	West Ottawa SC (GK Coach)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 March 2018

Andrei Octavian Bădescu (born 12 February 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer whose career was largely played in Romania, with brief stints in Switzerland and Canada.

Player career

Romania

Born in Craiova, Bădescu began his playing career there for Universitatea Craiova in the 1st Romanian League. He played for the Junior Team Group '83 in 1998 and one year later played for Under 21 before being called up to the senior team a few times. In the summer of 2000 he left for Stiinta CFR Craiova in Liga IV, where he played 27 games in the regular season and helped the team get promoted to Liga III.

Two years later he signed with FC Extensiv Craiova in Liga II but played only 4 games. Eight months later he came back to Stiinta CFR Craiova (today Gaz Metan CFR Craiova) in Liga III where he played 35 games and he was named under 21 player of the League (GDS.ro). After one and a half seasons, AC Bellinzona loaned him for half a season but he sustained several injuries and did not play in any official games.

Bădescu returned to the Romania in 2005 when he signed for Liga III team Gica Popescu Soccer School, for whom he played in 30 games. In 2006, Bădescu signed with Poli Timișoara and soon after he got loaned to Marcel Baban Soccer School in the Romanian Liga III where he played 36 games in the regular season and was named Best Goalkeeper of the League. In June 2007, he signed with Botoşani of Liga II where he played 7 friendly games before badly injuring his knee.^[1]

Canada

Bădescu was most recently the 3rd goalkeeper of the Montreal Impact and the 1st goalkeeper of the second team Trois-Rivieres Attak of the Canadian Soccer League with which he won the regular season and the CSL Play-off Final against Serbian White Eagles.^[2] With Montreal Impact he won the USSF D2 Pro League in 2009. On 17 March 2010 he re-signed with the Montreal Impact for two more seasons. He and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract on 17 February 2011 due to multiple injuries.^[3]

Coaching career

2010–2011 UQAM Soccer (GK Coach)
2010–2011 Montreal Impact Academy
2011–2012 Capital City F.C. (Goalkeeper Coach\assistant)
2012–2014 Kingston FC (Goalkeeper coach\assistant)
2015–present West Ottawa SC(Head Goalkeeper Coach)

References

^ Campioana Canadei la fotbal are portar român
^ Attak Profile Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tsiskaridze and Kreamalmeyer Join Impact". 17 February 2011.

External links

[1] Campioana Canadei la fotbal are portar român

[2] Attak Profile Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Tsiskaridze and Kreamalmeyer Join Impact". 17 February 2011.

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