Raul Ciupe

Raul Ciupe
Personal information
Full name	Raul Axente Ciupe
Date of birth	24 November 1983 (age 40)
Place of birth	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right back / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2004	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2004–2011	Sportul Studențesc
2011–2012	FC Brașov
2012–2015	Universitatea Cluj
2015	Viitorul Constanța
2016	Universitatea Cluj
2016–2021	Sănătatea Cluj
Total
International career‡
2004–2005	Romania U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:24, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Raul Axente Ciupe (born 24 November 1983) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a right back or midfielder for teams such as Sportul Studențesc, Universitatea Cluj or Sănătatea Cluj, among others.

Career

After playing for Gaz Metan Mediaș in Divizia B, Ciupe made his top-flight debut on 31 July 2004 as a Sportul Studențesc player, in a match against Unirea Alba-Iulia.

Playing for the Romania national under-21 football team in a match against Macedonia, he was fouled by Goran Popov and suffered a broken tibia.^[1] Minutes earlier, another Macedonian player, Hristijan Kirovski, was sent off after also fouling Ciupe. The right-back completely missed the 2005–2006 season because of the injury.

Ciupe played seven years for Sportul Studențesc before joining FC Brașov in November 2011.^[2] In June 2012 he was transferred by his hometown team Universitatea Cluj^[3] for whom he managed to score his first goals in Liga I, against Astra Ploiești and the local rivals from CFR Cluj.^[4]

References

^ Evidence of Raul Ciupe's injury
^ "Primul transfer al lui Şumudică la Braşov! "Joacă pe postul de fundaş dreapta, este un jucător cu calitaţi, care ne poate ajuta"" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^ "Raul Ciupe se întoarce acasă" (in Romanian). napocanews.ro. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
^ "Raul Ciupe, omul care a schimbat istoria pentru "U": "Pentru clipa asta m-am apucat de fotbal"" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

External links

Profile on Universitatea Cluj official site
Raul Ciupe at Soccerway
Raul Ciupe at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[1] Evidence of Raul Ciupe's injury

[2] "Primul transfer al lui Şumudică la Braşov! "Joacă pe postul de fundaş dreapta, este un jucător cu calitaţi, care ne poate ajuta"" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

[3] "Raul Ciupe se întoarce acasă" (in Romanian). napocanews.ro. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

[4] "Raul Ciupe, omul care a schimbat istoria pentru "U": "Pentru clipa asta m-am apucat de fotbal"" (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 24 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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