Gheorghe Craioveanu

Quick Facts

Full Name	Gheorghe Craioveanu
Date Of Birth	Feb 14, 1968(1968-02-14)
Age	56
Country	Romania
Birth City	Hunedoara
Horoscope	Aquarius

Gheorghe Craioveanu Biography

Gheorghe Craioveanu is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 14, 1968 in Hunedoara, Romania. Gheorghe “Gica” Craioveanu (born 14 February 1968) is a Romanian retired soccer player who was striker.

In the summer of 1995, having scored scoring 49 goals over the two seasons he spent with Universitatea, Craioveanu joined La Liga club Real Sociedad, netting 11 times in his debut season. This helped the Basques finish seventh in the table. A year later, he transferred into Villarreal CF which were having their first professional experience. having a career-best Spain 13 goals, but they were immediately eliminated.

After retiring, Craioveanu settled in Getafe (the city of his last club) in Madrid’s metropolitan area. During the local elections of 2007 he won a sports adviser seat on the local council, running as an independent with backing from the People’s Party; this was the first suffrage during which Romanian citizens were eligible in other European Union counties, following Romania’s European integration.

Craioveanu was again a very important attacking unit – 38 games, eight goals – as Villarreal promoted the year after and, already a veteran, helped to the club’s domestic consolidation. In 2002 the 34-year-old signed with Getafe CF of the second level, scoring 16 goals in 120 appearances over the course of four seasons and helping the Madrid team achieve a first ever top-flight promotion in his second year; he retired in June 2006, having appeared in 459 league matches during his professional career and scored a total of 131 goals.

Craioveanu has earned his 25th caps in Romania His debut came on the 8th of September 1993, in an 4-0 victory in the Faroe Islands for the 1994 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign. His sole major competition came at that of the 1998 World Cup in France in which he played a total of 33 minutes during the round of 16 , a 0-1 defeat against Croatia.

Gheorghe Craioveanu Net Worth

Gheorghe Craioveanu is one of the richest Association Football Player from Romania. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gheorghe Craioveanu 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A Romanian international of the 90s. Craioveanu played for the country in 1998’s World Cup.

Craioveanu was born in the city of Hunedoara in Transylvania. After playing for small clubs, he was promoted to Liga I in January 1991 (one month short of the 23rd anniversary of his birth) following his signing at FC Universitatea Craiova. On March 3, the player made his debut in competition with a 0-1 defeat away in a match against FC Steaua Bucuresti, but his team was able to win the national title with three goals in 13 games from the player. During the time he was in Craiova the team never came below fourth. They also took home two domestic cups as well as being named the top scoring player in the league in 1994 and in 1995.

On 16 June 2007, as a result of a local alliance between the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party and Izquierda Unida, which took away PP’s control over the Sports Adviser seat, Craioveanu convened with the PP not to hold a political office, and resigned from the council. He also worked as a co-presenter in La Sexta’s football programme Minuto y Resultado, and a radio commentator on Onda Cero; after his first marriage ended in divorce, he remarried with a Spanish woman named Gemma, and eventually fathered two children, one from each union.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Gheorghe Craioveanu Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gheorghe Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Romania. Gheorghe Craioveanu celebrates birthday on February 14 of every year.

Top Facts about Gheorghe Craioveanu

1. Gheorghe Craioveanu is a retired Romanian footballer.
2. He played as a striker for several clubs in Europe.
3. Craioveanu scored 11 goals in 54 appearances for Romania.
4. He won the Romanian Cup twice with Universitatea Craiova.
5. In Spain, he played for Real Sociedad and Villarreal CF.
6. Craioveanu was the top scorer of La Liga in the 1997-98 season.
7. He also played for FC Basel and FC Wil in Switzerland.
8. During his career, he scored over 150 goals in all competitions.
9. After retiring, he became a football commentator and analyst.
10. Craioveanu was born on January 14, 1970, in Slatina, Romania.