Ionel Ganea

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ionel Ganea
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Aug 10, 1973(1973-08-10)
Age	51
Birthplace	Fagaras
Country	Romania
Birth City	Fagaras
Horoscope	Leo

Ionel Ganea Biography

Ionel Ganea is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on August 10, 1973 in Fagaras, Fagaras, Romania. Ioan Viorel Ganea (born 10 August 1973) is a Romanian football manager and former striker.

This form won him a move to Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart in the summer of

1999. He remained in Germany for four seasons and tasted UEFA Cup action, but was never a regular starter. He moved to Turkish top flight club Bursaspor in June 2003 on a free transfer, but stayed there for just six months before moving to England.

The striker joined Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in December 2003 after his contract in Turkey was cancelled by mutual consent. He scored three Premier League goals during the 2003–04 season – against eventual champions Arsenal, Leeds and Newcastle – but could not prevent relegation.

He remained with the club for two seasons in the second tier, mostly under the managerialship of Glenn Hoddle. The first of these years was written off after suffering cruciate knee ligament injury on a pre-season tour of Norway. He recovered for the 2005–06 season but never held down a regular starting place, and was released as his contract expired at the end of the campaign.

Ganea made his debut for the Romanian national team on 3 March 1999 against Estonia, scoring both goals in a 2–0 win. He represented his country at Euro 2000 and scored a last-minute penalty against England that took Romania to the quarter finals at the expense of their opponent. He made 45 caps and 19 goals, but his last game was in 2006.

Ionel Ganea Net Worth

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

Ganea debuted in Liga I (Divizia A at that time) with FC Braşov in 1994. He went on to play for a number of clubs in Romanian football over the next five years. He joined Rapid Bucharest in January 1999, where he scored 11 goals in the remainder of the season to fire the club to the league championship. He finished that season with 28 goals overall, making him the leading goalscorer.

During his stay at U Craiova, Ganea was involved in several controversies. Ganea kicked his teammate Cornel Frăsineanu in the mouth, which left him without a few teeth and for a while he had to eat using a straw. Eugen Trică tried to calm him down but Ionel threatened to beat him too so Trică backed off. He also had a fight with Silvian Cristescu who threw a massage table at his head. On 2 May 1998 Rapid București needed to win the match against U Craiova in order to be sure that they win the Liga I title so they agreed with George Ilinca who was U Craiova’s owner to let them win the game. Some players, including Ionel Ganea did not agree to take part in the arrangement, the game ended 2–2 with both of U Craiova’s goals being scored by Ganea, and the title was won by Steaua Bucureşti.

In a match at Euro 2000 against England Ionel was tackled hard by Sol Campbell but the referee did not take any measure against him, so Ionel waited for Campbell to get close to him and when none of the referees were watching he hit him and cussed him: “Motherfucker! Bitch!”. In 2001, he had a fight with the goalkeeper Stelea in a training session that took part before a Romania – Italy game. During the match with the Italians, the striker was one step away from hitting his coach László Bölöni, because he was mad that the coach left him on the bench. While playing for Romania against Scotland in April 2004, he tackled Celtic defender John Kennedy resulting in a knee injury that left Kennedy unable to play for three years. Kennedy has since been forced to retire from professional football as a result of this and subsequent injuries.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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During his coaching period at FC Voluntari after a 1–0 victory against CSMS Iași he had a conflict with a female journalist named Alina Iosub in which he offended and cussed her, she also threatened him by saying that if he comes to Botoșani, he won’t leave there alive.

Facts & Trivia

Ionel Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Romania. Ionel Ganea celebrates birthday on August 10 of every year.