Ciprian Marica

Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Marica 2011-08-03.jpg
Personal information
Full name Ciprian Andrei Marica
Date of birth 2 October 1985 (1985-10-02) (age 26)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Playing position Winger / Forward
Club information
Current club Schalke 04
Number 8
Youth career
19962001 Dinamo Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
20012004 Dinamo Bucureşti 23 (4)
20042007 Shakhtar Donetsk 73 (16)
20072011 VfB Stuttgart 93 (19)
2011 Schalke 04 9 (0)
National team
20032006 Romania U-21 10 (4)
2003 Romania 53 (16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 November 2011.

Appearances (Goals).

National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2011

Ciprian Andrei Marica (born 2 October 1985 in Bucharest) is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team.

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Club career

Dinamo Bucharest

Marica's first professional club team was Dinamo Bucharest, the city in which he was born. He started to gain attention even though he only played 23 games (scoring four goals) in three years with the club.

Shakhtar Donetsk

Ciprian transferred to the Ukrainian top club and played his so far best seasons with them. He gained international experience, getting to play in the UEFA Cup European competition.

VfB Stuttgart

On 23 July 2007, he transferred to German club, VfB Stuttgart, after his former club, Shakhtar Donetsk, rejected another offer, from English team Derby County amongst interest from Manchester City.[2] Marica signed a 5-year contract. Stuttgart sporting director Horst Heldt said: "Ciprian is a very flexible forward, and a permanent thorn in the side of any opposition defence, who fits outstandingly into our team. He wanted to join us desperately."[3]

Marica made his debut for VfB in the Bundesliga on 12 August 2007, in a home game against Schalke 04 (22). In his first season he got plenty of appearances (28), scoring only two goals in those (plus one goal in the UEFA Champions League, which led Stuttgart to their win against the Rangers F.C.).

After this first failed season then-coach Armin Veh mistrusted Marica, giving him only few appearances. Things seemed to get better after the sacking of Veh. New coach Markus Babbel entrusted him to play instead of Cacau, but Marica again failed to impress.

Only after Christian Gross replaced Babbel as VfB coach, Marica got a new chance, mainly profiting by long-time injury of Cacau. This time Marica didn't disappoint his coach, scoring, inter alia, four goals in three consecutive matches. (Two goals in a 20 victory for VfB on 20 March 2010 match in Bundesliga against Hannover 96, the winning goal on 27 March 2010 away at Bayern Munich and the equalizing goal in a 21 victory against Borussia Mönchengladbach on 3 April 2010.)

As of season 201011 he started again to be only the third choice behind Cacau and Pavel Pogrebnyak.

On 12 July 2011, Marica was released from his contract at Stuttgart.[4]

Schalke 04

On 28 July 2011, Marica signed a two year contract with German club Schalke 04.[5] He chose to remain in Germany, despite having offers from Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, and other two French clubs such as Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain.[6][7]

International career

Ciprian Marica

He had scored 16 goals in 53 caps. He made his debut on 16 November 2003, in a friendly game with Italy played in Ancona and won by Squadra Azzurra by 1-0. Marica was introduces in the 81st minute, replacing Daniel Pancu. His first goal for the national team came on 17 November 2004, in a match against Armenia.

On 25 March 2008, he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for the results on Qualifying to EURO 2008 and qualification to UEFA Euro 2008 Group C with Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

He scored his first double for the senior team in a match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 3 June 2011.

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 17 November 2004 Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 10 11 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification
2 2 September 2006 Farul, Constanţa, Romania  Bulgaria 20 22 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
3 7 October 2006 Ghencea, Bucureşti, Romania  Belarus 20 31 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4 15 November 2006 Estadio Ramón de Carranza, Cadiz, Spain  Spain 01 01 Friendly
5 28 March 2007 Ceahlăul Stadium, Piatra Neamţ, Romania  Luxembourg 30 30 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6 17 October 2007 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 02 02 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
7 21 November 2007 Naţional Stadium, Bucureşti, Romania  Albania 51 61 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
8 26 March 2008 Ghencea, Bucureşti, Romania  Russia 10 30 Friendly
9 19 November 2008 Dinamo, Bucureşti, Romania  Georgia 11 21 Friendly
10 11 February 2009 Ghencea, Bucureşti, Romania  Croatia 10 12 Friendly
11 28 March 2009 Farul, Constanţa, Romania  Serbia 12 23 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
12 6 June 2009 Sūduva Stadium, Marijampolė, Lithuania  Lithuania 01 01 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
13 17 November 2010 Hypo-Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria  Italy 10 11 Friendly
14 26 March 2011 Bilino Polje, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 12 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
15 3 June 2011 Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucureşti, Romania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 20 30 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying
16 3 June 2011 Giuleşti-Valentin Stănescu, Bucureşti, Romania  Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 30 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Honours

Club

Dinamo Bucureşti

  • Romanian League: 200102, 200304
  • Romanian Cup: 200203

Shakhtar Donetsk

Career statistics

[8][9][10]

Club League Season League Cup Super Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Dinamo Bucureşti Liga I 200102 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
200203 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 1
200304 10 3 1 1 - - 5 1 16 5
Total 23 4 4 1 0 0 5 1 32 6
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukrainian League 200304 12 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 15 4
200405 16 2 7 0 1 0 5 0 29 2
200506 21 4 1 0 1 0 9 2 32 6
200607 24 6 2 0 0 0 11 4 37 10
Total 73 16 12 0 3 0 25 6 113 22
VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 200708 28 2 3 0 0 0 4 1 35 3
200809 27 4 3 1 0 0 11 5 41 10
200910 25 10 2 0 0 0 6 1 33 11
201011 13 3 2 0 0 0 9 3 24 6
Total 93 19 10 1 0 0 30 10 133 30
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 201112 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0
Total 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 13 0
Career Total 198 39 26 2 3 0 64 17 291 58

As of 19 November 2011 (2011 -11-19)

References

  1. ^ "Ciprian Marica". vfb-stuttgart.de. http://www.vfb-stuttgart.de/en/teams/spieler/2009/ciprian-marica.php. Retrieved 24 October 2008. 
  2. ^ Burt, Jason (19 July 2007). "Eriksson hoping Marica can boost City's firepower". London: independent.co.uk. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/eriksson-hoping-marica-can-boost-citys-firepower-457783.html. Retrieved 19 July 2007. 
  3. ^ "Ciprian Marica signs for VfB". www.vfb.de. 24 July 2007. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/news/2007/11073.php. Retrieved 24 July 2007. 
  4. ^ "Ciprian Marica parts company with VfB". VfB Stuttgart. 12 July 2011. http://www.vfb.de/en/aktuell/meldungen/news/2011/vertragsaufloesung-marica/page/822-0-1-1310540567.html. Retrieved 12 July 2011. 
  5. ^ "Ciprian Marica erhält Vertrag bis 2013" (in German). Official website of Schalke 04. http://www.schalke04.de/aktuell/news/einzelansicht/artikel/ciprian-marica-erhaelt-vertrag-bis-2013.html. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  6. ^ "Blackburn eye Romania striker". mirrorfootball.co.uk. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Blackburn-in-talks-Romania-striker-Ciprian-Marica-are-ahead-of-Marseille-Lokomotiv-Moscow-in-race-for-him-article778199.html. Retrieved 28 July 2011. 
  7. ^ "Marica vers le PSG ?" (in French). L'Équipe.fr. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2011/20110503_085306_marica-vers-le-psg.html. Retrieved 21 June 2011. 
  8. ^ Ciprian Marica, ESPN Soccernet, accessed 5 April 2010
  9. ^ "Ciprian Marica" (in German). weltfussball.de. http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/ciprian-marica/2/. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
  10. ^ "Profile and stats" (in German). kicker.de. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/0/vfb-stuttgart-11/31671/spieler_ciprian-marica.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 

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