Ciprian Deac

Ciprian Deac

Deac playing for CFR Cluj
Personal information
Full name	Ciprian Ioan Deac
Date of birth	16 February 1986 (1986-02-16) (age 25)
Place of birth	Dej, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Winger / Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Rapid Bucureşti
Number	7
Youth career
0000–2004	Gloria Bistriţa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–2006	Unirea Dej	27	(2)
2006–2010	CFR Cluj	67	(4)
2008	→ Oţelul Galaţi (loan)	15	(2)
2010–	Schalke 04	2	(0)
2011–	→ Rapid Bucureşti (loan)	12	(2)
National team‡
2007–2008	Romania U-21	9	(1)
2010–	Romania	11	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 October 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2011

Ciprian Ioan Deac (born 16 February 1986) is a Romanian professional footballer who currently plays for Liga I club Rapid Bucureşti on loan from German club FC Schalke 04.

Club career

Early career

Deac began his youth career at Gloria Bistriţa he mainly played there as striker in the beginning.

Unirea Dej

Deac made his senior debut with Unirea Dej, a lower division team. He spent there two seasons and was already scouted by CFR Cluj, however the club who insisted more was Universitatea Cluj who took him for a trial in the camp from Hungary. He managed to impress, however after spending near two months with "U" Cluj the transfer failed due money problems.

CFR Cluj

He was finally bought by CFR at the end, they were impressed by his skills. Deac signed with them during the 2005–06 season, and made his Liga I debut on 6 August 2006 against Unirea Urziceni in a 4–0 victory. During the 2006–07 season led by coach Cristiano Bergodi, Deac only made eleven appearances for them finishing third place in the Championship. The highlight of his career began in 2007–08 the team's new coach, was Ioan Andone, formerly of Dinamo Bucureşti who won both the Championship and the Cup. Deac has been loaned out during the half-season and went to play for Oţelul Galaţi. Because of his good performances he was preserved in the roster for the 2008–09 season. In the first part of the championship Deac made nine appearances, being more over on the bench, which led him to think about a separation from the club. But with the upcoming new coach Dušan Uhrin, Jr., Deac gave up this plan, receiving assurances that it will be used more. In the 2009–10 season, the team managed to win the league title for the second time in its history, the coach being Andrea Mandorlini said "Deac has grown into an incredible manner, quantitatively and qualitatively". Proof of outstanding quality as player is the most difficult moment of the team and maintain his composure and helping his team to score. So it was in the 2010 Super Cup match, which marked the extension of Deac, saving the team from a shameful defeat, pushing the game into the penalty shootout. After this memorable match, Deac was elected Man of the match.

Oţelul Galaţi

Deac made fifteen appearances for Oţelul scoring two goals. He returned to CFR in the end of the season on celebrating winning the Championship and the Romanian Cup.

Schalke 04

On 27 August 2010, Deac signed for the German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 on a three-year contract.^[1] The reported transfer fee was around €3 million.

International career

Deac was called up for the Romania U-21 team and made his debut against France U-21 on 1 June 2007 the match ended 1–1.

Deac was a part of the pre-Euro 2008 squad, but missed out on the final 23 led by Victor Piţurcă.

He made his debut for the Romania national football team during a friendly match against Israel on 5 March 2010.

Career statistics

Club	League	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Unirea Dej	Liga II	2004–05	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
		2005–06	23	2	2	0	0	0	27	2
		Total	27	2	2	0	0	0	29	2
CFR Cluj	Liga I	2006–07	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
		2007–08	10	0	1	0	1	0	12	0
		Total	21	0	1	0	1	0	23	0
Oţelul Galaţi (loan)	Liga I	2007–08	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2
		Total	15	2	0	0	0	0	15	2
CFR Cluj	Liga I	2008–09	18	2	2	0	2	0	22	2
		2009–10	28	2	2	0	6	0	36	2
		Total	46	4	4	0	8	0	58	4
FC Schalke 04	Bundesliga	2010–11	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
		Total	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
Rapid Bucureşti	Liga I	2011–12	11	2	1	1	4	0	16	3
		Total	11	2	1	1	4	0	16	3
Career Total			122	10	8	0	16	0	146	10

Honours

Player

• CFR Cluj
  • Romanian First League – 2 time winner (2008, 2010)
  • Romanian Cup – 3 time winner (2008, 2009, 2010)^[2]
  • Romanian Supercup – 2 time winner (2009, 2010)^[3]

• Schalke 04
  • DFB-Pokal: - 1 time winner 2010–11

References

1. ^ FC Schalke 04 official website. "Schalke Sign midfielder Ciprian Deac". http://www.schalke04.com/news/single-view/artikel/schalke-complete-deac-swoop.html. Retrieved 27 August 2010. 
2. ^ "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. http://www.cfr1907.ro/ro/stiri/779/cupa-romaniei-ramane-la-cluj-napoca/. Retrieved 14 June 2009. 
3. ^ "Announcement" (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. http://www.gandul.info/sport-miscare/cfr-cluj-castigat-supercupa-romaniei-4697249/. Retrieved 27 July 2009. 

External links

• Ciprian Deac at Schalke 04 website (German)
• Ciprian Deac – UEFA competition record
• Ciprian Deac at National-Football-Teams.com
• ESPN Profile

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Deac, Ciprian
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	16 February 1986
Place of birth	Dej, Romania
Date of death
Place of death