Dacian Varga

Dacian Varga

Personal information
Full name	Dacian Şerban Varga
Date of birth	15 October 1984 (1984-10-15) (age 27)
Place of birth	Petroşani, Romania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Winger / Forward
Club information
Current club	Kuban Krasnodar
Number	40
Youth career
1994–1997	Mureşul Deva
1997–2001	Dinamo Bucureşti
2001–2004	Sportul Studenţesc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2004–	Sportul Studenţesc	135	(22)
2009	→ Unirea Urziceni (loan)	22	(5)
2010	→ Rapid Bucureşti (loan)	1	(0)
2011–	→ Kuban Krasnodar (loan)	27	(1)
National team‡
2006	Romania U–21	2	(0)
2009–	Romania	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:23, 20 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 November 2011

Dacian Şerban Varga (born 15 October 1984 in Petroşani) is a Romanian footballer who is currently playing for FC Kuban Krasnodar on loan from Sportul Studenţesc. He is the son of Ioan Varga, a former player of Dinamo Bucharest.

Career

Childhood

Varga began his football career at the age of 8, when his father took him at an indoor-football club based in Deva, a neighbour city of Petroşani. He played for this club until 1996, when he moved at Dinamo Bucharest's youngsters.

Dinamo Bucharest

At the age of 12, Varga moved to Dinamo Bucharest's youngsters. He was trained by two former glories, Gheorghe Mihali and Iulian Mihăescu. He became national champion with his team-mates before moving to another football club based in Bucharest, Sportul Studenţesc.

Sportul Studenţesc Youngsters

Varga arrived at Sportul Studenţesc when he was 17. Before playing for the senior team, he played until 2004 at Sportul Studenţesc's Youngsters, a well-known Youth Academy in Bucharest and in Romania. When he arrived at Sportul, he had a controversy with his coach, Cornel Jurcă, in his first match for Sportul's second team, and he was relegated to the Youth Team.^[1] The Youth Team coach, Cristian Sava, helped Varga very much, and in 2004, Varga was ready for playing in the Romanian top division, then called Divizia A.^[1]

Sportul Studenţesc

His first season at Sportul Studenţesc found his team playing in Liga II. After a good season, the team promoted again in Liga I. His first match in Liga I was, irronically, a match against Dinamo Bucharest, his former club. After playing only eight matches in the first Liga I season, he became again a first-team player for Sportul in the 2005-2006 season. He scored his first Liga I goal in a match against Jiul Petroşani,^[2] a team based in his hometown of Petroşani. The second Liga I goal came in a match against Politehnica Timişoara, in 2006.^[3] He scored another goal in a thrilling 5-4 victory for Sportul Studenţesc against Dinamo Bucharest, beating Dinamo goalkeeper Cristian Munteanu in the last minute.^[4] After Sportul Studenţesc relegated in the second division, Varga became the star-player of the team, after a lot of first-team players, like Ionuţ Mazilu, Stelian Stancu, Costin Lazăr or Eduard Stăncioiu left the team.

Unirea Urziceni

In January 2009, Varga was loaned to FC Unirea Urziceni, thus ending a two year absence from Liga I. He scored four goals, including a winning strike against title contenders Dinamo Bucureşti, as the team surprisingly finished on top of the table.

During the summer of 2009, Varga was in talks with a number of teams, but ultimately returned to the Ialomiţa-based team for a one year loan. Varga made his debut in European competitions in a UEFA Champions League clash against Sevilla FC on September 16 and scored in a 1-1 draw with VfB Stuttgart two weeks later. It was the first goal ever scored in a European competition by Unirea Urziceni.

International career

Dacian Varga is a former member of Romania national under-21 football team. He made his debut for Romania U-21 team in a match against Turkey U-21 football team, in February 2006. Romania lost the match, and Varga played 60 minutes. The second, and also the last match played by Varga for Romania U-21 football team, was against Switzerland U-21 football team, a 3-3 draw.

In February 2009, Dacian made his debut for Romania national football team in a friendly match against Croatia. He came off the bench in the second half as a substitute. He is only the second player in Romania's history to be capped while playing for a second league club.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2008-09	FC Unirea Urziceni	Liga I

External links

• (English) Dacian Varga profile at RomanianSoccer.ro
• (Romanian) Dacian Varga profile at SportulStudentesc.com

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Rebelul Varga". Gazeta Sporturilor. http://stiri.kappa.ro/sport/rebelul-varga/stire_56541.html. Retrieved 2006-04-08. 
2. ^ "Mineri repetenţi". Jurnalul Naţional. http://www.roportal.ro/stiri/stirea-313087.htm. Retrieved 2006-03-27. 
3. ^ Andrei Crăciun. "Dacian Varga, Messi din Regie". Evenimentul Zilei. http://www.infonews.ro/article33737.html. Retrieved 2006-04-13. 
4. ^ "Sportul a invins cu 5-4 pe Dinamo si este lider". ProSport. http://www.roportal.ro/stiri/stirea-313087.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-29. 

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Varga, Dacian
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	15 October 1984
Place of birth	Petroşani, Romania
Date of death
Place of death