Paul Papp
Papp lining up for Romania in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Papp | ||
| Date of birth | 11 November 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Dej, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Right back / Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Karabükspor | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2006 | Luceafărul Dej | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2008 | Unirea Dej | 38 | (3) |
| 2008–2009 | Botoșani | 14 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Vaslui | 74 | (6) |
| 2009–2010 | → Farul Constanța (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 2012–2014 | Chievo Verona | 14 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Astra Giurgiu (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2014 | → Steaua București (loan) | 10 | (2) |
| 2015–2016 | Steaua București | 27 | (1) |
| 2016–2017 | Wil | 16 | (3) |
| 2017– | Karabükspor | 9 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2007 | Romania U-19 | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Romania U-21 | 9 | (1) |
| 2011–2015 | Romania | 18 | (3) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2015 |
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Paul Papp (born 11 November 1989 in Dej) is a Romanian footballer, who plays for Karabükspor and Romanian national team. Although primarily a central defender, when needed he operates as a right back.
Born in Dej, Papp started out playing for hometown team Unirea.
In June 2008, Papp and team mate Adrian Boroştean were signed by FC Botoşani. At age 18, he wore the captain's armband, right on his league debut for his new team. He led his team to a 2–1 win against Dunărea Giurgiu. Two months later he led his team to a historical qualification to Romanian Cup's eighth finals, the highest performance for the past 20 years for Botoşani. Despite his team's up and down half season, Papp was voted the best central defender from Liga II by the reader of liga2.ro website In mid-2009 rumours began circulating that the club were in dire financial trouble and that new manager Alin Bejan would be forced to part with his star players for a substantial amount of cash. Although he was not on the transfer list, following his solid performances for Botoşani, many Liga I clubs linked the young defender.
In February 2009, Papp and team mate Marius Ştefoi were signed by Vaslui that acquired 85% of the players rights. Papp made his Vaslui first-team debut on 17 May 2009 in a match against CS Otopeni as a late substitute for Marko Ljubinković. Struggling to find himself in Vaslui's first-team, on 9 September Papp was loaned out to Farul Constanţa in order to gain experience. Papp's career began to take-off when he was recalled from his loan due to his progress at Farul and was pushed into the first-team. On 1 February 2010, Papp was seen as a straight replacement for Dinamo captain Tamaş, after his departure, but Marius Lăcătuş rejected any offer for the young defender. On 21 February, he was in the startup team against Gaz Metan Mediaş, being handed the no. 3 shirt. On 22 March, he scored his first three-points goal for Vaslui, against Rapid Bucureşti. He scored his second goal on 10 May in a 2–1 win against Steaua Bucureşti, Papp scoring Vaslui's second 8 minutes until the final whistle. He missed a single match during the 2009–10 campaign, due to yellow card accumulation, and helped his team reaching the 3rd place in Liga I, and the Romanian Cup final, eventually lost at the penalty shootout. He played 120 full minutes, on 26 May, against CFR Cluj in the Romanian Cup final, and he was declared the Man of the Match by the Romanian Football Federation.
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