Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sorin Cătălin Frunză | ||
Date of birth | 29 March 1978 | ||
Place of birth | Jorăști, Romania | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Left midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Dacia Unirea Brăila (sporting director) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1997 | Oțelul Galați | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Oțelul Galați | 0 | (0) |
1997–1998 | → Dunărea Galaţi (loan) | 28 | (4) |
1999 | → Cimentul Fieni (loan) | 31 | (5) |
2000 | Politehnica Timişoara | 7 | (1) |
2000–2001 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 28 | (19) |
2001–2002 | Jiul Petroşani | 28 | (7) |
2002–2004 | Vaslui | 54 | (28) |
2004 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | (1) |
2005–2008 | Vaslui | 60 | (7) |
2007 | → FC Botoşani (loan) | 15 | (2) |
2008–2010 | Unirea Urziceni | 63 | (5) |
2010–2011 | Rapid Bucureşti | 24 | (2) |
2011–2012 | Oțelul Galați | 14 | (0) |
2012–2017 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 118 | (15) |
Total | 478 | (95) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 February 2017. |
Sorin Frunză (born 29 March 1978 in Jorăști, Romania) is a Romanian former professional footballer who last played for Dacia Unirea Brăila.
Frunză began his career at Oţelul Galaţi, but never made a first team appearance and was released from the club after spells on loan at Divizia B clubs Dunărea Galaţi and Cimentul Fieni. After one six-month spell at Politehnica Timişoara and two one-year spells at Dacia Unirea Brăila and Jiul Petroşani, Frunză moved in 2002 to newly founded Vaslui, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to Universitatea Craiova in the Romanian first division. However, following a dispute between Vaslui and Craiova over $50,000 that the former was to receive from the latter, Frunză returned to Vaslui after only six months. He was appointed team captain and helped Vaslui to gain a historical promotion in Divizia A, after only three years since the club foundation.
On 30 March 2008, Frunză alongside team-mates Silviu Bălace and Daniel Sabou were accused by Adrian Porumboiu of fixing a match against Steaua București. As a consequence, he was relegated to Vaslui's second team and subsequently sold to Unirea Urziceni. He won the first and only league championship of his career with the Wolves, as part of the squad that conquered the season's Liga I title. In 2010, as a result of Unirea Urziceni's decline, Frunză was released and subsequently moved to Rapid Bucureşti. He returned one year later at his youth club Oțelul Galați, but he failed to make an impact. In 2012, he returned for a second spell at CF Brăila in the Romanian second tier.