Ionuț Balaur
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaslui, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unirea Alba Iulia | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2003–2006 | LPS Vaslui | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2014 | Vaslui | 26 | (2) |
| 2007–2008 | → Focșani (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2010 | → Otopeni (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 2014–2016 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 29 | (4) |
| 2016–2021 | Voluntari | 142 | (6) |
| 2018 | → Dunărea Călărași (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Mioveni | 55 | (3) |
| 2023–2024 | Argeș Pitești | 8 | (1) |
| 2024– | Unirea Alba Iulia | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 May 2024 | |||
Ionuț Balaur (born 6 June 1989) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga III club Unirea Alba Iulia.
Club career
[edit]FC Vaslui
[edit]Balaur was the only player of FC Vaslui that was born in Vaslui. He made a single substitute appearance for the club in the 2006–07 season. In the following seasons he was loaned to different teams like CSM Focșani or CS Otopeni. At the start of the 11/12 season he returned to FC Vaslui. Despite him being a striker, he was used as a central defender after Papp and Cânu's long–term injuries and FC Vaslui's transfers ban. He made some fantastic games in the Europa League and in Liga I as a central defender and was seen as a future important player for the team. Unfortunately, he suffered an injury in January 2012 that kept him out for 6 months. Following the team dissolving due to financial problems Balaur decided to leave the club.
ASA Târgu Mureș
[edit]In 2014, Balaur signed a two–years contract with the Romanian vice–champions ASA Târgu Mureș being a very constant player for the team reaching Romanian Cup and top standings in the league with his club.
FC Voluntari
[edit]In 2016, Balaur signed a contract with the Bucharest–based club FC Voluntari and becoming an important player for the club becoming the captain of the squad several times during the 2017/18 season.
Argeș Pitești
[edit]In summer 2023, Argeș Pitești announced the signing of Balaur.[1]
Statistics
[edit]Statistics accurate as of match played 11 May 2024[2][3][4]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Vaslui | 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2011–12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2013–14 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| Total | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 34 | 2 | ||
| Focșani (loan) | 2007–08 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 2 | ||
| Otopeni (loan) | 2010–11 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| ASA Târgu Mureș | 2014–15 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 24 | 4 | |
| Total | 29 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4 | |
| Voluntari | 2016–17 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 33 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 1 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Total | 142 | 6 | 6 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 153 | 7 | ||
| Dunărea Călărași (loan) | 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Mioveni | 2021–22 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 26 | 1 | |||
| Total | 55 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 56 | 3 | |||
| Argeș Pitești | 2023–24 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 292 | 19 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 320 | 20 | |
- ^ a b Appearance in the Cupa Ligii
- ^ One appearance in the Supercupa României and two appearances and one goal in promotion-relegation play-offs
- ^ Appearance in promotion-relegation play-offs
Honours
[edit]FC Vaslui
- Cupa României runner-up: 2009–10
ASA Târgu Mureș
Voluntari
References
[edit]- ^ "Bine ai venit, Ionuț Balaur!" [Welcome, Ionut Balaur!] (in Romanian). argesfc.ro. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ a b c Ionuț Balaur at Soccerway
- ^ Ionuț Balaur at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Ionuț Balaur at WorldFootball.net
External links
[edit]- Ionuț Balaur at WorldFootball.net
- Sportspeople from Vaslui
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Liga III players
- CSM Focșani (football) players
- CS Sporting Vaslui players
- ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players
- FC Voluntari players
- FC Dunărea Călărași players
- CS Mioveni players
- FC Argeș Pitești players
- CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen