Adrian Stoian

Adrian Marius Stoian (born 11 February 1991) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. He is noted for his versatility.

Club Career

Stoian started his career at Gheorghe Popescu's football school, which he joined in 2006.

Roma

In 2009, he joined Serie A team A.S. Roma. He made his Serie A debut on 21 March 2009 against Juventus F.C. as a substitute for Mirko Vucinic in the last minutes of the game.

Stoian spent the 2010–11 season on loan at Pescara, but he did not manage to impress due to an injury that sidelined him for good part of the year.

Loan to Bari

On 5 August 2011, Stoian joined A.S. Bari on a season-long loan deal that bring teammates Alessandro Crescenzi and Simone Sini to the team too. In order to formalize the deal, Stoian also signed a new three-year contract with €86,700 annual gross wage.

In December, Stoian had a great game against Brescia, when he scored two goals in a 3–1 victory. On 14 January 2012, he closed the scoring in the 2–0 victory against A.S. Varese. On 11 March, Stoian brought his team the victory, with a last minute goal against Reggina Calcio. He finished an impressive 2011–12 season scoring five goals from 31 games for Bari.

On 22 June 2012, A.S. Bari activated a buy-out clause in his contract for €300K in co-ownership deal and Stoian signed for them. A week later, Roma bought him back from Bari for a fee of €1 million.

Chievo

In the summer of 2012, after an excellent season in Serie B, Stoian joined Chievo Verona in another co-ownership deal for €500,000, in a deal that involved Chievo midfielder Michael Bradley going the other way.

His first goal in Serie A came on 31 October later that year, in a 2–0 home win against Pescara.

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