Gheorghe Grozav

Gheorghe "Gicu" Teodor Grozav (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe teˈodor groˈzav]; born 29 September 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder.

Club Career

Unirea Alba Iulia

Grozav started his career at his hometown club Unirea Alba Iulia, playing his first match in the 2007–08 Liga II season. In the summer of 2009, after two years in the Romanian Liga II, Grozav wanted to score a move away at Standard Liege as a free agent. He was later forced by UEFA to sign for another three years with the club for which he was a junior.

On 1 September 2009, Gicu Grozav made his Liga I debut in a 1–0 defeat against FC Brașov.

Standard Liege

Laszlo Boloni eventually brought Grozav to Belgium in January 2010, signing for Standard Liege for an undisclosed fee, whilst Unirea Alba Iulia retained 15% of the players rights. He got limited playing time in his first two years with the team, only making 15 league appearances.

For the 2011–12 season Grozav was transferred to Liga I team Universitatea Cluj on a one-year loan move. He refound his form here as he helped his team to an eighth-place finish.

Petrolul Ploiești

In the summer of 2012 Gicu Grozav signed a three-year contract with Petrolul Ploiești after a number of his teammates also signed with the Yellow Wolves. On 8 August 2013, he scored the decisive goal against Dutch outfit Vitesse Arnhem in the 95th minute to make sure Petrolul Ploiești progressed to the Europa League last preliminary round for the first time in the club's history. On 25 August 2013, Grozav scored a consolation goal with a superb overhead kick at Swansea City in the play-off.

Terek Grozny

On 28 August 2013 he joined the Russian Premier League side Terek Grozny for a rumoured fee of €2.1 million.

On 2 February 2015, Grozav once again returned to Romania, signing for Dinamo Bucureșt

This page also has a version in other languages :  Георге Грозав (russian)