Tudor Baluța

Tudor Cristian Baluța (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈtudor kristiˈan bəˈlut͡sə]; born 27 March 1999) is a Romanian professional footballer.

Club Career

Viitorul Constanța

Baluța began his career in native Craiova, joining the Gheorghe Popescu Football School at age 8. Six years later, he moved to Viitorul Constanța's academy. Baluța made his professional debut in the Liga I on 2 May 2016, aged 17, replacing Ianis Hagi in the 54th minute of a 6–1 thrashing of ASA Targu Mureș.

He did not feature in any senior games in the next season as Viitorul won the first league title in its history, but started appearing frequently for the side since the summer of 2017. On 24 August that year, Baluța recorded his European debut in a UEFA Europa League play-off round 0–4 loss to Red Bull Salzburg. On 30 August 2018, he scored his first goal—and the only of the match—in a league win over Astra Giurgiu.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Baluța agreed to a three-and-a-half-year contract with English club Brighton & Hove Albion on 31 January 2019. Baluța was immediately loaned back to Viitorul Constanța for the remainder of the campaign. Press reported the transfer fee at €3 million, which made him the club's most expensive sale at the time, tied with Florinel Coman.

On 25 May, he was a starter and played the full match in the Cupa Romaniei final 2–1 success against Astra Giurgiu.

Returning to Brighton during pre-season following the expiration of his loan, Baluța made the bench for the first time for the Seagulls in a 2–1 away win over Bristol Rovers in the EFL Cup on 27 August 2019 and was named on the bench in a Premier League fixture for the first time in a 1–1 home draw against Burnley on 14 September.

This page also has a version in other languages :  Тудор Бэлуцэ (russian)