Adrian Gheorghe Șut (; born 30 April 1999) is a Romanian professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who plays as a

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for

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

club

FCSB Fotbal Club FCSB (), formerly named and still sometimes referred to as FC Steaua București, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the Liga I, the top flight of the Romanian football le ...

and the Romania national team.

Club career

Early career

Born in

Cociuba Mare Cociuba Mare () is a commune in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to t ...

Bihor County Bihor County (, ) is a county (județ) in western Romania. With a total area of , Bihor is Romania's 6th largest county geographically and the main county in the historical region of Crișana. Its capital city is Oradea (Nagyvárad). Toponymy ...

, Șut played youth football for local side Izvorul, Liberty Salonta, and ASA Târgu Mureș. He registered his professional debut for the latter on 2 May 2016, aged 17, in a 1–6 away

loss to Viitorul Constanța. Șut went on to represent Unirea Jucu,

Pandurii Târgu Jiu The uprising of 1821 was a social and political rebellion in Wallachia, which was at the time a tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. It originated as a movement against the Phanariote administration, with backing from the more conservative b ...

, and

Academica Clinceni Club Sportiv LPS HD Clinceni, commonly known as Clinceni and formerly as ''Academica Clinceni'', is a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Clinceni, Ilfov County, currently playing in the Liga IV - Ilfov Cou ...

in the lower leagues, before returning to the top flight by signing for

in the summer of 2019. He was immediately loaned back to Clinceni for one season.

FCSB

Șut made his debut for FCSB on 24 September 2020, starting in a 0–2 loss to Slovan Liberec in the

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. He amassed 27 appearances during his first campaign in Bucharest, of which 24 in the national league. His first goal for the ''Roș-albaștrii'' came on 28 November 2021, in a 3–2 away defeat of title contenders Universitatea Craiova. On 22 May 2022, Șut scored twice in a 3–1 win over

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

, which had mathematically clinched the Liga I trophy the previous fixture.

International career

On 7 June 2024, Șut was selected in

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

's squad for the

UEFA Euro 2024 The 2024 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2024 (stylised as UEFA EURO 2024) or simply Euro 2024, was the 17th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international Association football, football champ ...

, but did not feature in any match.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

FCSB *

: 2023–24, 2024–25 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

Individual *Liga I Team of the Season: 2022–23, 2024–25

References

External links

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FCSB official profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sut, Adrian 1999 births Living people Footballers from Bihor County Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders CF Liberty Oradea players Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players LPS HD Clinceni players FCSB players UEFA Euro 2024 players 21st-century Romanian sportsmen