Dacian Şerban Varga (born 15 October 1984) is a Romanian former professional
footballer who played as a
winger.
Career
Childhood
Varga began his football career at the age of 8, when his father took him at an indoor-football club based in
Deva
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, a neighbour city of
Petroșani. He played for this club until 1996, when he moved at Dinamo Bucharest's youngsters.
Dinamo București
At the age of 12, Varga moved to Dinamo's youngsters. He was trained by two former glories,
Gheorghe Mihali and
Iulian Mihăescu. He became national champion with his teammates before moving to another football club based in
Bucharest
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,
Sportul Studențesc.
Sportul Studențesc youngsters
Varga arrived at Sportul Studențesc when he was 17. Before playing for the senior team, he played until 2003 at Sportul Studențesc youngsters, a well-known Youth Academy in Bucharest and in Romania. When he arrived at Sportul, he had a controversy with his coach, Cornel Jurcă, in his first match for Sportul's second team, and he was relegated to the Youth Team.
The Youth Team coach, Cristian Sava, helped Varga very much, and in 2004, Varga was ready for playing in the Romanian top division, then called
Divizia A
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.
Sportul Studențesc
His first season at Sportul Studențesc found his team playing in
Divizia B. After a good season, the team promoted again in
Divizia A
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. His first match in Divizia A was against Dinamo București, his former club. After playing only eight matches in the first Divizia A season, he became again a first-team player for Sportul in
the 2005–06 season. He scored his first Divizia A goal in a match against
Jiul Petroșani. The second goal came in a match against
Politehnica Timișoara, in 2006. He scored another goal in a thrilling 5–4 victory for Sportul Studențesc against Dinamo Bucharest, beating Dinamo goalkeeper Cristian Munteanu in the last minute. After Sportul Studențesc relegated in the second division, Varga became the star-player of the team, after a lot of first-team players, like
Ionuţ Mazilu,
Stelian Stancu,
Costin Lazăr or
Eduard Stăncioiu left the team. In 2013, after a litigation with Sportul, when unsuccessfully trying to left the team, Varga was declared free agent by
Romanian Football Federation, after 10 years spent here.
Unirea Urziceni
In January 2009, Varga was loaned to
Unirea Urziceni, thus ending a two-year absence from
Liga I
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. He scored four goals, including a winning strike against title contenders Dinamo, as the team surprisingly finished on top of the table.
During the summer of 2009, Varga was in talks with a number of teams, but ultimately returned to the
Ialomița-based team for a one-year loan. Varga made his debut in European competitions in a
UEFA Champions League
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clash against
Sevilla FC on 16 September and scored in a 1–1 draw with
VfB Stuttgart
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two weeks later. It was the first goal ever scored in a European competition by Unirea Urziceni.
CS Universitatea Craiova
On 18 December 2013, Varga joined Liga II club
CS Universitatea Craiova on a free transfer. He was released in March 2015
ASA Târgu Mureș
In June 2015, Varga signed a contract with
ASA Târgu Mureș where he reunited with coach
Dan Petrescu. He played in the first squad in
Romanian Supercup, on 8 July, against
Steaua București, but after the game Petrescu left the club and five days later Varga ended his contract with ASA on mutual agreement.
International career
Dacian Varga is a former member of
Romania national under-21 football team. He made his debut for Romania U21 team in a match against
Turkey U-21 football team, in February 2006. Romania lost the match, and Varga played 60 minutes. The second, and also the last match played by Varga for Romania U-21 football team, was against
Switzerland U-21 football team, a 3–3 draw.
In February 2009, Dacian made his debut for
Romania national football team in a friendly match against
Croatia
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. He came off the bench in the second half as a substitute. He is only the second player in Romania's history to be capped while playing for a second league club.
International stats
Personal life
He is the son of
Ioan Varga, a former player of
Dinamo București and
Jiul Petroșani.
Honours
Sportul Studențesc
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Divizia B:
2003–04
Unirea Urziceni
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Liga I
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:
2008–09
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Supercupa României runner-up:
2009
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Universitatea Craiova
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Liga II
The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...
:
2013–14
ASA Târgu Mureș
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Supercupa României:
2015
References
External links
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Dacian Varga profileat SportulStudentesc.com
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1984 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Petroșani
Romanian men's footballers
Men's association football wingers
FC Sportul Studențesc București players
FC Unirea Urziceni players
FC Rapid București players
FC Kuban Krasnodar players
FC Vaslui players
CS Universitatea Craiova players
ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players
FC Petrolul Ploiești players
FK Bregalnica Štip players
Liga I players
Liga II players
Russian Premier League players
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in North Macedonia
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Romania men's international footballers
Romania men's under-21 international footballers
Footballers from Hunedoara County
21st-century Romanian sportsmen