Radu Eduard Ciobanu (born 1 September 1975) is a

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 ...

n former

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 played as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categ ...

. Playing in his first years for Aerostar Bacău, Ciobanu was transferred to

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău (also known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or FCM Bacău) was a Romanian association football, football football team, club based in Bacău, Bacău County, Moldavia. Founded in 1950 a ...

, where he played for ten years in the first two football leagues of

. His contract expired in 2004, and spent a year without a team. Ciobanu returned in Romanian football at the age of 30, signing a contract with Politehnica Iaşi.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciobanu, Radu 1975 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players CS Aerostar Bacău players FCM Bacău players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players Footballers from Bacău