Radu Eduard Ciobanu (born 1 September 1975) is a

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

n former

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who played as a

centre back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

. Playing in his first years for

Aerostar Bacău Aerostar S.A. is an aeronautical manufacturing company based in Bacău, Romania. History Since its establishment in 1953, the company's name has changed numerous times in turn from ''U.R.A.'' to ''I.R.Av'', ''I.Av''. and finally ''Aerostar''. ...

, Ciobanu was transferred to

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club fro ...

, 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 footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players CS Aerostar Bacău players FCM Bacău players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players Sportspeople from Bacău