Valentin Vasile Badea (born 23 October 1982) is a Romanian former professional

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er who played as a

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Career

Badea was born in

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. *On 2001 Jiul bought Badea for €1,000 from Rulmentul Alexandria. *Prior to 2006, when Badea joined Steaua București, he also played for Rulmentul Alexandria,

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and

FC Vaslui Fotbal Club Vaslui, commonly known as FC Vaslui, or simply as Vaslui (), was a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and dissolved in 2014. Its official club colours were yellow and green, hence t ...

. *He was discovered by

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while he was playing for Rulmentul Alexandria in

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's third division and where Badea was the team's top goalscorer. Sdrobiş then brought him to

, and then to

where he was the coach. *In 2006 Steaua paid €1,000,000 for Badea. *On 23 August 2006 he has scored two goals in the match against

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, in the third qualifying round of

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, goals which sent Steaua București into the group stage after ten years of absence. *On 20 December 2009, he was released from

FC Universitatea Craiova FCU 1948 Craiova Fotbal Club, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or simply FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, that competes in the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian league system. FC U ...

. *On 24 February 2010, he signed with

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. Badea's last contract was with

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team

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

Political career

Badea was elected as

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in 2024, as a member of the

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Career statistics

Honours

FC Vaslui *

: 2004–05

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Badea, Valentin 1982 births 21st-century Romanian politicians Living people People from Alexandria, Romania Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards CSM Alexandria footballers CSM Jiul Petroșani players FCSB players FCSB II players FC Vaslui players Panserraikos F.C. players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players CS Concordia Chiajna players FCV Farul Constanța players FC UTA Arad players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in the United Arab Emirates Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Footballers from Teleorman County 21st-century Romanian sportsmen Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians