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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mario Cristian Tudose | ||
| Date of birth | 21 January 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Pitești, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Argeș Pitești | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2021 | Argeș Pitești | ||
| 2021–2023 | Benfica | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Argeș Pitești | 92 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2020–2021 | Romania U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Romania U17 | 5 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Romania U18 | 11 | (2) |
| 2023–2024 | Romania U19 | 9 | (2) |
| 2024 | Romania U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2025– | Romania U21 | 7 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 September 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 25 July 2026 | |||
Mario Cristian Tudose (born 21 January 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga I club Argeș Pitești.[1][2][3]
Career
[edit]Benfica
[edit]On 19 August 2021, Benfica announced that they had enrolled the 16-year-old Tudose for €200,000.[4]
FC Argeș
[edit]In the summer of 2023, Tudose returned to Argeș Pitești. As part of the agreement, Benfica retained 50% of the player's co-ownership rights.[5]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 13 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cupa României | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Argeș Pitești | ||||||||||||
| 2023–24 | Liga II | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | 20 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 4 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Liga I | 39 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 45 | 0 | |||
| 2026–27 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 92 | 4 | 10 | 0 | — | — | 102 | 4 | ||||
Honours
[edit]Argeș Pitești
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mario Tudose, copilul minune al lui FC Argeş, povesteşte despre cei doi ani în care a crescut la Academia Benficăi Lisabona". jurnaluldearges.ro.
- ↑ "FC Argeș a vândut un jucător la Benfica Lisabona! Sumă importantă de transfer". gsp.ro.
- ↑ "Cum arată „victima" lui Ngezana". golazo.ro.
- ↑ "Mario Tudose contratado". www.slbenfica.pt (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2025.
- ↑ Belivacă, Tudor (5 September 2025). "Piteștenii au cedat repede în fața lui Gigi Becali. FCSB anunță transferul lui Mario Tudose: „Gata, ne-am înţeles și cu Dani Coman!"". Gazeta Sporturilor - GSP (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 October 2025.
External links
[edit]- Mario Tudose at Soccerway
- Mario Tudose – Romanian league stats at LPF (in Romanian)
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- Romanian men's footballers
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