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| Full name | Valentin Vasile Badea | ||
| Date of birth | 23 October 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Alexandria, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Rulmentul Alexandria | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Rulmentul Alexandria | ||
| 2001–2002 | Jiul Petroşani | 22 | (5) |
| 2002–2006 | Vaslui | 103 | (42) |
| 2006–2008 | Steaua București | 50 | (15) |
| 2008 | → Panserraikos (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | (2) |
| 2010 | Politehnica Iaşi | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | Braşov | 10 | (1) |
| 2011 | Al Ain | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Concordia Chiajna | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Farul Constanţa | 11 | (1) |
| 2013 | UTA Arad | 3 | (0) |
| Total | 231 | (68) | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Valentin Vasile Badea (born 23 October 1982) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Career
[edit]Badea was born in Alexandria.
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, Jiul Petroşani and FC Vaslui.
He was discovered by Ioan Sdrobiş while he was playing for Rulmentul Alexandria in Romania's third division and where Badea was the team's top goalscorer. Sdrobiş then brought him to Jiul Petroşani, and then to FC Vaslui where he was the coach.
In 2006 Steaua paid €1 million for Badea.
On 23 August 2006 he has scored two goals in the match against Standard Liège, in the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League, 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.
On 24 February 2010, he signed with Al Ain.
Political career
[edit]Badea was elected as local councillor in Alexandria in 2024, as a member of the Social Democratic Party.[2][3]
Career statistics
[edit]| Club | Season | League | National cup | Continental | Total | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jiul Petroşani | 2001–02 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 22 | 5 | |
| Vaslui | 2002–03 | 23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | – | 24 | 14 | |
| 2003–04 | 27 | 12 | 1 | 0 | – | 28 | 12 | ||
| 2004–05 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 1 | – | 32 | 12 | ||
| 2005–06 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 23 | 5 | ||
| Total | 103 | 42 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 43 | |
| Steaua București | 2006–07 | 33 | 13 | 4+1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 49 | 17 |
| 2007–08 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 24 | 4 | |
| 2008–09 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 74 | 22 | |
| Panserraikos (loan) | 2008–09 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Universitatea Craiova | 2009–10 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 15 | 2 | |
| Politehnica Iaşi | 2009–10 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 12 | 1 | |
| Braşov | 2010–11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 12 | 2 | |
| Al Ain | 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Concordia Chiajna | 2011–12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | |
| Farul Constanța | 2011–12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | 1 | |
| UTA Arad | 2012–13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | |
| Career total | 231 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 268 | 76 | |
Honours
[edit]FC Vaslui
- Liga II: 2004–05
References
[edit]- ↑ "Vali Badea a debutat la UTA". Ştiri de Sport (in Romanian). 19 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ↑ "PSD păstrează majoritatea în Consiliul Local Alexandria, PNL câștigă 5 mandate – Lista candidaților cărora le-au fost distribuite mandate". 11 June 2024.
- ↑ "Fostul fotbalist Vali Badea a intrat în PSD! Lista de consilieri a PSD, depusă oficial - Ziarul Liber in Teleorman". 27 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Valentin Badea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Valentin Badea – UEFA competition record (archive)
Categories:
- Living people
- 1982 births
- People from Alexandria, Romania
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen
- 21st-century Romanian politicians
- Romanian men's footballers
- Footballers from Teleorman County
- 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
- Social Democratic Party (Romania) politicians