Marian Pleașcă

Marian Pleașcă
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990
Place of birth Dăneasa, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Right back
Team information
Current team
Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Number 13
Youth career
2000–2009 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2016 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 76 (1)
2010Minerul Lupeni (loan) 4 (0)
2017–2018 FCSB 11 (1)
2018FC Voluntari (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2020 Gaz Metan Mediaș 18 (0)
2020 UTA Arad 2 (0)
2021–2022 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 14 (2)
Total 148 (4)
International career
2011 Romania U-21 3 (0)
2011 Romania 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 08:21, 21 June 2022 (UTC)

Marian Pleașcă (born 6 February 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right back. He is a product of the Pandurii Târgu Jiu youth academy and has played for several clubs in the Romanian top flight, Liga I, as well as making one appearance for the Romania national team.

Club career

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

Pleașcă spent his youth career at Pandurii Târgu Jiu, and made his senior debut for the club in 2009. His initial spell with the Gorj County side stretched until 2017, interrupted only by a short loan to Liga II side Minerul Lupeni in 2010. During his time at Pandurii, he was part of the squad that finished runners-up in the 2012–13 Liga I season, securing a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualification rounds.

FCSB

In February 2017, Pleașcă moved to FCSB (then known as Steaua București). He spent a year at the capital club, making 11 Liga I appearances and scoring one goal. He also featured for the club in the Europa League qualification matches. During his tenure at FCSB, he had a loan spell with fellow Liga I team FC Voluntari in the second half of the 2017–18 season.

Later career

Following his departure from FCSB, Pleașcă joined Gaz Metan Mediaș in January 2019, where he played for one and a half seasons. He then had a brief spell with UTA Arad in 2020 before returning to Pandurii Târgu Jiu for a second senior spell in 2021. As of mid-2022, he was reported to be playing for the amateur club CS Oltețul Alunu.

International career

Marian Pleașcă represented the Romania U-21 side on three occasions in 2011. He earned his only cap for the Romania national team in 2011

Honours

Club

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

FCSB

  • Liga I: Runner-up 2016–17, 2017–18

Career statistics

As of match played 17 May 2018
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2009–10 Liga I 2 0 2 0
2010–11 Liga I 11 0 0 0 11 0
2011–12 Liga I 7 0 2 0 9 0
2012–13 Liga I 13 0 3 0 16 0
2013–14 Liga I 12 0 3 0 2[a] 0 17 0
2014–15 Liga I 16 0 0 0 3 1 19 1
2015–16 Liga I 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2016–17 Liga I 13 1 1 0 1 0 2[a] 1 17 2
Total 76 1 9 0 4 1 4 1 93 3
Minerul Lupeni (loan) 2010–11 Liga II 4 0 0 0 4 0
Pandurii II Târgu Jiu 2012–13 Liga III 1 0 1 0
FCSB 2016–17 Liga I 7 1 0 0 7 1
2017–18 Liga I 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 0
2018–19 Liga I 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 1
FCSB II 2016–17 Liga III 1 0 1 0
2017–18 Liga III 12 0 12 0
Total 13 0 13 0
Voluntari (loan) 2017–18 Liga I 10 0 10 0
Gaz Metan Mediaș 2018–19 Liga I 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 114 2 12 0 4 1 4 1 134 4
  1. ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa League

References