Mihai Velisar (born 30 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești.
![]() Velisar with Petrolul Ploiești in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mihai Velisar | ||
Date of birth | (1998-08-30) 30 August 1998 (age 24) | ||
Place of birth | Ploiești, Romania | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
Number | 67 | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–2017 | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2017–2019 | Petrolul Ploiești | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Gloria Buzău (loan) | ||
2019 | → Gaz Metan Mediaș (loan) | 14 | (2) |
2019–2022 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 59 | (0) |
2022– | Petrolul Ploiești | 8 | (0) |
National team‡ | |||
2019–2021 | Romania U21 | 3 | (0) |
2021 | Romania Olympic | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 October 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2021 |
Velisar made his senior debut for boyhood club Petrolul Ploiești on 24 October 2017, starting in 3–4 penalty shoot-out loss to Mioveni in the Cupa României. It was his only appearance of the season, as his team achieved promotion to the Liga II.
Velisar played in four matches for "the Yellow Wolves" during the first half of the 2018–19 campaign, before returning to the third division on loan with Gloria Buzău in January 2019.
Velisar was sent out on loan to Liga I club Gaz Metan Mediaș in the 2019 summer transfer window, and made his debut on 15 July by featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 league draw with Chindia Târgoviște.[1] On 19 August that year, he scored his first goal in a 3–0 win over Voluntari, and six days later netted again in a 4–0 defeat of FCSB.
At the start of November 2019, Velisar signed a permanent contract with Gaz Metan after the latter paid a previously-agreed €15,000 transfer fee to Petrolul Ploiești.[2] He amassed 35 games during his first year in Sibiu County, with the Alb-negrii finishing sixth overall in the league table.
On 10 January 2022, Velisar was re-signed by Petrolul Ploiești amid financial issues at Gaz Metan Mediaș, with his former side retaining 15% interest on a future transfer.[3]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Petrolul Ploiești | Liga III | 2017–18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
Liga II | 2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
Gloria Buzău (loan) | Liga III | 2018–19 | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | — | ? | ? | |||
Gaz Metan Mediaș (loan) | Liga I | 2019–20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
Gaz Metan Mediaș | Liga I | 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | ||||
Liga I | 2020–21 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 0 | ||||
Liga I | 2021–22 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 59 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 63 | 0 | |||||
Petrolul Ploiești | Liga II | 2021–22 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
Career total | 83 | 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 88 | 2 |
Petrolul Ploiești
Gloria Buzău
FC Petrolul Ploiești – current squad | |
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