Deian Cristian Sorescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈdejan kristiˈan soˈresku]; born 29 August 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or a right-back for Ekstraklasa club Raków Częstochowa and the Romania national team.
![]() Sorescu training for Romania in 2022 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Deian Cristian Sorescu | ||
Date of birth | (1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 25) | ||
Place of birth | Moldova Nouă, Romania | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Winger, right-back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Raków Częstochowa | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2005–2008 | Dunărea Moldova Nouă | ||
2008–2012 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
2008–2009 | → Electrica Timișoara (loan) | ||
2012–2014 | ACS Poli Timișoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2016 | ACS Poli Timișoara | 8 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Millennium Giarmata (loan) | 12 | (1) |
2017–2018 | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 38 | (14) |
2018–2022 | Dinamo București | 123 | (27) |
2022– | Raków Częstochowa | 13 | (2) |
National team‡ | |||
2019 | Romania U21 | 2 | (0) |
2021– | Romania | 9 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 September 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022 |
A youth player of Politehnica Timișoara until its dissolution in 2012, he started his senior career with the two entities which asserted the history of the defunct team—ACS Poli Timișoara and ASU Politehnica Timișoara. In 2018, Sorescu left the latter to sign for Dinamo București, amassing over 120 matches in the top flight before moving abroad to Raków Częstochowa four years later.
Internationally, he was given his debut for the Romania senior team in June 2021, in a 2–1 friendly loss to Georgia.
Born in Moldova Nouă, Caraș-Severin County, Sorescu played football for local club Dunărea Moldova Nouă before joining the youth setup of FC Politehnica Timișoara, aged ten. After the dissolution of FC Politehnica, he moved to newly-founded ACS Poli Timișoara in 2012. At age 16, Sorescu was loaned out to Romanian third division team Millenium Giarmata, after which he became part of the extended roster for the ACS Poli senior team.[1]
On 30 May 2015, Sorescu made his debut for the Alb-violeții in a Liga II 1–1 draw with Olimpia Satu Mare. Towards the end of the following season, he played his maiden minutes in the first league in games against Petrolul Ploiești and CSM Studențesc Iași; both ended in 2–3 defeats.[2]
At the start of 2017, Sorescu moved to ASU Politehnica Timișoara, the other team in the city established after the dissolution of the original FC Politehnica. He made his breakthrough in the 2017–18 Liga II campaign, amassing 14 goals and 35 matches in all competitions.
Dinamo București signed Sorescu on a four-year contract on 27 April 2018.[3] He registered his debut for "the Red Dogs" on 22 July that year, and also scored the winner in the 2–1 home league victory over Voluntari.[4] With eleven goals in all competitions, Sorescu was Dinamo București's top scorer in the 2019–20 season.
He repeated the performance the next year, this time after netting only eight goals, and was chosen by Liga Profesionistă de Fotbal in the 2020–21 Liga I Team of the Season.[5] On 19 July 2021, Sorescu scored a hat-trick against Voluntari in the campaign's opener, with the game ending in a 3–2 win. During that summer, he was subject to offers from Legia Warsaw and Dinamo's city rivals FCSB.[6][7]
On 19 January 2022, Dinamo București announced the transfer of Sorescu to Raków Częstochowa,[8] and two days later the Polish team confirmed the signing of a three-and-a-half-year deal.[9]
Sorescu made his debut for the Romania national team on 2 June 2021, in a friendly against Georgia at the Ilie Oană Stadium in Ploiești.[10] He started as a right-back and provided an assist to Andrei Ivan in the 1–2 loss.[11]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
ACS Poli Timișoara | 2014–15 | Liga I | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2015–16 | Liga I | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | ||
2016–17 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
Millenium Giarmata (loan) | 2014–15 | Liga III | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 2016–17 | Liga II | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
2017–18 | Liga II | 34 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 14 | ||
Total | 38 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | 39 | 14 | |||
Dinamo București | 2018–19 | Liga I | 35 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 36 | 2 | |
2019–20 | Liga I | 32 | 10 | 5 | 1 | — | 37 | 11 | ||
2020–21 | Liga I | 37 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 42 | 8 | ||
2021–22 | Liga I | 19 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 8 | ||
Total | 123 | 27 | 12 | 2 | — | 135 | 29 | |||
Career total | 181 | 43 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 196 | 45 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Romania | |||
2021 | 5 | 0 | |
2022 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 9 | 0 |
Raków Częstochowa[12]
Individual
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