Florin Gardoș (Romanian pronunciation: [floˈrin ˈɡardoʃ]; born 29 October 1988) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.
Gardoș training for Steaua București in 2012 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988 (age 33) | ||
Place of birth | Satu Mare, Romania | ||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Youth career | |||
1998–2001 | Olimpia Satu Mare | ||
2001–2003 | CSȘ Satu Mare | ||
2003–2004 | Florența Odoreu | ||
2004–2006 | Someșul Satu Mare | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006–2010 | Concordia Chiajna | 51 | (1) |
2010–2014 | Steaua București | 81 | (3) |
2014–2018 | Southampton | 11 | (0) |
2018 | → Universitatea Craiova (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2018–2020 | Universitatea Craiova | 4 | (0) |
2019 | → Politehnica Iași (loan) | 14 | (1) |
2020–2022 | Academica Clinceni | 34 | (0) |
Total | 198 | (5) | |
National team‡ | |||
2008 | Romania U19 | 1 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Romania U21 | 9 | (1) |
2011–2017 | Romania[lower-alpha 1] | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 June 2017 |
Gardoș was born in the city of Satu Mare in Romania.[3]
Gardoș started his senior career with Concordia Chiajna in 2006. In his first season at the club, he helped them achieve promotion to the second division.[4]
On 17 June 2010, Gardoș was transferred to FC Steaua București.[5] He made his competitive debut for the Roș-albaștrii on 16 August, in a Liga I match against Victoria Brănești.[6]
In September 2011, Gardoș received a ten-match ban after seriously tackling Pandurii Târgu Jiu midfielder Cosmin Băcilă, which resulted in a broken left tibia and fibula.[7]
On 14 August 2014, Gardoș signed a four-year deal with English club Southampton for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €7.5 million.[8][9] On 13 September, he made his first appearance for "the Saints" as an 89th-minute substitute for Jack Cork in a 4–0 Premier League victory over Newcastle United. His first start came on 23 September in a 2–1 away defeat of Arsenal in the League Cup.[10]
On 23 July 2015, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman announced that Gardoș would be sidelined for up to seven months after suffering a knee injury in a pre-season friendly with Feyenoord.[11] He finally made his return to the first team in a 5–0 FA Cup loss to Arsenal on 28 January 2017.[12]
On 19 February 2018, the last day of the winter transfer window in Romania, Gardoș joined Universitatea Craiova on loan for the remainder of the campaign.[13][14] He made his debut on 31 March in a league fixture against CFR Cluj, which finished 0–0. Gardoș played a further three matches in all competitions before suffering a strain on 28 April which effectively ended his season.[15]
As his contract with Southampton was not renewed,[16] he chose to stay in Oltenia, and signed a two-year contract with Universitatea Craiova.[17]
Gardoș made his senior debut for Romania in a friendly game against Ukraine, on 8 February 2011.[18]
Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other[lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Concordia Chiajna | 2006–07 | ? | ? | – | – | – | – | – | ? | ? | |||
2007–08 | ? | ? | ? | ? | – | – | – | ? | ? | ||||
2008–09 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | 22 | 0 | ||||
2009–10 | 29 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 1 | ||||
Total | 51 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 51 | 1 | |
Steaua București | 2010–11 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 33 | 1 | ||
2011–12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 10 | 0 | – | 33 | 1 | |||
2013–14 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | – | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 2 | ||
Total | 81 | 3 | 11 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 4 | |
Southampton | 2014–15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | |||
2016–17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 18 | 0 | |
Universitatea Craiova | 2017–18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
2018–19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
Total | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | |
Politehnica Iași (loan) | 2018–19 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | |||
Total | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 1 | |
Academica Clinceni | 2020–21 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 27 | 0 | |||
2021–22 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | 8 | 0 | ||||
Total | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | 0 | |
Career total | 198 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 251 | 7 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Romania | |||
2011 | 5 | 0 | |
2012 | 2 | 0 | |
2013 | 3 | 0 | |
2014 | 3 | 0 | |
Total | 13 | 0 |
Concordia Chiajna
Steaua București
Southampton
Universitatea Craiova