Laurențiu Daniel Rus (born 7 May 1985) is a former Romanian professional footballer currently currently he is a fitness coach at FC Argeș Pitești. He was a versatile player, being able to play as a right winger, a midfielder or a right back.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Laurențiu Daniel Rus | ||
| Date of birth | (1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right back / Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Argeș Pitești (fitness coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–2004 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2009 | Liberty Salonta | 94 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | → Sopron (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2008 | → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2009–2014 | Dinamo București | 113 | (4) |
| 2011 | → FCM Târgu Mureş (loan) | 16 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Astra Giurgiu | 15 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Voluntari | 31 | (3) |
| 2016–2018 | CFR Cluj | 35 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Politehnica Iași | 21 | (0) |
| 2019 | Sănătatea Cluj | ||
| 2020 | CSM Reșița | 2 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Universitatea Cluj | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 363 | (11) | |
| Management career | |||
| 2022 | Universitatea Cluj U19 (fitness coach) | ||
| 2022– | Argeș Pitești (fitness coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2022 | |||
Although Rus is a youth product of Universitatea Cluj, he never played a league game for his home town club.[1] In 2004 he moved to Liga II club Liberty Oradea.[2] For the 2006–07 season, Rus was loaned to Hungarian first league club Sopron and for the second part of the 2007–08 season he was loaned to Petrolul Ploiești.[3]
In the summer of 2009, after impressing in the Romanian second legue with Liberty Oradea, Rus moved to Liga I club Dinamo București.[4] After putting in some solid displays, he immediately established himself in the starting eleven for the 2011–12 season.[3] For the 2013–14 Liga I campaign, Rus became captain of Dinamo București.[5] In July 2014, after not coming to an agreement over his wages with Dinamo, he terminated his contract by mutual consent with the Bucharest club.[6]
On 20 August 2016, after ending his stay at Voluntari, Rus moved to Romanian giants CFR Cluj and subsequently signed a two-year deal with them.[7] In his second year with CFR Cluj, Rus managed to win the Liga I for the first time in his career.[8]
On 7 July 2018, Rus moved to fellow Liga I side Politehnica Iași, after agreeing to a one-year contract.[9]
On 9 January 2020, Rus joined Liga II side CSM Reşiţa.[10]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liberty Salonta | 2004–05 | Liga II | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2005–06 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 94 | 1 | ||||
| Sopron (loan) | 2006–07 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| Petrolul Ploiești (loan) | 2007–08 | Liga II | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 16 | 1 | ||
| Dinamo București | 2009–10 | Liga I | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |
| 2010–11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 39 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 2013–14 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 34 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 113 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 137 | 6 | ||
| Târgu Mureş (loan) | 2010–11 | Liga I | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | |||
| Astra Giurgiu | 2014–15 | Liga I | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Voluntari | 2015–16 | Liga I | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | 35 | 3 | |
| CFR Cluj | 2016–17 | Liga I | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 2017–18 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| Politehnica Iași | 2018–19 | Liga I | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | ||
| Sănătatea Cluj | 2019–20 | Liga III | ? | ? | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | ||
| CSM Reșița | 2019–20 | Liga II | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Universitatea Cluj | 2020–21 | Liga II | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | Liga II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 363 | 11 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 409 | 15 | ||
Liberty Salonta
Dinamo București
CFR Cluj