Vlad-Sorin Moldoveanu (born February 11, 1988) is a Romanian professional basketball player who last played for CSO Voluntari. He also represents the Romanian national basketball team in international competition. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays at the power forward position.
Moldoveanu with Le Havre in 2012 | |
Free Agent | |
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Position | Power forward |
Personal information | |
Born | (1988-02-11) February 11, 1988 (age 34) Bucharest, Romania |
Nationality | Romanian |
Listed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Listed weight | 231 lb (105 kg) |
Career information | |
High school | St. John's College (Washington, D.C.) |
College |
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NBA draft | 2011 / Undrafted |
Playing career | 2011–present |
Career history | |
2011–2012 | Benetton Treviso |
2012–2013 | Le Havre |
2013–2014 | Kalev/Cramo |
2014–2015 | Turów Zgorzelec |
2015–2016 | Stelmet Zielona Góra |
2016–2017 | U BT Cluj-Napoca |
2017–2018 | Büyükçekmece |
2018–2019 | U BT Cluj-Napoca |
2019–2020 | Ifaistos Limnou |
2020–2022 | Voluntari |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Moldoveanu, a 6'9" forward from Bucharest, is the son of former Romanian women's basketball player Carmen Tocală (born 1962).[1]
After earning All-Metropolitan honors at St. John's College High School in Washington, DC, he began playing college basketball at George Mason University, where he played sparingly and averaged 2.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game over two seasons. He then transferred to American University, where he enjoyed a breakout junior year. Moldoveanu averaged 18.1 points and 6.5 rebounds per game and was named first team All-Patriot League. As a senior in 2010–11, he increased his scoring to 20.1 per game and was again named first team all-conference.[2] In his last year of college, he was also named to the Reese's College All-Star Game and was the Oscar Robertson Player of the Week for the week of January 9, 2011 after averaging 31.5 points and 9.5 rebounds per game during that week.[3]
During his collegiate career, he scored 1,098 points.
After going undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, Moldoveanu signed a contract with the Italian team Benetton Treviso. In his first season as a professional player, he averaged 6.7 points per game in 37 games.[4] For the 2012–13 season, he signed with the French team Le Havre.[5] In 2012 and 2013, he has been named the Romanian Player of the Year. In August 2013, he signed a one-year deal with Kalev/Cramo.[6]
On July 18, 2014, he signed a contract with the Polish team Turów Zgorzelec.[7] On July 11, 2015, he signed with Stelmet Zielona Góra.[8] On June 20, 2016, he signed with U-Banca Transilvania.[9]
On July 4, 2017, Moldoveanu signed with Turkish club Büyükçekmece Basketbol for the 2017–18 season.[10]
On July 10, 2018, Moldoveanu returned to U BT Cluj-Napoca.[11]
On August 2, 2019, Moldoveanu moved to Greece and signed with Ifaistos Limnou.[12]
Moldoveanu represents the Romanian national basketball team. He played at the EuroBasket 2017.[13]
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