Daniel Dumbravanu (born 22 July 2001) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie C Group B club Lucchese.

Daniel Dumbravanu
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-07-22) 22 July 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Bălți, Moldova
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Lucchese
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2017 Zaria Bălți
2018– Genoa
2020Pescara (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Zaria Bălți 2 (0)
2018–2022 Genoa 0 (0)
2020Pescara (loan) 0 (0)
2021–2022Lucchese (loan) 4 (0)
2022Siena (loan) 12 (0)
2022–2024 SPAL 0 (0)
2022–2023APOEL (loan) 0 (0)
2024Messina (loan) 14 (0)
2024– Lucchese 0 (0)
International career
2016–2018 Moldova U17 9 (0)
2021–2022 Moldova U21 4 (0)
2021–2022 Moldova 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 August 2024

Club career

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Dumbravanu made two appearances for Zaria Bălți in the 2018 Moldovan National Division.[1]

In 2018 he became a Genoa player.

In January 2020 he went to Pescara on loan.[2]

He never played a match for Pescara and at the end of the loan he came back to Genoa. He made his debut with the Rossoblù on 13 January 2021 in a Coppa Italia game against Juventus.[3]

On 14 August 2021, he joined Lucchese in Serie C on loan.[4] On 29 January 2022, he moved on loan to Siena.[5]

On 12 July 2022, Dumbravanu joined SPAL on a permanent deal until 30 June 2025.[6] He was immediately loaned out to Cypriot club APOEL.[6] Having not found any game time in Cyprus, on 31 January 2023 the defender was re-called by SPAL.[7][8] On 31 January 2024, Dumbravanu was loaned by Messina.[9]

International career

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He made his debut for Moldova national football team on 31 March 2021 in a World Cup qualifier against Israel.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Daniel Dumbravanu at Soccerway  
  2. ^ "Pescara, colpo in difesa: preso Dumbravanu dal Genoa". MondoPrimavera (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  3. ^ "IL GENOA ESCE DALLA COPPA A TESTA ALTISSIMA" (in Italian). Genoa. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  4. ^ "In rossonero tre nuovi giovani" (in Italian). Lucchese. 14 August 2021. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Arriva Dumbravanu. Conti rientra al Genoa" (Press release) (in Italian). Siena. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ a b "IL DIFENSORE DANIEL DUMBRAVANU IN BIANCAZZURRO E CEDUTO IN PRESTITO ALL'APOEL NICOSIA" (in Italian). SPAL. 12 July 2022. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Spal, Kargbo sfuma in volata. Brazao in porta". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  8. ^ "TMW - SPAL, Dumbravanu torna dal prestito a Cipro. De Rossi lo aggregherà alla rosa". TuttomercatoWeb.com (in Italian). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Daniel Dumbravanu ceduto in prestito all'A.C.R. Messina" [Daniel Dumbravanu loaned to ACR Messina] (in Italian). SPAL. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Moldova v Israel game report". FIFA. 31 March 2021. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021.
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