Valentin Badea
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Vasile Badea
Date of birth	October 23, 1982 (1982-10-23) (age 25)
Place of birth	Alexandria, Romania
Height	1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Steaua Bucureşti
Number	9
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-01 2001-02 2003-06 2006-	Rulmentul Alexandria Jiul Petroşani FC Vaslui Steaua Bucureşti	0? 00(?) 022 0(5) 081 0(28) 048 0(15)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 22, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of August 31, 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Valentin Vasile Badea, (born October 23, 1982 in Alexandria), is a Romanian football player. He plays as a striker for Steaua Bucureşti. He has a very powerful shot and is very much technically gifted.

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Club career

Prior to 2006, when Badea joined Steaua, he played for Rulmentul Alexandria, Jiul Petroşani and FC Vaslui.

He was discovered by Ioan Sdrobiş when playing for Rulmentul Alexandria in Romania's third division and where Badea was the team's top scorer. Sdrobiş then took him to Jiul Petroşani and FC Vaslui where he coached.

On August 23, 2006 he has scored two goals in the match against Standard Liège, in the third qualifying round of UEFA Champions League, goals which sent Steaua in to the group stage after ten years of absence.

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Trivia

Steaua's Gigi Becali was quoted by the press as saying that Badea will once become the Romanian top striker.

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External links

• Valentin Badea's career @ Romaniansoccer.ro (English)
• Valentin Badea's profile @ UEFA.com (English)

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