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football club by his teacher, TicÄ PloieČteanu. The second day he was hand-picked by the coach and played there for 2 years. After that he studied hard at school and left football until the 10th grade when he went back to the youth team of OČelul GalaČi. At first he played as a full left back, but
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Ghionea was still recovering. On 13 October 2007 the center back went through another surgery to check the natural causes of his injury and to estimate the period that he would be unavailable.
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October 2007 there were rumors that Ghionea would no longer play football, but coach
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Divizia A on 7 August 1998 in the win against FC NaČional.
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On 18 January 2008, he played his first game since his injury, after 11 months, a friendly match against
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Ghionea, decided to terminate his contract with Rostov on 7 February 2011.
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a basic player for Steaua BucureČti especially after he took
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992:(in Romanian). ziuaconstanta.ro. 17 July 2003
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1062:. 26 February 2011. Archived from
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514:FK Voždovac
459:during the
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428:centre-back
379:Romania U21
99:Centre back
95:Position(s)
54:11 May 1979
1476:Categories
1418:D. Niculae
1388:M. Niculae
1022:20 January
996:9 February
976:References
903:Montenegro
664:home debut
571:Real Betis
567:Heerenveen
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1438:StÄncioiu
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648:Tom Tomsk
644:FC Rostov
588:, in the
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392:2002ā2008
374:2000ā2002
316:2012ā2013
298:2011ā2012
242:2003ā2004
204:2002ā2009
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123:1995ā1997
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1344:14
1338:SÄpunaru
1334:13
1324:12
1314:11
1304:10
918:Friendly
863:Opponent
601:UTA Arad
556:Valencia
536:UEFA Cup
420:Romanian
1448:PiČurcÄ
1398:Cristea
1348:Ghionea
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632:Catania
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468:2004ā05
461:1997ā98
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472:Liga I
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192:(loan)
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630:side
527:With
351:Total
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1408:DicÄ
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1328:Popa
1308:Mutu
1144:UEFA
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280:2011
262:2010
222:2003
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