Andrei Prepeliță

Andrei Prepeliță (born 8 December 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played mainly as a defensive midfielder.

Andrei Prepeliță

Prepeliță celebrating a goal for Rostov in 2016
Personal information
Date of birth	8 December 1985
Place of birth	Slatina, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Argeș Pitești (head coach)
Youth career
1991–2000	CȘS Slobozia
2000–2002	Argeș Pitești
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2007	Argeș Pitești	112	(11)
2007–2011	Universitatea Craiova	120	(7)
2011–2015	Steaua București	82	(9)
2015–2016	Ludogorets Razgrad	25	(1)
2016–2017	Rostov	17	(1)
2018–2019	Concordia Chiajna	32	(3)
2019–2021	Argeș Pitești	27	(2)
Total		415	(34)
National team^‡
2003–2004	Romania U19	6	(0)
2003–2006	Romania U21	18	(2)
2014–2016	Romania	14	(0)
Teams managed
2020–	Argeș Pitești
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 August 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2016

Personal life

His father, Constantin was also a footballer who appeared in 200 Liga I games and scored 32 goals for Olt Scornicești.[1][2]

Club career

Steaua București

On 2 August 2011, Prepeliță signed a four-year contract with Steaua București.[3]

Ludogorets Razgrad

On 1 July 2015, he signed a two-year contract with Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria.[4]

Rostov

Prepeliță joined Russian club Rostov on 31 August 2016.[5] On 22 August 2017, he was released from his Rostov contract by mutual consent.[6]

Argeş Piteşti

On 6 September 2019, he joined Liga II side Argeş Piteşti[7]

International career

Andrei Prepeliță played 14 games for Romania, making his debut under coach Victor Pițurcă, when he came as a substitute and replaced Ovidiu Hoban in the 84th minute of a Euro 2016 qualification match which ended with a 1–0 away victory against Greece.[8][9] Prepeliță played a total of five games at the Euro 2016 qualifiers, being selected by coach Anghel Iordănescu to be part Romania's squad at the Euro 2016 final tournament in which he made his last appearance for the national team in a 1–1 against Switzerland.[8][10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 January 2021[11][12][13]

Club statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Argeș Pitești	2002–03	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2003–04	25	3	2	0	—		—		—		27	3
	2004–05	26	2	3	0	—		—		—		29	2
	2005–06	28	2	1	0	—		-		—		29	2
	2006–07	29	4	2	0	—		—		—		31	4
	2019–20	17	2	0	0	—		—		—		17	2
	2020–21	10	0	1	0	—		—		—		11	0
Total		139	13	9	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	148	13
Universitatea Craiova	2007–08	30	1	0	0	—		—		—		30	1
	2008–09	33	2	2	0	—		—		—		35	2
	2009–10	29	3	1	0	—		—		—		30	3
	2010–11	28	1	2	1	—		—		—		30	2
Total		120	7	5	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	125	8
Steaua București	2011–12	11	0	1	1	—		7	0	—		19	1
	2012–13	18	1	2	0	—		8	0	—		28	1
	2013–14	26	3	5	0	—		4	0	1	0	36	3
	2014–15	27	5	3	0	3	0	11	1	1	0	45	6
Total		82	9	11	1	3	0	30	1	2	0	128	11
Ludogorets Razgrad	2015–16	25	1	1	0	—		2	0	—		28	1
	2016–17	0	0	0	0	—		1	0	—		1	0
Total		25	1	1	0	—	—	3	0	—	—	29	1
Rostov	2016–17	17	1	1	0	—		7	0	—		25	1
Total		17	1	1	0	—	—	7	0	—	—	25	1
Concordia Chiajna	2017–18	13	2	0	0	—		—		—		13	2
	2018–19	19	1	1	0	—		—		—		20	1
Total		32	3	1	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	3
Career total		415	34	28	2	3	0	40	1	2	0	488	37

International

As of 25 March 2017[8]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Ratio
Romania
	2014	2	0	0.00
	2015	5	0	0.00
	2016	7	0	0.00
Total		14	0	0.00

Honours

Steaua București

• Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15[11][12]
• Cupa României: 2014–15[11][12]
• Supercupa României: 2013[11][12]
• Cupa Ligii: 2014–15[11][12]

Ludogorets Razgrad

• Bulgarian A Group: 2015–16[11][12]

References

1. "SLOBOZIA: Constantin Prepeliţă - Fotbalistul fără cartonaş roşu" [SLOBOZIA: Constantin Prepeliţă - The footballer without a red card] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
2. "EXCLUSIV "Pe tata îl loveau alţii!". Andrei Prepeliţă a comentat la ProSport LIVE o performanţă inedită a fostei extreme de la FC Olt Scorniceşti" [EXCLUSIVE "Dad was hit by others!" Andrei Prepelita commented at ProSport LIVE about the former midfielders performance at FC Olt Scorniceşti] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 23 November 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
3. "Mijlocașul Andrei Prepeliță (25 de ani) a semnat cu Steaua" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Retrieved 10 June 2011.
4. "Лудогорец привлече и капитана на Стяуа, представи Джоди Лукоки" (in Bulgarian). Ludogorets Razgrad. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
5. "Препелица се раздели с Лудогорец, подписа с Ростов" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 31 August 2016.
6. Андрей Препелицэ покинул "Ростов" (in Russian). FC Rostov. 22 August 2017.
7. "Bine ai revenit, Andrei Prepeliţă!" (in Romanian). Argeş Piteşti. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
8. "Andrei Prepeliță". European Football. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
9. "Greece - Romania 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
10. "Romania - Switzerland 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
11. Andrei Prepeliță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
12. "A. Prepeliță". Soccerway. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
13. Andrei Prepeliță at WorldFootball.net

External links

• Andrei Prepeliță at WorldFootball.net
• Andrei Prepeliță at National-Football-Teams.com
• Andrei Prepeliță – UEFA competition record