Andrei Radu

Andrei Ionuț Radu (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej joˈnut͡s ˈradu]; born 28 May 1997), known as Andrei Radu[1][2][3] or Ionuț Radu,[4][5] is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Internazionale and the Romania national team.

For the Romanian football defender, see Andrei Radu (footballer, born 1996).
Andrei Ionuț Radu
Personal information
Full name Andrei Ionuț Radu
Date of birth (1997-05-28) 28 May 1997
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Internazionale
Youth career
0000–2008 Viitorul București
2008–2012 Steaua București
2012–2013 Dinamo București
2013 Pergolettese
2013–2017 Internazionale
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2019 Internazionale 1 (0)
2017–2018 → Avellino (loan) 22 (0)
2018–2019 → Genoa (loan) 33 (0)
2019 Genoa 0 (0)
2019– Internazionale 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Genoa (loan) 17 (0)
2020 → Parma (loan) 0 (0)
National team‡
2017–2019 Romania U21 17 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11:24, 8 August 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 19 November 2019

He began his professional career at Internazionale, but his senior output for the club consisted of only one match. In 2017, Radu was loaned to Avellino, and the following year he joined Genoa, also on loan but this time with an obligation to buy. In the summer of 2019, the Nerazzuri activated his buy-back clause before loaning him once more to Genoa and then to Parma.

Club career

Early career / Internazionale

Radu began playing football at age 8 with local Viitorul București, after his grandmother saw a newspaper announcement.[6] He was transferred to FC Steaua București in 2008 for €12,000, and left the club for rival side Dinamo București three years later.[7] At the beginning of 2013 he relocated to Italy, briefly joining Pergolettese before being signed by Internazionale in the mid-2013 and assigned to their junior squads.[8]

On 14 May 2016, the last matchday of the Serie A season, Radu made his senior debut for Inter as a 72nd-minute substitute for Juan Pablo Carrizo in a 1–3 away defeat to Sassuolo.[9][10] On 4 October, he penned a new four-year deal with the Nerazzurri which would run until June 2020.[11]

Radu agreed to a one-year loan with second division side Avellino with the option to make the move permanent on 15 July 2017.[12] He made his debut in the second round of the Coppa Italia, a 1–0 home win over Matera, on 6 August.[13] One week later, Radu played in the third round of the same competition, a 3–1 away defeat to Hellas Verona.[14] On 18 September, he made his Serie B debut for Avellino in a 1–1 home draw with Venezia.[15] On 24 October, he kept his first clean sheet in a 1–0 home win over Pro Vercelli.[16] Radu ended his loan with the Biancoverdi with 24 appearances, 5 clean sheets and 30 goals conceded.

Genoa

On 29 June 2018, 21-year-old Radu was loaned to Genoa with an obligation to join the club permanently at the start of the following season.[4] Genoa Chairman Enrico Preziosi claimed the subsequent transfer fee was €9 million, which made him the most expensive Romanian goalkeeper.[17][18] However, according to the financial report of Internazionale, the fee was €8 million.[19] The deal also reportedly included an undisclosed buy-back clause.[20]

After Federico Marchetti was used as a starter in the first four games of the Serie A season, Radu made his debut on 26 September against Chievo, managing to keep a clean sheet in the 2–0 victory.[3] He was deemed at fault for several goals his team conceded in the next fixtures, including Cristiano Ronaldo's opener in a 1–1 draw with Juventus on 20 October[21][22] and Alessio Romagnoli's late volley in a 1–2 loss to A.C. Milan on the 31st the same month;[23] he was however backed up by manager Ivan Jurić, who blamed young age as the cause of his errors.[24] On 3 November, he conceded five goals from his parent club Internazionale.[25]

Radu was nominated for Gazeta Sporturilor's 2018 Romanian Footballer of the Year award in late November.[26] On 22 December, he saved one of the two penalty kicks awarded to Atalanta in a 3–1 home victory at the Stadio Luigi Ferraris.[27] In January 2019, he was included by UEFA.com in a list of the fifty best young footballers to watch for that year.[28] In spite of being coached by three different managers throughout the season, Radu maintained his place as first-choice goalkeeper and amassed 33 league appearances.

In June 2019, as stipulated Genoa agreed to buy Radu for €8 million, but he was immediately redeemed by Internazionale for a reported €12 million.[29] The deal was officially announced in July 2019, and at the same time he returned to Genoa on another loan.[30]

International career

Radu represented Romania at under-21 level, featuring for the side in the 2019 UEFA European Championship qualifiers. He made his debut on 13 June 2017, in a 2–0 away win over Liechtenstein.[31] Radu captained both of the group matches in September 2018, saving a penalty to preserve a win against Portugal and keeping a clean sheet in a victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina.[5] The following month, Tricolorii mici went on to finish top of the group and thus qualified for the final tournament for the second time in their history.

Radu was called up for the first time to the Romania senior squad for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers against Norway and Malta in June 2019.[32] Later that month, he was a starter in all three group fixtures of the UEFA Under-21 Euro in Italy, conceding three goals and keeping a clean sheet in a draw against France which secured the first place for his nation. Romania were eventually eliminated by defending champions Germany in the semi-finals, after a 2–4 loss.[33]

Personal life

Radu had an elder sister, who died in 2006 at age 14; he used to wear a t-shirt with a picture of her under the kit during the time he was a junior.[5][7] He is the cousin of defender Andrei Radu, with whom he shares the same name.[34]

On 9 October 2020, Radu tested positive for COVID-19 amid its pandemic in Italy.[35][36]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 21 December 2019.[37]
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Internazionale 2015–16 Serie A 1000——10
2016–17 000000—00
2020–21 000000—00
Inter total 100000—10
Avellino (loan) 2017–18 Serie B 22020——240
Total 22020——240
Genoa (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 33000——330
2019–20 17010——18 0
Genoa total 50010——510
Parma (loan) 2019–20 Serie A 0000——00
Total 0000——00
Career total 730300000760

Honours

Club

Internazionale Primavera

Individual

References
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  5. "ROMANIA BOSNIA U21. Drama teribilă a eroului din Portugalia. Portarul Ionuţ Radu poartă pe sub tricou poza surorii decedate" [ROMANIA BOSNIA U21. The terrible tragedy of the hero from Portugal. Goalkeeper Ionuț Radu wears under his t-shirt the picture of his deceased sister]. România TV (in Romanian). 11 September 2018.
  6. "Un fost fotbalist al FCSB șochează: "La Dinamo m-am prefăcut că-s accidentat! Cea mai bună decizie a mea"" [A former FCSB player shocks: "I pretended to be injured at Dinamo! It was my best decision"] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 15 December 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  7. "Andrei Radu, cel mai bun portar al generaţiei Under14: "Sora mea din Ceruri e îngerul meu păzitor"" [Andrei Radu, the best goalkeeper of the Under-14 generation: "My sister from Heaven is my guardian angel"] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 15 February 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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