Radu Drăgușin

Radu Matei Drăgușin (born 3 February 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Italian club Juventus U23 and the Romania national under-21 team.

Radu Drăgușin
Personal information
Full name Radu Matei Drăgușin
Date of birth (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Club information
Current team
 Juventus U23
Number 5
Youth career
2009–2013 Sportul Studențesc
2013–2018 Regal Sport București
2018–2020 Juventus
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020– Juventus U23 6 (0)
2020– Juventus 1 (0)
National team‡
2018–2019 Romania U17 6 (1)
2019 Romania U19 3 (0)
2020– Romania U21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:21, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:33, 4 December 2020 (UTC)

Early life

Drăgușin's mother, Svetlana Simion, played basketball, while his father, Dan Drăgușin, played volleyball, both being Romanian internationals in their respective sports.[1] Born in Bucharest, Romania, Drăgușin was attracted to football by his cousin, and started playing at the age of seven at Sportul Studențesc București.[2] He played for four years until the club's dissolution, and moved to Regal Sport București.[3]

Club career

Juventus

In 2018 Drăgușin moved to Serie A club Juventus from Regal București for €260,000.[2] Initially an under-17 player, Drăgușin quickly moved to Juventus' under-19 team.[4] On 25 January 2020, midway through the 2019–20 Serie C season, Drăgușin made his debut for Juventus U23 against Pro Patria, coming on as a substitute in the 36th minute for Raffaele Alcibiade.[5]

On 8 November 2020, Drăgușin was first called-up for the senior team in a league game against Lazio.[4] He made his club and European debut on 2 December, featuring as a substitute in 3–0 home win against Dynamo Kyiv in a UEFA Champions League group stage game.[4] Drăgușin's Serie A debut came on 13 December, coming on as a substitute in the 90th minute for Matthijs de Ligt in a 3–1 away win to Genoa.[6] On 13 January 2021, Drăgușin started his first game for Juventus in the Coppa Italia,[7] beating Genoa 3–2 after extra time.[8]

Style of play

A tall and physical centre-back, Drăgușin has cited Virgil Van Dijk as a point of reference.[4]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 7 February 2021[5]
Club Season League Coppa Italia Continental Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Juventus U23 2019–20 Serie C 20——3[lower-alpha 1]050
2020–21 Serie C 40——0040
Total 6000003090
Juventus 2020–21 Serie A 10201[lower-alpha 2]00040
Career total 70201030130
  1. One appearance in Serie C promotion play-offs, two appearances in Coppa Italia Serie C
  2. Appearance in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Juventus U23[5]

Juventus

References
  1. La 18 ani, Radu Matei Drăgușin și-a făcut debutul la Juventus Torino
  2. "La 18 ani, Radu Matei Drăgușin și-a făcut debutul la Juventus Torino". Click (in Romanian). Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  3. Primejdie, Deian (2 May 2018). "Interviu Radu Drăgușin". Scoala TV. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. "Chi è Dragusin, il 2002 che ha esordito in Champions con la Juve". Sky Sport (in Italian). 3 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  5. Radu Drăgușin at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  6. "Genoa - Juventus, 1-3, Serie A 2020 giornata 11, La Repubblica". www.repubblica.it. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  7. "Juventus-Genoa, le formazioni ufficiali: giocano Dragusin e Wesley | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  8. Pifferi, Matteo. "Coppa Italia – La Juventus batte il Genoa ai supplementari: ai quarti Sassuolo o SPAL". FC Inter 1908 (in Italian). Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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