Florin Gardoș

Florin Gardoș
Gardoș training for Steaua București in 2012
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-10-29) 29 October 1988
Place of birth Satu Mare, Romania
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1998–2001 Olimpia Satu Mare
2001–2003 CSȘ Satu Mare
2003–2004 Florența Odoreu
2004–2006 Someșul Satu Mare
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006–2010 Concordia Chiajna 51 (1)
2010–2014 Steaua București 81 (3)
2014–2018 Southampton 11 (0)
2018 → Universitatea Craiova (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2020 Universitatea Craiova 4 (0)
2019 → Politehnica Iași (loan) 14 (1)
2020–2022 Academica Clinceni 34 (0)
2023 Sparta Râmnicu Valcea 7 (0)
Total 205 (5)
International career
2008 Romania U19 1 (0)
2009–2010 Romania U21 9 (1)
2011–2017 Romania 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florin Gardoș (Romanian pronunciation: ; born 29 October 1988) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Early life

Gardoș was born in the city of Satu Mare in Romania.

Club career

Gardoș started his senior career with Concordia Chiajna in 2006. In his first season at the club, he helped them achieve promotion to the second division.

Steaua București

On 17 June 2010, Gardoș was transferred to Steaua București. He made his competitive debut for the Roș-albaștrii on 16 August, in a Liga I match against Victoria Brănești.

In September 2011, Gardoș received a ten-match ban after seriously tackling Pandurii Târgu Jiu midfielder Cosmin Băcilă, which resulted in a broken left tibia and fibula.

Southampton

On 14 August 2014, Gardoș signed a four-year deal with English club Southampton for an undisclosed fee, believed to be around €7.5 million. On 13 September, he made his first appearance for "the Saints" as an 89th-minute substitute for Jack Cork in a 4–0 Premier League victory over Newcastle United. His first start came on 23 September in a 2–1 away defeat of Arsenal in the League Cup.

On 23 July 2015, Southampton manager Ronald Koeman announced that Gardoș would be sidelined for up to seven months after suffering a knee injury in a pre-season friendly with Feyenoord. He finally made his return to the first team in a 5–0 FA Cup loss to Arsenal on 28 January 2017.

Universitatea Craiova

On 19 February 2018, the last day of the winter transfer window in Romania, Gardoș joined Universitatea Craiova on loan for the remainder of the campaign. He made his debut on 31 March in a league fixture against CFR Cluj, which finished 0–0. Gardoș played a further three matches in all competitions before suffering a strain on 28 April which effectively ended his season.

As his contract with Southampton was not renewed, he chose to stay in Oltenia, and signed a two-year contract with Universitatea Craiova.

Notes

  1. ^ Including only official FIFA matches.

International career

Gardoș made his senior debut for Romania in a friendly game against Ukraine, on 8 February 2011.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Concordia Chiajna 2006–07 Liga II ? ? – – – – – ? ?
2007–08 Liga II ? ? ? ? – – – ? ?
2008–09 Liga II 22 0 – – – – – 22 0
2009–10 Liga II 29 1 – – – – – 29 1
Total 51 1 – – – – – – – – 51 1
Steaua București 2010–11 Liga I 23 0 5 0 – 5 1 – 33 1
2011–12 Liga I 8 0 0 0 – 3 0 1 0 12 0
2012–13 Liga I 21 1 2 0 – 10 0 – 33 1
2013–14 Liga I 29 2 4 0 – 11 0 0 0 44 2
Total 81 3 11 0 – – 29 1 1 0 122 4
Southampton 2014–15 Premier League 11 0 3 0 3 0 – – 17 0
2015–16 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2016–17 Premier League 0 0 1 0 0 0 – – 1 0
Total 11 0 4 0 3 0 – – – – 18 0
Universitatea Craiova 2017–18 (loan) Liga I 3 0 1 0 – – – 4 0
2018–19 Liga I 4 0 1 1 – 0 0 1 0 6 1
2019–20 Liga I 0 0 0 0 – 1 0 – 1 0
Total 7 0 2 1 – – 1 0 1 0 11 1
Politehnica Iași 2018–19 (loan) Liga I 14 1 0 0 – – – 14 1
Total 14 1 0 0 – – – – – – 14 1
Academica Clinceni 2020–21 Liga I 26 0 1 0 – – – 27 0
2021–22 Liga I 8 0 0 0 – – – 8 0
Total 34 0 1 0 – – – – – – 35 0
Career total 198 5 18 0 3 0 30 1 2 0 251 7
  1. ^ Includes the Supercupa României

International

As of match played 18 November 2014
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2011 5 0
2012 2 0
2013 3 0
2014 3 0
Total 13 0

Honours

Club

Concordia Chiajna

Steaua București

Southampton

Universitatea Craiova

References

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