Ciprian Deac

Ciprian Ioan Deac (Romanian pronunciation: [t͡ʃipriˈan iˈo̯an ˈde̯ak] or [deˈak]; born 16 February 1986) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for CFR Cluj and the Romania national team.

Ciprian Deac
Deac playing for CFR Cluj in 2010
Personal information
Full name Ciprian Ioan Deac[1]
Date of birth (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986
Place of birth Dej, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 CFR Cluj
Number 10
Youth career
1994–2004 Unirea Dej
2004 Gloria Bistrița
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Unirea Dej 27 (2)
2006–2010 CFR Cluj 67 (4)
2008 → Oțelul Galați (loan) 15 (2)
2010–2012 Schalke 04 2 (0)
2011–2012 → Rapid București (loan) 30 (9)
2012–2015 CFR Cluj 64 (11)
2015–2016 Aktobe 15 (1)
2016–2017 Tobol 31 (2)
2017– CFR Cluj 107 (34)
National team‡
2007–2008 Romania U21 9 (1)
2010– Romania 24 (4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2019

After starting out at Unirea Dej, he spent most of his professional career in Romania with CFR Cluj, where he won eleven domestic trophies. He also had brief spells abroad in Germany, with Schalke 04, and in Kazakhstan.

Deac made his international debut for Romania in March 2010, and scored his first goal for the nation seven years later in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match with Denmark.

Club career

Early career / Unirea Dej

Deac played as a youngster for Gloria Bistrița, where he was initially deployed as a striker.

He made his senior debut with Unirea Dej, a lower division team. He spent there two seasons and was already scouted by CFR Cluj, however the club who insisted more was Universitatea Cluj who took him for a trial in the camp from Hungary. He managed to impress, however after spending near two months with "U" Cluj the transfer failed due money problems.

CFR Cluj

Deac was finally signed by CFR Cluj during the 2005–06 season, and made his Liga I debut on 6 August 2006 against Unirea Urziceni in a 4–0 victory. During the 2006–07 season led by coach Cristiano Bergodi, he only made eleven appearances for them finishing third place in the Championship. The highlight of his career began in 2007–08 the team's new coach, was Ioan Andone, formerly of Dinamo București who won both the Championship and the Cup.

Deac was loaned out to Oţelul Galaţi during the 2008 half-season where he made fifteen appearances scoring two goals.

Because of his good performances at Oțelul, Deac was preserved in the CFR Cluj roster for the 2008–09 season. In the first part of the season he made nine appearances. The lack of playing time lead him to consider leaving the club. But with the upcoming new coach Dušan Uhrin, Jr., Deac gave up this plan, receiving assurances that he would be used more. In the 2009–10 season, the team managed to win the league title for the second time in its history, the coach being Andrea Mandorlini who said "Deac has grown into an incredible manner, quantitatively and qualitatively". In the 2010 Super Cup match Deac helped the team prevent a defeat, pushing the game into the penalty shootout. After the match, he was chosen as Man of the match.

Schalke 04

On 27 August 2010, Deac signed for the German club Schalke 04 on a three-year contract.[2] The reported transfer fee was €3 million. He made his debut for Die Königsblauen on 14 September, in a Champions League game against Olympique Lyonnais.[3] He only played in the first half, and had a poor performance. He had a very sporadic season in Germany, only appearing in six games, and not putting in very convincing performances.[4]

In the summer of 2011, Deac was loaned to Liga I team, Rapid București for the 2011–12 campaign.[5] Schalke hoped he would regain his form that brought him to the international level.[6]

On 20 December, he scored two goals against FC Vaslui.[7] Although he was sent off, his team won the game with a 3–2 victory,[8] with Nicolae Grigore scoring the winning goal in extratime. On 7 April 2012, Deac scored a goal in the 5–0 thrashing of CFR Cluj.[9]

Return to CFR Cluj

On 30 May 2012, Deac returned to CFR Cluj, where he signed a contract for three years.[10]

Aktobe / Tobol

On 23 June 2015, Deac signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Aktobe.[11] Following the conclusion of the 2015 season, Deac was transfer listed by Aktobe.[12]

Third spell at CFR Cluj

Deac once again returned to CFR Cluj in January 2017.[13] He played 15 matches and netted six goals in the remainder of the season, his good display drawing interest from fellow league team FC Steaua București.[14]

He nevertheless chose to stay with the Alb-vișinii and was offered the number 10 shirt ahead of the 2017–18 campaign. He recorded his first goal of the season in a 1–0 away win over Concordia Chiajna on 17 September 2017.[15] Deac contributed with five goals and eleven assists, with the side claiming the fourth national championship in its history.[16]

International career

Deac made his debut for the Romania under-21 team against France on 1 June 2007, with the match ending 1–1.

He was part of Romania's preliminary Euro 2008 squad, but missed out on the final list led by manager Victor Pițurcă. On 5 March 2010, Deac finally earned his first cap for the full side in a friendly match against Israel.

In August 2017, following a six-year absence, he was selected by Christoph Daum for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Armenia and Montenegro.[17] Deac scored his first goal for the national team in a 1–1 draw with Denmark on 8 October 2017.[18]

Career statistics

Club
As of 21 December 2020[19][20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club League Season League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Unirea Dej 2004–05 Liga II 40000040
2005–06 2322000252
Total 2722000292
CFR Cluj 2006–07 Liga I 1100000110
2007–08 1001010120
2008–09 1822020222
2009–10 2422060322
2010–11 40100050
Total 6746090824
Oțelul Galați (loan) 2007–08 Liga I 1520000152
Schalke 04 2010–11 Bundesliga 20003050
FC Rapid (loan) 2011–12 Liga I 30942714112
CFR Cluj 2012–13 Liga I 1835010243
2013–14 2861000296
2014–15 1821040232
Total 641170507611
Aktobe 2015 Kazakh Premier League 1511020181
Tobol 2016 Kazakh Premier League 3121000322
CFR Cluj 2016–17 Liga I 1461000156
2017–18 3451000355
2018–19 2644020324
2019–20 2514001432610
Total 86226016310825
Career total 3375327242440659

International
As of 15 November 2019[21]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
201090
201120
201200
201300
201400
201500
201600
201721
201852
201951
Total234

International goals
As of 26 March 2019 (Romania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Deac goal)[21]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
#DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 October 2017Telia Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark12 Denmark1–11–12018 FIFA World Cup qualification
231 May 2018Sportzentrum Graz-Weinzödl, Graz, Austria15 Chile2–23–2Friendly
35 June 2018Ilie Oană, Ploiești, Romania16 Finland2–02–0Friendly
426 March 2019Dr. Constantin Rădulescu, Cluj, Romania19 Faroe Islands1–04–1UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Honours

Club

CFR Cluj

Schalke 04

Rapid București

Individual

References
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  4. "Ionita si Deac, in topul tepelor din Bundesliga" (in Romanian). ziare.com. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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  7. "Lucescu acuză arbitrajul: "Deac a fost eliminat gratuit şi am avut penalty la Teixeira"" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  8. "Giuleştenii s-au răzbunat pe teren: FC Vaslui – Rapid: 2-3" (in Romanian). tvr.ro. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 31 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
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  11. Чиприан Дяк: Хотим подарить городу праздник. fc-aktobe.kz (in Russian). FC Aktobe. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
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  14. "Primul transfer din "era FCSB" se face la începutul săptămânii! A acceptat oferta" [The first transfer of the "FCSB era" will be completed at the start of the week! He accepted the offer] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
  15. "Chiajna – CFR Cluj 0–1. Liderul s-a impus printr-un gol marcat din penalty de Deac" [Chiajna – CFR Cluj 0–1. The league leaders won with a penalty scored by Deac] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 17 September 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
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  17. "Motivul pentru care a fost selecţionat Deac şi de ce se regăseşte Golofca pe lista adiţională! Daum a oferit explicaţii pentru deciziile luate" [The reason Deac was called up and why Golofca is on the additional list! Daum explained his decisions] (in Romanian). ProSport. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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