Bogdan Vătăjelu

Bogdan Vătăjelu

Personal information
Full name	Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu
Date of birth	(1993-04-24) 24 April 1993
Place of birth	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Height
Position(s)	Left Back
Team information
Current team	Universitatea Craiova
Number	5
Youth career
	Steaua Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2011	Steaua București II	25	(0)
2011–2013	CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea	44	(1)
2013	Metalul Reșița	14	(0)
2014–	Universitatea Craiova	83	(6)
International career‡
2011–2012	Romania U19	4	(0)
2015–	Romania	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2015

Bogdan Vătăjelu (born 24 April 1993), is a Romanian professional footballer playing for Universitatea Craiova as a defender.

Club career

Vătăjelu is a product of the Steaua Bucureşti youth academy and made his professional debut with the reserves in 2010. Making 25 appearances for the reserves, he joined CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in 2011 playing there till 2013 in Liga II.

In 2013, he signed for Metalul Reșița where he had a brief spell playing in 14 outings. He was named tha captain after playing just two matches. During his time in the club, it was reported that Premier League club Sunderland, Championship club Watford and even Spanish club RCD Mallorca showed their interest in signing him.

Nevertheless, on 16 January 2014, he was transferred to Liga I club Universitatea Craiova, signing a three-year contract.

International career

Between 2011 and 2012, he played for Romania U19 4 times. On 25 May 2014, while playing in Liga II, he was called to the national team for friendlies against Algeria and Albania.

External links

• Bogdan Vătăjelu at Soccerway