Valentin Crețu (footballer)

Valentin Iulian Crețu (Romanian pronunciation: [valenˈtin ˈkret͡su]; born 2 January 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Liga I club FCSB.

Valentin Crețu

Crețu with FCSB in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Valentin Iulian Crețu
Date of birth	(1989-01-02) 2 January 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth	Buzău, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Right back
Team information
Current team	FCSB
Number	2
Youth career
2001–2007	Râmnicu Sărat
2007–2008	Gloria Buzău
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Gloria Buzău	3	(0)
2009	→ Râmnicu Sărat (loan)	16	(0)
2009–2014	Concordia Chiajna	72	(1)
2011–2012	→ Rapid București (loan)	11	(0)
2013	→ Beroe (loan)	0	(0)
2013	→ Săgeata Năvodari (loan)	0	(0)
2014–2019	Gaz Metan Mediaș	120	(1)
2016	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)	12	(0)
2017	→ ACS Poli Timișoara (loan)	16	(0)
2019–	FCSB	164	(1)
International career‡
2020–	Romania	2	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 August 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 November 2020

Club career

Crețu made his Liga I debut in the 2008–09 season in a game played for Gloria Buzău, against Steaua București which ended 1–1.^[1]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 24 August 2025^[1][2][3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gloria Buzău	2008–09	Liga I	2	0	1	0	—		—		—		3	0
	2009–10	Liga II	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		3	0	1	0	—		—		—		4	0
Râmnicu Sărat (loan)	2008–09	Liga III	16	0	0	0	—		—		—		16	0
Concordia Chiajna	2009–10	Liga II	19	0	0	0	—		—		—		19	0
	2010–11	Liga II	23	0	0	0	—		—		—		23	0
	2012–13	Liga I	14	0	1	0	—		—		—		15	0
	2013–14	Liga I	16	1	1	0	—		—		—		17	1
	Total		72	1	2	0	—		—		—		74	1
Rapid București (loan)	2011–12	Liga I	11	0	3	0	—		1[c]	0	—		15	0
Gaz Metan Mediaș	2014–15	Liga I	26	0	1	0	1	0	—		—		28	0
	2015–16	Liga II	6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2016–17	Liga I	36	0	2	0	0	0	—		—		38	0
	2017–18	Liga I	16	0	3	0	—		—		—		19	0
	2018–19	Liga I	33	1	1	0	—		—		—		34	1
	2019–20	Liga I	3	0	0	0	—		—		—		3	0
	Total		120	1	7	0	1	0	—		—		128	1
Energie Cottbus (loan)	2015–16	3. Liga	12	0	0	0	—		—		—		12	0
ACS Poli Timișoara (loan)	2017–18	Liga I	16	0	2	0	—		0	0	—		18	0
FCSB	2019–20	Liga I	26	0	5	0	—		4[c]	0	—		35	0
	2020–21	Liga I	29	0	1	0	—		2[c]	0	1[d]	0	33	0
	2021–22	Liga I	28	0	1	0	—		2[e]	0	—		31	0
	2022–23	Liga I	17	0	1	0	—		6[e]	0	—		24	0
	2023–24	Liga I	26	0	3	0	—		2[e]	0	—		31	0
	2024–25	Liga I	36	1	0	0	—		17[f]	0	0	0	53	1
	2025–26	Liga I	2	0	0	0	—		7[g]	0	0	0	9	0
	Total		164	1	11	0	—		40	0	1	0	216	1
Career total			414	3	26	0	1	0	41	0	1	0	483	3

1. Includes Cupa României
2. Includes Cupa Ligii
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Supercupa României
5. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
6. Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, eleven appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League

International

As of 18 November 2020

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
	2020	2	0
Total		2	0

Honours

Râmnicu Sărat

• Liga III: 2008–09

FCSB

• Liga I: 2023–24,^[4] 2024–25
• Cupa României: 2019–20
• Supercupa României: 2024, 2025

Individual

• Liga I Team of the Season: 2024–25^[5]