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Cristian Săpunaru

1984 - Today

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Cristian Ionuț Săpunaru (born 5 April 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played mainly as a centre-back. He also played as a right-back or a defensive midfielder. Săpunaru began his senior career with Național București in 2002, before going on to make a name for himself at Rapid București four years later. In 2008 he signed with Porto in Portugal, where he won ten major honours over the course of four years, including the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Cristian Săpunaru is the 8,561st most popular soccer player (down from 8,284th in 2024), the 644th most popular biography from Romania (down from 619th in 2019) and the 118th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cristian Săpunaru ranks 8,561 out of 21,273. Before him are Mário Fernandes, Julian Baumgartlinger, Raouf Bouzaiene, Eric Wynalda, Gildardo Gómez, and Masakazu Koda. After him are Tomohisa Ishiguro, Franco Di Santo, Jonathan Pitroipa, Pontus Kåmark, Aaron Mokoena, and Patricio Yáñez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1984, Cristian Săpunaru ranks 400. Before him are Olga Rypakova, Marco Huck, Yoo In-young, Oussama Mellouli, Tayanna, and Shogo Nakai. After him are Kaori Icho, Jin Akanishi, Mario Ančić, Ludovic Obraniak, David Neville, and Jorge Masvidal.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Cristian Săpunaru ranks 644 out of 844. Before him are Claudia Presăcan (1979), Nicolae Țaga (1967), Anamaria Marinca (1978), Anton Doboș (1965), Emil Săndoi (1965), and Florin Cezar Ouatu (1980). After him are Florica Lavric (1962), Mihai Cioc (1961), Dan Bittman (1962), Ioana Olteanu (1966), Mihaela Stănuleț (1967), and Dan Stanca (1956).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Cristian Săpunaru ranks 118. Before him are Adrian Popescu (1960), Vlad Chiricheș (1989), Gabriel Tamaș (1983), Daniel Timofte (1967), Anton Doboș (1965), and Emil Săndoi (1965). After him are Liviu Ciobotariu (1971), Gheorghe Mihali (1965), Cătălin Hîldan (1976), Lucian Sânmărtean (1980), Claudiu Keșerü (1986), and Ion Vlădoiu (1968).

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