Article by Andrei Crăiţoiu – published on Thursday, May 22, 2025, 23:41 / Updated Thursday, May 22, 2025 23:41
Ciprian Deac (39 years old) and Mario Camora (38 years old) will eventually continue another season at CFR Cluj! The two players are going to sign new contracts with the Gruia band and will evolve under the command of Dan Petrescu and in the 2025-2026 edition of the Superligii.
CFR Cluj is preparing to “transfer” for another season two of the most important footballers in the recent history of Romanian football: Ciprian Deac and Mario Camora.
Together, Deac and Camora won 25 trophies, all in the T -shirt of CFR Cluj!
Ciprian Deac has an impressive palmares: Seven times champion of Romania, three times winner of the Romanian Cup and five times of the Super Cup, in total, 15 trophies, all obtained with CFR Cluj.
Mario Camora, the team's symbol and a legendary captain, conquered by Six times superlig, twice the cup and twice the Romanian Super Cup – all with the Gruia band.
If we analyze the figures in the current season, Deac has checked 18 matches, 14 of which as a holder, while in another four he entered the course. On the other hand, Camora evolved in 25 parties, of which 23 as a holder.
848 matches have togetherCiprian Deac and Mario Camora. Deac has 430 Superliga games, while Camora has 418
“The two players will sign new contracts with CFR!”
Although in recent months it has been speculated that Deac and Camora could leave the team this summer, there are very high chances that both of CFR Cluj continue.
“It is expected to conclude the current season, and the two players will be proposed to extend the contracts. There are two legendary footballers for both Romanian football and CFR Cluj. It is almost certain that they will sign new contracts”, they revealed authorized sources within the club.
Moreover, close to the two have confirmed for GSP.ro that “The intentions of Cluj are for them to continue next season, and Cipri and Mario want to stay at CFR Cluj.”
The reports still me very well. That means I can still. Because, indeed, if you look at the bulletin, I look a little old for this sport. But as they say, tests never lie. But the most important thing is how I feel and what I feel
Ciprian Deac, for gsp.ro
“If they left CFR, the match with FCSB would have been a goodbye.”
If Ciprian Deac and Mario Camora had left CFR Cluj, the Friday match with FCSB would have been transformed into a special goodbye moment. But this will not happen.
Ciprian Deac and Mario Camora with the Betano / Photan Romanian Cup trophy: Cristi Preda GSP
“If one of the two or both had left the team this summer, there would be a moment dedicated to the match with FCSB. However, no plan is provided, no ceremony, no holiday in this regard, as happened with Săpunaru at the match in Giulești”, Sources from the club say.
This information strengthens even more the idea that Deac and Camora will continue at CFR Clujthus completing the picture of extending the contracts for two of the most important footballers in the recent history of the club and Romanian football.
We have gathered most parties in the club shirt, I came to the national team. I am proud of what I have achieved and I regret absolutely nothing. I was rewarded for my work and the seriousness of every workout. And I had something to learn from every coach I collaborated with
Mario Camora, for gsp.ro
In the last stages Deac and Camora have shone
Even though he evolved less than in the past seasons, Mario Camora, the team captain, was a holder every time he was used. In the last stages, the Portuguese defender has again demonstrated his value: he offered two decisive passes in the matches with Craiova University and Rapid.
And Ciprian Deac had very good evolutions. Although he played considerably less than the previous seasons, he remained a “beast” in the gym and training. And in the categorical victory, score 4-1, against Rapid, Deac scored a goal and offered a decisive pass.
Neluțu Varga celebrated the winning of the Romanian Cup with Deac and Camora all night
CFR Cluj won in Arad the 5th Cup of Romania in history, and the team has fully celebrated the success that saves the season and which brings the qualification in the preliminary round of the Europa League. At the hotel, at midnight, Fiesta continued, where the owner of Cluj, Neluțu Varga, came to be with Dan Petrescu's students.
The people of Cluj continued the party after midnight, they were staying at George Țucudean's hotel, from Arad, “Anioc Signature”. In fact, the former player of CFR Cluj also spent with the team, after winning the Romanian Cup.
The two captains and veterans from the lot, Ciprian Deac and Mario Camora, were the ones who presented the trophy of the owner of Varga, being then embraced and kissed by the man who leads the destinies of the Gruia group.
Ciprian Deac: “I do not see myself a coach. I do not have the necessary qualities”
In an exclusive interview for GSP.ro, Ciprian Deac spoke about the moment when he will have to put the boots in the nail and give up his professional career. Asked what he will do, Ciprian explained.
“In the office, for sure, no! At the moment, I don't even see myself a coach! Because I see what it means to be a coach and I think I have been very stressed and I have no … It is clear that I will not stay away from football, but at the moment I really didn't think what I would like or where I would see. I just focused on football and didn't want to lose my energy with other thoughts and think. So at the moment I do not see myself a coach, but it is never known. I think I don't have the necessary qualities to be a coach, ”he said.
Mario Camora: “I don't want to be ashamed of the field”
The defendant of Cluj has revealed in an interview for the Sports Gazette that he is not going to put the boots in the end of the current season, but “I do not want to be ashamed on the ground”.
Mario Camora, in the match with Craiova University // Photo: Imago Images
“Honestly, I go from year to year, to see how I feel. I will certainly play at least one more season, after the current one. I know what the world says, that you can no longer be a lot! But this is envy and I laugh in front of those who speak so! Many have left at 30, but I still lead to 38! If you look at the figures from the matches, you see that I am always there, among the first three-four. So I sleep well! I want to finish my career at CFR, after I already gathered 14 seasons here, ”Camora pointed out.
