Article by Maria Olteanu – published Monday, September 1, 2025, 10:04 / Updated Monday, September 1, 20:04
Former Romanian international Florin Gardoș (36 years old) recently told an unknown episode from the locker room of Craiova University, a team he worked on in 2018-2019. He revealed how Stefan Baiaram (22 years old), kids just came from the academy at that time, was the “target” of one of his colleagues, who charged any mistake.
Florin Gardoș was transferred to the University of Craiova in February 2018, initially in the form of a loan, from Southampton, and later bought in July the same year. He played in white-blue until January 2019, after which he went to Polytechnic Iași.
Invited in the podcast “Hey Football TV”, the former player of Craiova spoke about the role of a psychologist in the life of a team, when he remembered an unknown episode, from the time he worked on the Bănie band, in which in the fore
Raised at the Craiova Academy, Stefan Baiaram took the first team in 2019.
Ștefan Baiaram, the “target” of a colleague after coming to the first team
Without giving names, Gardoș told how Baiaram, a child just came in the big team's gear, was always apostrophe by one of his colleagues, who swore for every mistake.
“It was a strong phase in Craiova, I will not give the name. The victim was Baiaram, who was a child, just coming from the academy for a year and one of the players cursed him non-stop, but non-stop, any small mistake and he swore.
And the psychologist was there, the note, he had just come, he was friendly. He took his notes. The next day we have a training session and we have a meeting with him for 15 minutes, no one was to sit, I was tired of meetings, and he says, without giving names: 'I stayed and noticed yesterday that you do not support each other, it is very important, please, the man 15 minutes. Then I came out on the field, the first phase: 'Baiaram, put me, that, the poor man, I was talking for nothing, he entered one ear, he goes out, “said Florin Gardoș, at the Hey Football TV.
Ștefan Baiaram is in the best season of his career. Photo: Imago
From a rifle apostrophe in Craiova's decar
But Stefan Baiaram's ascension was an impressive one. In just a few seasons, he arrived by Craiova, an undeniable holder and one of the best players in the Olteni group.
However, life was not a gentle one with the “pearl” of Craiova, abandoned and adopted at the age of six. He took football later to get rid of poverty, but the results were not delayed.
“For me it was a sensitive topic, but it is no longer. I matured, I went over. I was abandoned at 6 months, my family took me under care and from 6 months they adopted me and grew up. I had a difficult childhood, many sacrifices, I had no possibilities in maintaining us.
Now, Baiaram is in front of the debut to the national senior team of Romania, being summoned by Mircea Lucescu (80 years) for the first time for the action in September, the friendly match with Canada (September 5) and the match with Cyprus, from the World Championship preliminaries (September 9).
2 million eurosis the market share of Stefan Baiaram, according to Transfermarkt
