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Mirel Rădoi restores the national team in Craiova! The latest Mutations of the Oltenians indicate an obvious trend

Article by Remus Dinu – published Tuesday, September 2, 2025, 23:32 / Updated Tuesday, September 2, 2025 23:32

With the transfer of Adrian Rus to BanieMirel Rădoi extends the list of footballers that he trained on the national team, so that he can rely on them in Craiova.

  • At this moment, the former coach is based on Craiova University on five players who were regularly raised at the national team: Cicâldău, Bancu, Rus, Alexandru Crețu and Mogoș.
  • They are added Tudor Băluță and Florin Stefan, which Mirel raised at U21.
  • There are seven names, therefore, who knew the ascent under the tricolor, at the great national or “youth”, along with Rădoi!

Transferring Adrian Rus, Mirel Rădoi fulfilled an older moft.

It was regained on the stooper that was constantly based in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2021. Then, the central defender evolved in five matches in the respective campaign, including in the “Volksparkstadion” duel with Germany, lost by 1-2.

Mirel Rădoi restores the national team in Craiova! The latest Mutations of the Oltenians indicate an obvious trend

Mirel Rădoi bet Adrian Rus and the first representative / photo: Gazeta Sports archive

Adi Rus, Rădoi's fever.

Rus had been one of the daughters of Mirel Rădoi and at the youth national teamhe frequently using the Satu Mare defender during the campaign that culminated with the semi-final from Euro 2019.

Right, Rus played more in the preliminaries than during the final tournament, where it was the reserve of Nedelcearu and Pașcanu and checked only 14 minutes.

In “11-le” time used by Rădoi at the European European, six years ago, There were also Tudor Băluță, Cicâldău and Florin Stefan, the last one brought to Bania in the summer, and he was a player close to Rădoi's soul..

Florin Stefan, transferred this summer by Rotaru, was one of the young footballers in Vogă in Liga 1 when he represented Romania at Euro 2019. Under the command of Rădoi, the left defender also represented the Romanian Olympic national, at the Tokyo Summer Olympics.

Stefan is not a singular case. Tudor Băluță, a pillar of the U21 national in “Era Rădoi”, was one of the first targets set by the Craiova technician for this summer, in the context in which the defensive midfielder is one of the technician's favorite.

Rădoi's plan

The newspaper also wrote in February, shortly after his installation in Bănie, about Rădoi's appetite to transfer to Craiova “tricolors” with whom he worked on the two national lots.

On Mogoș, for example, Rădoi used in three lines at the Great National. With Mirel Selectioner, Mogoș evolved in the friendly with Belarus (5-3), as well as in the matches with Northern Ireland (1-1, in the Nations League) and 2-3 with Armenia (in the preliminaries CM 2022). Also, Cicâldău and Bancu were ordinary presence in the lot during the term of two years carried out by Rădoi at the helm of the first representative.

And Alexandru Crețu, returned among the Juveti in 2025, made his debut with Rădoi selector.

The midfielder was always in the graces of Mirel Rădoi, who transformed Alex Crețu into a basic man at national. Crețu also evolved in the “Dam” of sad memory with Iceland, from 2020.

Mihai Rotaru sold in the competitive break on Alexandru Mitriță, the club also resigning to Andrei Ivan and Jovan Markovic. Otherwise, the list of ordinary footballers with Rădoi from the national team would have been even more comprehensive.

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