Article by Maria Olteanu – Published Monday, September 29, 2025, 20:38 / Updated Monday, September 29, 20:38
Ionel Ganea (51 years old) lost this summer's process with the Bucharest Road Brigade, After the March 2024 scandalfrom the friendly played on the National Arena, Romania – Northern Ireland. It was fined and remained without a permit for 30 days, and now details have come out of motivation.
What happened then? Ganea came with the family at the National Arena, when he was fined by the police, after refusing to stop at their signal and present the documents. As it appears from the motivation, the road police signaled them to pull on the right of Ganea, to allow another car to take their back, Ganea opposed and continued on the stadium, being stopped by agents, according to golazo.ro.
“I go to the parking lot. I don't give you any permit. Do you do not know me or what?”, It was one of Ganea's replies to the police, when he was taken out of the car and his documents were asked, according to the court's motivation
Ganea initially won but ultimately lost the process
Ganea challenged the sanction at the Făgăraș District Court, and in the first phase, in November 2024, the first court decided in favor of the former player, considering that the police had no additional evidence and video recordings, respectively the forensic certificate supported a different version of the facts.
In the court's reasoning it was specified that Ganea presented a forensic certificate issued on March 25, 2024, who attested that in the evening he suffered traumas that required a period of 8-9 days for recovery.
As the evidence was different from what the agents recorded at the stadium, the minutes lost its probative value, being canceled, and The contravention complaint made by Ionel Ganea was admitted.
Later, The Bucharest Road Brigade challenged the sentenceand in the call, Brasov Court He considered that the report is both legal and thorough. The court's decision came on July 17, 2025after three delays, on June 13, 2025, June 27, 2025 and July 11, 2025.
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The court showed that the dictated sanction was proportional to the seriousness of the deed, with the mention that Ganea was not at the first deviation of this kind. “It is also relevant to the fact that this driver is not at the first violation of the Road Code, as he has previously committed seven contraventions”was shown in the reasoning, the fine and the retention of the permit for 30 days remaining valid.
The final decision came one month after Ganea's son died
The last few months have been some nightmare for the former footballer. On June 6, 2025, Ionel Ganea's two -year -old boy, Alexandru, died in the hospital. It was in a serious condition for almost a month, after the car accident on May 9.
Ganea was behind the wheel at the time of the terrible accident. His son, on the right seat, without being properly assured, suffered a cranio-cerebral trauma, with multiple lesions. It was operated on urgently, and then continued to be in serious condition, in induced coma. Now, Ionel Ganea is researched for guilty killing.
