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The earring was transferred from the Lighthouse at the beginning of the year. He was used by FCSB in the right back position until the match with UTA (4-0)when he was passed to the center of the defense.

He played in the same position last night as well victory against U Cluj (2-0)and left the impression of positive performances. So praised by coach Charalambous – “We are very happy for him, especially because he is a young player; he does well as a central defender, a position where we have problems“, as well as by the Becali boss – “He played very well, despite the fact that Ngezana didn't give him much security. The earring passes frontally“.

Ionuț Cercel, a stopper who knows how to pass, but who loses many duels

GSP presents the statistics recorded by the central defender Cercel in the last two stages of the championship, according to Wyscout.

In short:

• the percentage of successful actions is close to 80%;
• a very good passer – balls sent by him in front successfully reach colleagues in 84% of cases;
• suffers in duels, including aerial ones, which he loses in most situations.

Central defender ring: Wyscout report for the matches with UTA and U Cluj

• Cercel ended up being the starter in the axis after Mihai Popescu was seriously injured. Dawa and Graovac are not yet rebuilt.
• Ionuț also ticks the U21 rule, and fulfills Becali's requirement – that the footballer eligible for the FCSB “11” youth team should play defensively.

“It's my job!”

At Farului juniors, Ionuț Cercel worked as a midfielder, first as number 8, inter, then as “closer”. Positions that Cercel also interpreted in the small teams of Romania, U17, U18, U19. Later, he was relegated to the defensive side, where he played two positions, stopper and right back.

“It was a very difficult match against a strong opponent. We are happy to get the 3 points, that the team is playing the right football now. I hope we can continue like this, get points and be in the play-offs.

It's my job, so to speak, since I played in the juniors at Farul. I feel better, much safer. But wherever the coaches put me, I'm ready to play. I can't say it's luck, but I try to make the most of it, it's a good opportunity. I hope to make the most of this chance and to please everyone”, declared Cercel, at the end of the game with U Cluj.

Ionuț Cercel, photo: Cristi Preda (GSP.ro)

“The biggest enemy of gang football players is touch”

After the game with UTA, Raul Rusescu, former champion with FCSB, welcomed the use of Cercel in the center of the defense.

“I really liked Cercel, I look at his body language – when he's in a duel, when he has the ball at his feet. Especially since a stopper at FCSB usually has the ball at his feet, it helps in the construction. I really make a difference between him as a full back and him as a center back.

Now he was not tense, tense. It was calm. He won the duels he had. The biggest enemy of some football players is the touch – the fact that you have the touch next to the heel makes you nervous. It was seen in him, and he had some modest developments as a right defender.

I liked him as a central defender and I also liked that he told the coach that he feels good in a certain position. That's interesting. Again, I liked that he was calm,” the expert told GSP Live.

€900,000it cost Ionuț Cercel FCSB, including bonuses