Article by Remus Dinu, Cezar Titor – Published Wednesday, 05 November 2025, 18:02 / Updated Wednesday, 05 November 2025 18:02
Before Basel – FCSBthe fourth game in the single Europa League group, Flavius Daniliuc he was the Swiss delegate at the pre-match press conference. The stopper of the opponent of the Romanian champion was born in Vienna, in Austria, to Romanian parents originally from Suceava, who left the country before the fall of the communist regime.
He chose to represent Austria, where he has already made several appearances. Raised in Bayern Munich's juniors, spent at Nice, Salernitana, Salzburg or Hellas Verona, he has been playing at Basel since September, beginning to establish himself in the center of Ludovic Magnin's defense.
“He will never play for Romania as long as the problem of the mafia in football at home is not solved,” announced Mihai Daniliuc, Flavius' father, who fled Romania by swimming across the Danube in 2014, for GSP.
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FC Basel – FCSB is scheduled on Thursday, from 19:45, at “St. Jakob-Park”. Special reporters Remus Dinu and Cezar Titor are in Switzerland and provide the Gazeta readers with the most relevant information before the Europa League match.
VIDEO. Flavius Daniliuc: “Romania is known for freedom”
As a child, Daniliuc confessed that he spent a lot of time in Romania, visiting his grandparents or friends.
“I was playing in the street with my brother and enjoying the freedom”the player recalls. Although he has already made three appearances for the Austrian national team, he could theoretically play for Romania as well. However, such a change seems unlikely. “It's all about how you feel,” says Daniliuc, who has been through all of Austria's junior teams.
PHOTO. Pictures from today's Basel training session
In recent years, his visits to his parents' country of origin have become rare. The grandparents are no longer alive, and many of the childhood friends have since moved to Austria. As for FCSB, the current opponent, Daniliuc admits that he has no special connection with the team.
“It will be a game like any other,” he says. “The only difference is that, for the first time, my whole family will be together in the stands in Basel”he added.
“I spent a lot of time with my family in Romania, a country known for its freedom. When you go there, even though you have rules, you can enjoy life a little more. If I had to say something, it would be: the freedom we enjoyed”, Flavius Daniliuc also said.
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