Article by Aurelian Botezatu – Published Monday, January 19, 2026, 09:11 / Updated Monday, January 19, 2026 09:11
Celta Vigo's goalkeeper, Ionuț Radu, was again in the center of attention, at the end of the match won by his team against Rayo (3-0). At the visitors, Andrei Rațiu was absent, injured.
Ionuț Radu had a rather quiet evening against Rayo (3-0). The visitors only put him to work twice, once in each half, marking another clean sheet in his first season in La Liga. 6th in number!
However, the Celta goalkeeper returned to the center of attention after the final whistle! When, in the group photo, he put his No. 13 shirt on backwards, and his teammates helped him stay on his head. The club filmed the moment and the video was posted on social media. The headline, “Andrei Radu is a legend”, is accompanied by a laughing out loud emoji.
Andrei Radu is a LEGEND 🤣 pic.twitter.com/SuD4Q6Pdzm
— Celta (@RCCelta) January 18, 2026
Ionuț Radu “committed” it again in November, after 1-0 with Alaves
It is not the first time that the goalkeeper of the Romanian national team offers the image of the day in La Liga. In November, after Celta's away victory against Alaves (1-0), Radu stood for the first time in the group photo at the end.
Like on Sunday night, teammates helped him stay in the position for a few seconds, and the footage went viral in Spain. “Look at Radu!” Celta Vigo wrote in the caption of the Instagram post.
Ionuț Radu, an ace in AS, two stars in Mundo Deportivo
After the evolution of Sunday's match, 3-0 against Rayo, Radu was noted differently in the Spanish press. Madrid daily AS gave him an ace, probably thinking he wasn't asked too much, while Mundo Deportivo gave him two stars (good).
Celta is in 7th place in La Liga, with 32 points, while Rayo, where Andrei Rațiu was absent due to muscle problems, is in 13th place, with 10 points less.
