Vasile Brătianu

Vasile Brătianu
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-08-13) 13 August 1967
Place of birth Brăila, Romania
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Position Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1994 Dacia Unirea Brăila[a] 124 (15)
1986–1989 → Petrolul Ianca (loan)
1994 Dinamo București 4 (0)
1995–1997 Universitatea Cluj 59 (10)
1997–1998 Oțelul Galați 23 (3)
1998–1999 Farul Constanța 11 (1)
1999 Petrolul Brăila
Total 221 (29)
International career
1992 Romania B 5 (0)
1993 Romania 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Brătianu (also known as Vasile Brătianu II; born 13 August 1967) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a central defender.[1][2][3]

Club career

Brătianu, nicknamed "Pluto", was born on 13 August 1967 in Brăila.[1][2][4][5] He began playing football at local club Dacia Unirea during the 1986–87 Divizia B season.[2][4] In the middle of the season, Brătianu joined Divizia C side Petrolul Ianca which he helped achieve promotion to the second league.[2][4] However, after one season Petrolul was relegated to the third league, but he stayed with the club for another six months.[1] Subsequently, he went back to Dacia Unirea, helping them gain promotion to the first league at the end of the 1989–90 season.[1][4] Brătianu made his Divizia A debut on 12 August 1990 under coach Constantin Oțet in a 1–0 away loss to Sportul Studențesc București.[1][6] During the 1992–93 season, he scored a career best of nine goals.[1] In the same season, Dacia Unirea reached the 1993 Cupa României final where coach Ioan Sdrobiș used him the entire match in the 2–0 loss to Universitatea Craiova.[7] However, in the following season, the team was relegated, but Brătianu continued to play in Divizia A, as he signed with Dinamo București.[1][2][5][8] There, he played only four league matches under coach Ion Moldovan in the first half of the 1994–95 season.[1][2] He also represented The Red Dogs in one UEFA Cup match, a 2–1 away loss to Trabzonspor.[9] Subsequently, Brătianu joined Universitatea Cluj for two and a half seasons.[1][2][5][10] Then he went for the 1997–98 season at Oțelul Galați.[1][2][5] He helped The Steelworkers secure a fourth place in the league and played in both legs of the UEFA Cup first qualifying round, where they were eliminated by HIT Gorica.[1][11] Afterwards, he joined Farul Constanța where he made his last Divizia A appearances during the 1998–99 season, totaling 221 matches with 29 goals in the competition.[1][2][5][12] In 1999, Brătianu went to play for Petrolul Brăila in Divizia C, where he ended his career shortly afterwards.[1][2]

International career

In 1992, Brătianu played five matches for Romania's B team.[13]

Brătianu made one appearance for Romania on 22 September 1993 when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him in the 86th minute to replace Ionel Pârvu in a 1–0 friendly victory against Israel.[14][15]

Personal life

His brother, Constantin, was also a footballer who played as a goalkeeper and they were teammates at Dacia Unirea Brăila.[2][5]

Honours

Petrolul Ianca

Dacia Unirea Brăila

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1986–87, 1988–89 and 1989–90 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Vasile Brătianu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k ""Cooperativa a împiedicat Oțelul să ia titlul"" ["The cooperative prevented Otelul from taking the title"] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  3. ^ Vasile Brătianu at WorldFootball.net
  4. ^ a b c d Vasile Brătianu at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Pe urmele lui "Pluto" Brătianu, de la Brăila la Afumați, via Academia Hagi! Cel mai înalt fotbalist din Liga 2 este și cel mai bun fundaș din eșalonul secund. SPECIAL" [Following in the footsteps of "Pluto" Brătianu, from Brăila to Afumați, via Academia Hagi! The tallest footballer in League 2 is also the best defender in the second tier. SPECIAL] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  6. ^ "FCM Progresul Brăila vs Sportul Studențesc 0-1". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1992 - 1993". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Divizia A 1993/94". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Vasile Brătianu. UEFA Cup 1994/95". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Vasile Brătianu profile". 4everucluj.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  11. ^ "De la extaz la agonie: Oțelul - NK Gorica 4-2" [From ecstasy to agony: Oțelul - NK Gorica 4-2] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
    "Vasile Brătianu. UEFA Cup qualifiers 1997/98". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  12. ^ "Vasile Brătianu profile". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  13. ^ "Vasile Brătianu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  14. ^ "Vasile Brătianu". European Football. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Romania - Israel 1:0". European Football. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
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