Radu Drăgușin
Romanian footballer (born 2002) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Radu Matei Drăgușin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈradu maˈtej drəguˈʃin];[1] born 3 February 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur and the Romania national team. Mainly a centre-back, he can also play as a right-back.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Radu Matei Drăgușin | ||
Date of birth | (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 (age 22) | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Number | 6 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2013 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
2013–2018 | Regal Sport București | ||
2018–2020 | Juventus | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Juventus U23 | 10 | (1) |
2020–2023 | Juventus | 1 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Sampdoria (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2022 | → Salernitana (loan) | 7 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Genoa (loan) | 38 | (4) |
2023–2024 | Genoa | 19 | (2) |
2024– | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018–2019 | Romania U17 | ||
2019 | Romania U19 | 3 | (0) |
2020– | Romania U21 | 9 | (0) |
2022– | Romania | 16 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 4 June 2024 |
Drăgușin started out his senior career with the reserves of Italian club Juventus in 2020, and later that year registered his debut for the first team, aged 18. Following loans to Sampdoria, Salernitana, and Genoa, respectively, he signed a permanent contract with the latter in 2023. The next January, he joined English side Tottenham Hotspur in a transfer worth an initial €25 million (£21.5 million), making him the most expensive Romanian footballer of all time.
Internationally, Drăgușin appeared for Romania under-21 in one match at the 2021 UEFA European Championship. The following year, he made his full debut in a 0–1 friendly loss to Greece.