1. Dorin Rotariu amassed over 120 Liga I appearances for "the White and Reds" over the course of several seasons, and in 2017 earned a transfer abroad to Club Brugge in Belgium.
14 Facts About Dorin Rotariu
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Two years later, after being loaned out to Mouscron and AZ Alkmaar, Dorin Rotariu joined Kazakh team Astana with which he won three domestic honours.
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Dorin Rotariu competed professionally in Bulgaria and Greece, for Ludogorets Razgrad and Atromitos, respectively, before returning to Romania with FCSB in 2023.
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Dorin Rotariu played as a youngster for FC Politehnica Timisoara's academy, and in September 2012 was loaned to top-flight club Dinamo Bucuresti.
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Dorin Rotariu chose to join Dinamo Bucuresti in order to play alongside teammates from the national under-19 squad.
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Dorin Rotariu stayed with the reserve team before making his Liga I debut against Concordia Chiajna in March 2013, aged only 17 years and eight months.
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On 31 January 2017, the last day of the winter transfer window in Belgium, it was announced that Dorin Rotariu signed a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee with defending champions Club Brugge.
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Dorin Rotariu agreed to a season-long loan deal with Royal Excel Mouscron on 31 August 2017, rejoining his former Dinamo Bucuresti coach Mircea Rednic.
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Dorin Rotariu was again loaned for the following campaign, this time to Dutch club AZ Alkmaar.
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On 25 January 2022, Dorin Rotariu joined Greek side Atromitos on a short-term loan.
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On 10 October 2023, Dorin Rotariu returned to Romania on a one-year contract with the option of another two years at FCSB, the cross-town rival of his former team Dinamo Bucuresti.
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Dorin Rotariu was called up by manager Christoph Daum to the Romania national team squad to face Montenegro in September 2016.
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Dorin Rotariu scored his first goal for the full side on 27 March 2018, coming on as a 53rd-minute substitute for Alexandru Mitrita and netting the only goal in a friendly against Sweden.
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Dorin Rotariu's father Ilie was a footballer who totalled two games in the Romanian top tier, and has an identical twin named Iosif.