Claudiu Keșerü

Claudiu Andrei Keșerü (Romanian pronunciation: [klaˈudju anˈdrej keˈʃery]; born 2 December 1986) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a striker.

Claudiu Keșerü
Keșerü with Ludogorets Razgrad in 2019
Personal information
Full name Claudiu Andrei Keșerü
Date of birth (1986-12-02) 2 December 1986
Place of birth Oradea, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1992–2003 Bihor Oradea
2003–2004 Nantes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 Bihor Oradea 15 (3)
2003–2010 Nantes 81 (11)
2003–2007 Nantes B 32 (23)
2008Libourne (loan) 17 (11)
2009 → Tours (loan) 12 (8)
2010Angers (loan) 14 (4)
2010–2013 Angers 100 (33)
2013–2014 Bastia 16 (1)
2014–2015 Steaua București 34 (20)
2015 Al-Gharafa 9 (9)
2015–2021 Ludogorets Razgrad 169 (113)
2021 Ludogorets Razgrad II 3 (3)
2021–2022 FCSB 19 (5)
2022–2023 UTA Arad 26 (3)
Total 547 (247)
International career
2004–2008 Romania U21 21 (6)
2013–2021 Romania 47 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

After starting out at his hometown side Bihor Oradea, Keșerü soon moved to Nantes in 2003. Over the course of nearly eleven years in France, he represented five clubs and amassed Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 totals of 240 appearances and 67 goals. In 2014, he returned to his native country by signing a contract with defending champions Steaua București. Keșerü also had a brief spell with Al-Gharafa in Qatar, before moving to Ludogorets Razgrad in the summer of 2015. He netted more than 110 times in the Bulgarian First League and became the foreign player with the most goals in the competition. Keșerü is also the only foreigner to become top scorer in Bulgaria on more than one occasion. In 2021, he returned to Steaua București—now renamed FCSB.

Keșerü made his first senior international appearance for Romania in October 2013, in a 4–0 defeat of Andorra. He earned over 40 caps for the nation and was part of the squad that participated in the UEFA Euro 2016.

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