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.
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Keșerü with Ludogorets Razgrad in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudiu Andrei Keșerü | ||
| Date of birth | 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) |
| 2008 | → Libourne (loan) | 17 | (11) |
| 2009 | → Tours (loan) | 12 | (8) |
| 2010 | → Angers (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.