Steaua power

Dušan Kuciak was part of Zilina youth academy, where he was an exponential player for his side. Aged 16, he signed his first contract with the Slovak Supeliga side AS Trencin. He arrived at Steaua from Vaslui after being released on a free.

On 26 May 2008 Ciprian signed a five-year contract with Steaua Bucharest, with a reported transfer fee of around 1,500,000 euros, but he was loaned back to Gloria Bistrita for the 2008/09 season, because he had no chance to play for Steaua while Robinson Zapata was still there.

João Pedro do Espírito Santo Gonçalves (born 18 January 1988 in Amadora) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Steaua Bucharest, a right defender from Sporting Lisboa youth academy.

Cornel Râpă made his debut for Steaua in 2011, after playing for Otelul Galati a couple of seasons. At the moment Cornel is the most influential player in the Steaua squad, he is the number one captain.

Marios Ouzounidis began his career at AEK Athens in June 2011 but failed to make a league appearance during his 2 years at the club. During this time he also spent time on loan AE Limassol , making 8 league appearances and scoring one goal. Ouzounidis joined current club FC Steaua Bucharest in July 2013.

Igor Pita, 24 arrived at Steaua from Academica for a fee of 575K in 2013. Igor Pita started his career at Clube Desportivo Nacional in 2006/07, breaking into the first-team in 2007 and making a total of 7 appearances. Igor Pita joined current club Steaua Bucharest in January 2013 and has currently made 14 league appearances for the club.

Mihai Mircea Nesu signed his first professional contract in 2001 with Steaua, after the club paid 6.000 dollars for his. He debuted on April 2002 in a game against Petrolul which was ended 1-1. Nesu completed a transfer deal with FC Utrecht which will see him move to the club on August 2008. Nesu rejoined current club FC Steaua Bucharest in August 2012 and has since made a further 17 appearances for the club.

Verkhovtsov made his Belarus debut in June 2008 against Finlad. Dzmitry began his career at Naftan Novopolotsk in 2006. He joined FC Steaua Bucharest in January 2012 and has currently made 47 league appearances and scored 9 goals for the club.

Paulo Cesar Menezes began his football career at Fluminense. He joined FC Steaua Bucharest for 450K. He has spent his entire professional career at Steaua where he has made 47 league appearances, scoring one goal.

Dorian Dervite began his career at LOSC Lille Metropole in 04/05. Dervite moved to Tottenham in 06/07. During this time he joined Southend on loan, then moved to Villareal. He joined Steaua in July 2012 and has currently made 35 league appearances and scored 3 goals for the club.

Juan Camilo Saiz started his career at CD Envigado FC in 2008, breaking into the first-team in 2011 and making a total 9 league appearances. During this time he also spent time on loan at Argentinos Juniors, making 10 league appearances and scoring one goal. He also played for MTK Budapesta, FC Volendam and Bellinzona AC. Saiz joined current club FC Steaua Bucharest in July 2013 and has currently made 3 league appearances for the club.

Jiri Blaha started his career at Brno in June 2010 making a total of 16 league appearances. Blaha joined current club FC Steaua Bucharest in January 2012 and has currently made 9 league appearances and scored one goal for the club.

In his early career Vukojevic started to play football at Mladost Zdralovi and then moved to NK Bjelovar befor starting his professional career at Slaven Belupo in 2003. He moved to Lierse in 2005 but was not granted a chance to prove his talent and returned to Croatia later that year to Dinamo Zagreb. On May 2008, Vukojevic signed a five-year contract with Dynamo Kyiv. Ognjen joined current club FC Steaua Bucharest in June 2013 after being released on a free by D.Kyiv.

Juliano Real Pacheco began his career at SC Internacional in April 2003. Juliano joined current club FC Steaua Bucharest for 200K in June 2011 and has currently made 29 league appearances and scored one goal for the club.

Adrian Ropotan began his career at the youth academy of the Steaua arch-rivals Dinamo Bucharest, but later joined Russian side Dinamo Moscow. He joined recently Steaua Bucharest after being released on a free by Dinamo Moscow.

Ivo Pekalski started his career at Landskrona BoIS in 2006, Sweden, breaking into the first-team in 2007 and making a total of 55 league appearances and scoring 3 goals for the club. In July 2009 he joined Malmo FF, after which he joined current club FC Steaua Bucharest for 1.5M in June 2011. At Steaua he has currently made 68 league appearances and scored 11 goals.

Aristide Diallo started his career at Ivory Coasta team ASEC in 2011. After one year he joined Hungarian squad Debrecen for 65K. Currently he is playing for FC Steaua Bucharest.

Michael van Dijk, born on 9.19.1994 in Zaandam (Holland) joined FC Steaua Bucharest in 2012 from AZ Alkmaar.

Zeljko Filipovic began his career at NK Domzale in 05/06. In 07/08 he joined Bonifika and one year later NK Olimpija Ljubljana, making 27 league appearances and scoring one goal. Filipovic signed for FC Steaua Bucharest in January 2012 and has currently made 13 league appearances for the club.

Mihai Onicas began his career at CFM Universitatea Cluj-Napoca in 05/06. Onicas moved FC Steaua Bucharest in January 2006. During this time he established himself as a very important team player.

Eric Bicfalvi began his career at Fink Fester in 05/06, joining one year later CS Jiul Petrosani, making 15 league appearances. Bicfalvi joined FC Steaua Bucharest for 300K in 2007/08 and has currently made 40 league appearances and scored 3 goals for the club.