| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cristian George Ganea | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Bistrița, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Farul Constanța | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Școala de Fotbal Inter Viișoara | |||
| Basconia | |||
| CD Indartsu | |||
| 2010–2011 | Mallorca | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Mallorca B | 0 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | → Santanyí (loan) | 53 | (20) |
| 2013 | FCM Târgu Mureș | 10 | (2) |
| 2013–2014 | Universitatea Craiova | 29 | (5) |
| 2014–2015 | Săgeata Năvodari | 14 | (3) |
| 2015 | FC Brașov | 16 | (2) |
| 2015–2018 | Viitorul Constanța | 94 | (8) |
| 2018–2020 | Athletic Bilbao | 1 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Numancia (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Viitorul Constanța (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 2020–2022 | Aris | 52 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Panathinaikos | 9 | (0) |
| 2023–2024 | FCSB | 5 | (0) |
| 2024– | Farul Constanța | 33 | (2) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010–2011 | Basque Country U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017– | Romania | 8 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 June 2021 | |||
Cristian George Ganea (Romanian pronunciation: [kristiˈan ˈdʒe̯ordʒe ˈgane̯a]; born 24 May 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga I club Farul Constanța.
After emerging through the Spanish football system, Ganea returned to Romania at age 21 and moved around several teams before settling at Viitorul Constanța. He won the national title in 2016–17 season with the latter, which prompted a transfer to Athletic Bilbao in 2018. He only made one La Liga appearance, serving loan spells at Numancia and back at Viitorul before being released and signing for Greek club Aris Thessaloniki in 2020.
Internationally, Ganea made his full debut for Romania in June 2017, in a 3–2 friendly victory over Chile.