Darius Olaru


Darius Dumitru Olaru is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Liga I club FCSB as an attacking midfielder or a winger.
Olaru made over 100 appearances in the Romanian first league for Gaz Metan Mediaș before moving to FCSB at the start of 2020.

Club career

Gaz Metan Mediaș

Olaru made his senior debut for Gaz Metan Mediaș on 29 August 2015, appearing in a second division 2–1 away win over UTA Arad. He amassed twelve games and scored two goals in that season, as his hometown club returned to the Liga I after just one year of absence.
He recorded his debut in the latter competition on 19 September 2016, in a 2–0 victory against defending champions Astra Giurgiu. On 23 May 2017, Olaru scored his first league goal from the penalty spot in a 3–0 defeat of Concordia Chiajna. In early 2018, he signed a precontract with fellow Liga I side FCSB, but the move initially fell through after a transfer fee could not be agreed upon.
In May the following year, FCSB reinstated its interest and signed Olaru for an undisclosed sum, with the deal seeing him join up with the squad at the start of 2020. The Bucharest-based club reportedly outbid rival side CFR Cluj for the transfer of the player, where he was highly regarded by manager Dan Petrescu.

FCSB

Olaru was officially unveiled as a FCSB player on 7 January 2020, and he was assigned the number 27 jersey. On his second appearance for the Roș-albaștrii on 6 February, he scored the opening goal in a 2–1 win against FC Voluntari.

International career

Olaru received his first call-up for the Romania national under-21 team in September 2018. On 15 November that year, he scored in a 3–3 friendly draw with Belgium in Cluj-Napoca. Olaru was consequently selected by Mirel Rădoi in Romania's squad for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he played two matches in the group stage. He was an unused substitute as his nation exited the competition after a 2–4 defeat to Germany in the semi-finals.

Personal life

Olaru's parents left Romania in order to work abroad and got divorced at some point during his childhood, leaving him mainly in the care of grandparents. He stated that he was an ardent supporter of Dinamo București growing up.

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FCSB