Antonio Sefer
 Sefer with Rapid București in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Valentin Sefer | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Galați, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Motor Lublin (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva) | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Oțelul Galați | ||
| 2017–2019 | Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Oțelul Galați | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2023 | Rapid București | 133 | (18) |
| 2023– | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 53 | (10) |
| 2025– | → Motor Lublin (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Romania U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Romania U16 | 3 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Romania U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Romania U18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Romania U19 | 6 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Romania U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Romania Olympic | 5 | (0) |
| 2022– | Romania | 1 | (0) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12 January 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 November 2022 | |||
Antonio Valentin Sefer (born 22 April 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ekstraklasa club Motor Lublin, on loan from Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Be'er Sheva.
Club career
[edit]On 20 February 2019, Sefer signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Rapid București.[1]
On 12 June 2023, Sefer signed a four-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 23 January 2025, he joined Polish club Motor Lublin on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.[2]
International career
[edit]Sefer was selected in Romania's team for the football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 15 January 2025
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Otelul Galați | 2015–16 | Liga II | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||
| Rapid București | 2018–19 | Liga III | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | Liga II | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | Liga II | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 6 | |||
| Total | 133 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 19 | ||
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 43 | 8 |
| 2024–25 | Israeli Premier League | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 | |
| Total | 53 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 13 | ||
| Motor Lublin (loan) | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career Total | 200 | 29 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 33 | ||
- ^ Includes Cupa României, Israel State Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- ^ Appearances in Israel State Cup
International
[edit]- As of match played 20 November 2022[6]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | |||
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Rapid București
Hapoel Be'er Sheva
- Israel State Cup runner-up: 2023–24
References
[edit]- ^ "ANTONIO SEFER ESTE NOUL JUCĂTOR AL RAPIDULUI" (in Romanian). Rapid București. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
- ^ Galiński, Tomasz (23 January 2025). "Z Izraela do Ekstraklasy. Kolejny transfer Motoru Lublin". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "Antonio Sefer". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Antonio Sefer". European Football. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Antonio Sefer at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Antonio Sefer at LPF.ro (in Romanian)
- Antonio Sefer at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Galați
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's youth international footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football wingers
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Liga III players
- FC Rapid București
- ASC Oțelul Galați players
- Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players
- Motor Lublin players
- Israeli Premier League players
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Romania
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen