Daniel Moldovan

Central Midfielder - Astra
12 Jan 2027
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Marked for Daniel Moldovan

9 Edition

The Astra Chronicle

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match28 Sep 2026

Astra refuse to drop out of the race

Position 2, 17 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.

Match26 Sep 2026

The run is over for Astra

8 matches without defeat, and then FCSB. Nobody at the ground pretended it would go on forever; nobody expected it to stop here either.

Match26 Sep 2026

3 matches without a goal for Astra

The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Tempers go at Astra

Nicusor Ratiu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Cristian Moldovan beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 19. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Dominik Ťapaj

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match26 Sep 2026

A bad afternoon for Astra against FCSB

0‑1 to FCSB, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Mihai Nedelcearu: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑1, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Nicusor Ratiu gets picked when it counts

Every manager keeps a short list in his head of the men he wants on the pitch when the stakes rise, and it is never published. The team sheets for the big afternoons say Nicusor Ratiu is on it.

In brief

Back issues
7 Edition

The Astra Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match12 Sep 2026

Astra run riot against Botosani

3‑0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

Both of them Cristian Iancu's — 8.57

2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.57, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.

Match14 Sep 2026

Nobody above Astra

First, on 16 points. The table is a fact and a fact is allowed to be enjoyed, which is as far as anybody at the club is prepared to go in public.

Market14 Sep 2026

Claudiu Coman says no to Voluntari

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Claudiu Coman had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

Market14 Sep 2026

Daniel Moldovan puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Astra, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match12 Sep 2026

Whatever happens, Astra do not lose

6 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A falling-out at Astra

Nicusor Ratiu and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

One of those days for Cristian Moldovan

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.33, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Looking ahead14 Sep 2026

Top-of-the-table clash for Astra

Pandurii next, and the two sides the division is watching meet each other. Whoever wins will be told nothing is decided in the same breath as being congratulated.

In brief

  • Squad A row about effort at Astra
  • Squad Bogdan Mitrovic pulls a muscle — 14 days out
  • Squad Too much change too quickly at Astra