George Cicaldau

Left Forward - Concordia Chiajna U18
29 Oct 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for George Cicaldau

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The Concordia Chiajna Courier

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Nicolae Carnat

Successful dribbles: 32. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Szilárd Veres arrives at the club he grew up with

Every footballer has an answer to the question about his boyhood club, and most of them never get to act on it. Szilárd Veres has, at Concordia Chiajna, and the first month will show what that does to a man.

Player ratings

No sign of nerves from Alexandru Burcea at 21 — 7.90

The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Alexandru Burcea did not need any: 7.90, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.

Transfer targets

The paperwork begins on Adrian Caragea

A medical, a signature, a shirt held up in front of a sponsor’s board. Concordia Chiajna have done the hard part with Dinamo Bucharest, and the part that remains is the part supporters actually see.

Squad

Nicolae Carnat in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Concordia Chiajna this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets

Concordia Chiajna rebuffed over Yoan Bornosuzov

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slavia Sofia have kept their man, and Concordia Chiajna go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Match

Concordia Chiajna get the job done against CS Dinamo Bucharest

A 2‑1 win over CS Dinamo Bucharest, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The terraces

One of their own: Alexandru Burcea

He is 21 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Market

George Cicaldau steps up from the Concordia Chiajna academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. George Cicaldau has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

In brief