Baptiste Roux

Central Defender - Universitatea Craiova
29 Jan 2027
Friday
Process

Marked for Baptiste Roux

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The Universitatea Craiova Herald

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Match

Simon Elisor leads the rout of Botosani

3‑0, and Simon Elisor took the headlines on an afternoon when everything Universitatea Craiova tried came off. Days like this are retold all winter.

Squad

A day Simon Elisor will not forget

3 goals in one game. The first was taken well, the second was taken greedily, and by the third the crowd were simply waiting for him to get the ball.

Match

Universitatea Craiova make it 3 in a row

Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Universitatea Craiova have 3 straight wins of it.

Squad

A falling-out at Universitatea Craiova

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

Player ratings

One of those days for Simon Elisor

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.69, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Player ratings

Ştefan Baiaram was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.20. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

The dugout

A satisfied Mihai Keseru

“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 3‑0, Mihai Keseru could afford to be generous.

Market

Still no ink between Universitatea Craiova and David Matei

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Universitatea Craiova, another week without a signature from David Matei.

The dugout

Baptiste Roux is still being punished for one mistake

Nobody will confirm it and the team sheets confirm it every week. One error has bought him a spell as second choice that is already longer than the error deserved.

In brief

Back issues
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The Universitatea Craiova Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Universitatea Craiova let it slip despite Simon Elisor

Simon Elisor had done his part in building a 2-goal cushion. What happened after that was collective, and Hermannstadt were allowed back into a match that had been finished with.

Market

Universitatea Craiova turn down FC Versailles for Steven Nsimba

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Transfer targets

Universitatea Craiova rebuffed over Fedor Lapoukhov

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

Market

Silviu Lung 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 Universitatea Craiova, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

A falling-out at Universitatea Craiova

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

Match

Honours even between Universitatea Craiova and Hermannstadt

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Market

Universitatea Craiova and Jean-Marc Tiboué are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

The dugout

Half-satisfied: Mihai Keseru on the draw

“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 2‑2, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Baptiste Roux's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief