Andrei Gorcea

Goalkeeper - UTA Arad
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Marked for Andrei Gorcea

9 Edition

The UTA Arad Gazette

28 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings28 Sep 2026

Darius Olaru scores twice — 8.27

Two goals and a mark of 8.27 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Andrei Gorcea stands alone

7 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Match26 Sep 2026

FCSB take the points off UTA Arad

Beaten 3‑4, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Match26 Sep 2026

Nobody could stop scoring

7 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about UTA Arad and FCSB in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.

Squad28 Sep 2026

Words exchanged at UTA Arad

Riad Šuta and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

Riad Šuta gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad28 Sep 2026

A row about effort at UTA Arad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alin Roman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad28 Sep 2026

9 new faces, and UTA Arad are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

The dugout28 Sep 2026

The view from the dugout

“We will look at it, we will learn from it, and we go again.” The three sentences every manager keeps for a 3‑4 defeat, delivered by Daniel Burca to a room that had heard them before.

In brief

Back issues
8 Edition

The UTA Arad Gazette

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Player ratings21 Sep 2026

Mario Salka runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 28. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match20 Sep 2026

CFR Cluj take the points off UTA Arad

Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A falling-out at UTA Arad

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

The dugout21 Sep 2026

Daniel Burca faces the questions

“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Daniel Burca after 0‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A row about effort at UTA Arad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Răzvan Ristin was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Marko Stolnik

“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.

Looking ahead21 Sep 2026

Darius Olaru faces his old club

FCSB next, and one man in the UTA Arad dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.

Squad21 Sep 2026

A first senior shirt for Dorin Nedelcearu

Every debut is a small story about the future: Dorin Nedelcearu, 16 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

The dugout21 Sep 2026

The plan did not have a place for Riad Šuta

Nobody at UTA Arad is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.

In brief

7 Edition

The UTA Arad Gazette

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market14 Sep 2026

Florent Poulolo 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 UTA Arad, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets14 Sep 2026

KAA Gent tell UTA Arad: Kjell Peersman is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

Match12 Sep 2026

Ime Ndon’s goal not enough for UTA Arad

Ime Ndon scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Unirea Slobozia, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad14 Sep 2026

Hakim Abdallah 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 UTA Arad this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad14 Sep 2026

A row about effort at UTA Arad

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Alin Roman was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Player ratings14 Sep 2026

The afternoon belonged to Ime Ndon

A mark of 7.76, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager’s verdict

“That is on me. I pick the team and I picked wrong.” Managers say that when they mean it and when they need to be seen to, and after 1‑2 Daniel Burca left the room before anybody could ask which.

The dugout14 Sep 2026

The manager makes an example of Andrei Gorcea

“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.

Looking ahead14 Sep 2026

The leaders are next for UTA Arad

CFR Cluj top the table and they are coming into view. Nothing to lose, which is what every manager says before losing.

In brief

5 Edition

The UTA Arad Gazette

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market31 Aug 2026

Andrei Gorcea 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 UTA Arad, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market31 Aug 2026

UTA Arad sign Ştefan Pacionel for $1.0M

The paperwork is done: Ştefan Pacionel joins from Steaua Bucharest in a deal worth $1.0M. Now comes the harder part.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

UTA Arad bid $37.0K for Silviu Lung

The offer went to Universitatea Craiova this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Player ratings31 Aug 2026

Marinos Tzionis beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

CSM Slatina tell UTA Arad: Óscar Siafá is not for sale

The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.

The terraces31 Aug 2026

UTA Arad supporters have found a favourite in Ime Ndon

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Ime Ndon has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.

Match29 Aug 2026

UTA Arad see off FK Csíkszereda

Three points for UTA Arad, 1‑0 the final word against FK Csíkszereda in a contest settled by the finer margins.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at UTA Arad

Alexandru Benga and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Market31 Aug 2026

Metalul Buzău expected to open talks for Mario Salka

Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. UTA Arad will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.

In brief