Gabriel David

Central Midfielder - CSC Dumbrăvița
27 Aug 2026
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Process

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The CSC Dumbrăvița Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Cristian Pădurariu sends CSC Dumbrăvița through

Cup ties wait for somebody to seize them, and Cristian Pădurariu obliged against CS Tunari. 2‑1 on the night, and the name in the next round’s hat is CSC Dumbrăvița.

Squad

Paul Toroc keeps CSC Dumbrăvița in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Match

CSC Dumbrăvița win it in stoppage time

The board had gone up, the arguing had started, and then the ball was in the net in the 107th minute. CS Tunari will replay every second of the added time for a week.

Player ratings

David Šćira scores twice — 8.30

Two goals and a mark of 8.30 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Player ratings

A brace, and Cristian Pădurariu takes the afternoon — 8.02

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Cristian Pădurariu provided it, and the 8.02 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Market

CSC Dumbrăvița say no — this time

The offer from Kustosija for David Šćira was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Rareş Butnăraşu 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 The request is on a desk at CSC Dumbrăvița, and it is not being withdrawn.

Transfer targets

Rafael Girot turns down CSC Dumbrăvița

The clubs had agreed and the player had not. A snub, and a public one: another club keep him, and the supporters here are left wondering what he had heard about the place.

Squad

Carlo Casap 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 CSC Dumbrăvița this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

In brief

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3 Edition

The CSC Dumbrăvița Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Paul Toroc keeps CSC Dumbrăvița in it on his own

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.

Transfer targets

Thomas Sanglier due for a CSC Dumbrăvița medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

Tempers go at CSC Dumbrăvița

Carlo Casap 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.

Transfer targets

Botosani tell CSC Dumbrăvița: Andrei Dumiter 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.

Market

Talks stall between CSC Dumbrăvița and Gabriel David

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

Squad

Too much change too quickly at CSC Dumbrăvița

11 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Davide Massaro

A mark of 7.71, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

The dugout

Alin Şeroni is still paying for one afternoon at CSC Dumbrăvița

Nobody will confirm this and nothing else explains the last month of selections. A costly error buys a player a period of being second choice that is always longer than the error was.

Transfer targets

CSC Dumbrăvița ask about Marcel Mendes-Dudziński

A loan enquiry to Piast: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief

2 Edition

The CSC Dumbrăvița Chronicle

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

9 saves: Paul Toroc was the team

Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the whole of the defence. 9 saves, several of them the kind nobody expects to see made, and ten outfield players who owe him a drink.

Transfer targets

Hunor Gedő due for a CSC Dumbrăvița medical

Everything agreed with another club, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Squad

A falling-out at CSC Dumbrăvița

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

Transfer targets

Sepsi OSK tell CSC Dumbrăvița: Carl Davordzie 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 terraces

CSC Dumbrăvița supporters have found a favourite in Paul Toroc

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Paul Toroc 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.

Market

One of our own: Dragos Stanciu joins the CSC Dumbrăvița first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Dragos Stanciu is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Ovidiu Marin steps up from the CSC Dumbrăvița academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ovidiu Marin 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.

Market

Stefan Puscas steps up from the CSC Dumbrăvița academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Stefan Puscas 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.

Market

CSC Dumbrăvița promote Cosmin Marin from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Cosmin Marin has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.

In brief