Romulus Buia

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Romulus Buia
Personal information
Date of birth 15 June 1970
Place of birth    Baia Mare, Romania
Height 1.73m
Nickname Figo of Banat
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club FC Covaci
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1988-1989
1989-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1995-1996
1996-1998
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2001-2002
2003-2005
2005-2006
2005-2006
2006-2007
Minerul Cavnic
FC Baia Mare
Germinal Ekeren
Universitatea Craiova
Germinal Ekeren
Sportul Studenţesc
Universitatea Craiova
Şomcuta Mare
Rocar Bucureşti
Dinamo Bucureşti
Gloria Bistriţa
FCU Politehnica Timişoara
Pandurii Târgu-Jiu
Minerul Mehedinţi
Fortuna Covaci
- (-)
- (-)
21 (4)
24 (6)
0 (0)
21 (3)
50 (5)
- (-)
31 (3)
9 (0)
5 (0)
58 (3)
20 (1)
- (-)
- (-)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of March 17, 2007.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of March 17, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)


Romulus Buia, (born June 15, 1970 in Baia Mare), is a Romanian football player. His nickname is "Figo", because of the similarities with the Portuguese football star Luís Figo.

Buia made his professional debut at the age of 18, playing for Minerul Cavnic in the Romanian Divizia B, before joining FC Baia Mare at the age of 19, a club also from Divizia B.

In 1991, at the age of 21, he made international debut against USA in a friendly game. He also played for Romania national football team in 1992, this time against Mexico.

FC Barcelona paid a close attention to him during the 1991-92 season. In the summer of 1992, Johan Cruijff, the Catalan side coach, invited him to train with the team but in the end the transfer did not materialised.

Buia started the 1992-93 at FC Baia Mare but was then transferred to Germinal Ekeren of Belgium during the season. He played in Belgium for two years, before being loaned back to Romania, this time at Universitatea Craiova, therefore making his debut in Romanian top league, Divizia A. In 1995 he returned to Ekeren but after at half season he terminated his contract and returned in Romania, signing a contract with Sportul Studenţesc of Bucharest, before joining again Universitatea Craiova for two seasons.

In 1998 his contract with Universitatea Craiova terminated and he failed to find another one with a top team, and therefored played for Progresul Somcuta Mare, a team from the Romanian fourth division.

In 2000 he returned to Divizia A after signing a contract with Rocar Bucharest. After only a year he joined Dinamo Bucharest but left the team at the end of 2001 to play for Gloria Bistriţa.

In 2002 he was signed by FCU Politehnica Timisoara, where he stayed until 2005, before being sacked by the new Timisoara coach, Cosmin Olăroiu and subsequently joining Pandurii Târgu-Jiu.

In the season 2005-06 he played at Minerul Mehedinti in Divizia C and now he is playing for AS Covaci in Romanian fourth division.

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