*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17 October 2023
Ricardo Alexandru Pădurariu (born 23 May 2007) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a
left-back for
Liga I club
FCSB.[1]
Club career
A
left back, he came through the academy at
FCSB and despite suffering numerous knee operations professed to the senior squad by the age of 16 years-old.[2] He attended pre-season training camp with the first team squad in June 2023 in the Netherlands.[3] Je made his senior debut for the club on 19 May 2024 in
Liga I, away at
Rapid Bucharest, appearing as a second-half substitute.[4][5]
Style of play
He has been compared in style to fellow-Romanian full back
Andrei Borza.[6][7]
International career
He represented Romania at U16 level in 2022.[8] He progressed to the
Romanian U17 team in 2023.[9]