Adrian Mutu is one of the most famous Romanian football players of our time. During his life, he changed many clubs, and eminent. And only this year he hung his boots on a nail. However, he has a rather rich and interesting career, so you can talk about her in more detail.
Childhood
Adrian Mutu was born in 1979, January 8, in a place called Arges (Romanian region). He spent all his childhood in the province, whose exact name is Wallachia. His parents are teachers. They knew about the desire of his son to play sports, but did not approve of this. So Adrian signed up for the football school himself, secretly. Although he had good mathematical abilities. And the boy’s father wanted him to become the luminary of Romanian science.
True, there was another reason why parents did not like the hobby of their son. The fact is that in Romania, leather balls in those years were very expensive. So Adrian and his friends played rubber or plastic. But then the future star got tired of it. He quietly stole a pension from his grandfather from his pocket and went to the store to buy a leather ball. Mutu then told how immense happiness he experienced. True, grandfather discovered the loss, and when the family saw a boy with an expensive ball, everything became clear. Punished him severely. And they even wanted to ban playing football. But then they decided: it’s better to go in for sports, rather than steal. So the young footballer was lucky.
Carier start
And the boy enrolled in Argesh not in vain. It soon became clear to him and the coaches: in this sport, he really can succeed. And his first club was the youth "Arges". The boy surprised with his abilities. Therefore, the news that a real “diamond” is being trained at Arges, quickly spread all over the country.
Until 1996, Adrian was in the youth squad, and then, until 1999, basically. The young striker, even at an early age, realized that he was talented. This was reflected in his character. So, for example, in one of the matches, he ignored the substitution planned in advance and remained on the field.
In 1999, the young man was bought by the Bucharest Dynamo for 600, 000 euros. Forward played better. And every sports lover understood: in Romania, talent will not last long. And so it happened. In 2000, in the middle of the season, the striker was bought by Milan Inter, giving 6 million euros for the Romanian striker.
Decline in career and cocaine scandal
In the Italian Cup, Adrian Mutu made his debut successfully. He entered the field in a derby with AC Milan and scored 9 minutes later. But in series A, successes were not so positive. For 10 matches, he did not score a single goal, as a result of which he was leased to Verona. But they eventually bought the player for 4 million euros. Adrian Mutu was a good football player, and he had 57 good matches for Verona, scoring 16 goals. And then Parma bought it for 10 million.
In this club, he spent one season. After which he was interested in the London Chelsea. But there, the Romanian striker had a difficult relationship with Jose Mourinho, who was coaching the English team at that time. Adrian accused him of libel. Jose, it turns out, attributed the Romanian injury. However, as a result, the forward spent 27 games for the London club, scoring 6 goals. In September 2004, the results of a doping test showed that Mutu was using drugs. He was fired, fined £ 20, 000, given a 7-month suspension, and then demanded compensation. At first, the amount was 12 million euros. But Mutu ventured to challenge the decision of the sports arbitration court, which was unsuccessful. Moreover, the amount was increased to 17 million euros. By the way, this is the biggest penalty imposed by FIFA in the entire history of football.
Successful return
The complex person is Adrian Mutu. His biography allows us to verify this. It would seem that about any return to the sport after catching a football player in drug addiction can not be. But in 2005, the world again heard about the Romanian striker. He was accepted into its ranks by Juventus. Moreover, the Romanian signed a contract with the "old lord", while still being disqualified. And everything went pretty unusual. Juventus could not acquire another footballer who did not have EU citizenship, so they registered the player for Livorno. With this club, the "old lord" is on friendly terms. They bought it and immediately gave it to Juventus.
During the season, the forward spent 33 games and scored 7 goals. He said that time at Juventus was the best in his life. There he became friends with Ibrahimovic. He did not want to leave Turin, but in 2006 Fiorentina bought it.
But there the Romanian had success. He was even named the best player of the season. And at Fiorentina, he stayed for the longest time in his career - 5 years. He even made an offer to Roma, but the striker refused him, deciding to stay in Florence.
Further years
At the end of January 2010, after the match, a doping test was performed. And it turned out that Mutu uses sibutramine - a chemical substance similar in action to cocaine and amphetamine. He was disqualified for 9 months, but not fired. So in the middle of autumn of the same year he returned.
In 2011, there were rumors that Mutu had signed a contract with Kuban. It turned out to be a lie: the club’s sports director denied the information, saying that their team does not feel interest in the striker. That year, Mutu moved to Cesena FC, where he scored 8 goals in 28 matches.
His next team was the French FC Ajaccio. Soon after the transition, the Genoa club became interested in him. But the leadership of the French team flatly refused to sell the striker. However, for a long time he did not stay there anyway. Petrolul (Romania) and Pune City (India) - this is where the forward played in 2014 and 2015. In 2016, he still spent four games for Tirgu Mures from the city of the same name, after which he ended his career by thanking everyone who helped him in life and work, especially noting Fiorentina.
