Centre-Back · Defender

#6 Paul Iacob

Oţelul Superliga · Romania

Date of birth / Age: 21 Jun 1996 (30)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 80 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Romania
Joined club: 19 Aug 2025
Contract until: 2027

Date of birth / Age: 21 Jun 1996 (30)
Height · Weight: 1.85 m · 80 kg
Foot: Left
Main position: Centre-Back
Citizenship: Romania
Joined club: 19 Aug 2025
Contract until: 2027

Season 2026/27

Appearances: 4
Starting eleven: 8
Goals: 0
Assists: 0
Yellow cards: 0
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 360

Starting eleven200%

8 of 4 appearances

Minutes played360

90 per appearance

Goal involvement0

0 goals · 0 assists

Positions played

250 matches · since 2016/17

LWLBAMDMCMCB

Position	Apps	G	A
Centre-Back	173	6	2
Central Midfield	48	5	3
Defensive Midfield	25	3	0
Attacking Midfield	2	0	0
Other · LB, LW	2	0	0

How he compares

TSH benchmarks · centre-backs with 900+ minutes

World rank: #1753; centre-back in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #620; among centre-backs aged 30+
In his league: 71%; of Superliga centre-backs rank below him
Finishing: +0.9; goals above expected · better than 83% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

5 Expected

4.1

38 shots. He scores about what the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

1 Expected

0.9

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	Superliga	Oţelul	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	360
2025/26	Superliga	Oţelul	27	26	2	0	5	1	1	2,239
2025/26	Cupa României	Oţelul	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2024/25	Superliga	Botoşani	12	11	1	–	0	–	0	1,007
2024/25	Superliga	Rapid Bucureşti	5	4	0	–	1	–	0	308
2023/24	Superliga	Rapid Bucureşti	37	36	2	1	5	0	0	3,250
2023/24	Cupa României	Rapid Bucureşti	2	2	1	–	1	–	0	180
2022/23	Superliga	Rapid Bucureşti	17	13	2	1	3	0	0	1,198
2022/23	Cupa României	Rapid Bucureşti	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2021/22	Superliga	Chindia Târgovişte	37	37	0	1	8	1	0	3,276
2021/22	Cupa României	Chindia Târgovişte	3	3	0	–	1	–	0	270
2021/22	Play-offs 1/2	Chindia Târgovişte	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	210
2020/21	Superliga	Chindia Târgovişte	32	32	2	2	7	0	1	2,843
2020/21	Cupa României	Chindia Târgovişte	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	178
2019/20	Superliga	Viitorul (OLD)	24	11	0	0	3	0	0	1,025
2019/20	UEFA Europa League	Viitorul (OLD)	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	46
2019/20	Supercupa	Viitorul (OLD)	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	90
2018/19	Superliga	Viitorul (OLD)	10	8	0	0	2	0	0	680
2018/19	Cupa României	Viitorul (OLD)	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	134
2017/18	Liga II	Tirgu Mureş	20	20	6	–	5	–	0	1,800
2017/18	Liga II	Dunărea Călăraşi	12	8	0	–	2	–	0	794
2016/17	Liga II	Braşov (OLD)	30	29	4	0	2	0	0	2,700
2015/16	Liga II	Gaz Metan Mediaş	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1,159
2015/16	UEFA Youth League	Viitorul U19	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2015/16	Cupa României	Viitorul II	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	60
2014/15	Cupa Ligii	Viitorul (OLD)	1	0	0	–	1	–	0	20

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			305	275	21	5^*	49	2^*	2	24,367

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Superliga	205	9	5
Liga II	78	10	0
Cupa României	15	2	–
Play-offs 1/2	2	0	–
UEFA Youth League	2	0	–
Cupa Ligii	1	0	–
Supercupa	1	0	–
UEFA Europa League	1	0	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 26 Oct 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Aug 2025 Aug 2025 · Transfer Rapid Bucureşti Oţelul Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2025 Jun 2025 · Back from Loan Botoşani Rapid Bucureşti Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Feb 2025 Feb 2025 · Loan Rapid Bucureşti Botoşani Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Chindia Târgovişte Rapid Bucureşti Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2021 Jul 2021 · Transfer Viitorul (OLD) Chindia Târgovişte Transfer Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Chindia Târgovişte Viitorul (OLD) Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Aug 2020 Aug 2020 · Loan Viitorul (OLD) Chindia Târgovişte Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jun 2018 Jun 2018 · Back from Loan Dunărea Călăraşi Viitorul (OLD) Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jan 2018 Jan 2018 · Loan Viitorul (OLD) Dunărea Călăraşi Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Dec 2017 Dec 2017 · Back from Loan Tirgu Mureş Viitorul (OLD) Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Back from Loan Braşov (OLD) Viitorul (OLD) Back from Loan Fee in TSH subscription
Jul 2017 Jul 2017 · Loan Viitorul (OLD) Tirgu Mureş Loan Fee in TSH subscription

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