Tudor

Băluţă

DM Universitatea Craiova #8

Defensive Midfield – Midfielder

Tudor Băluţă

Universitatea Craiova Superliga

Top 42% of defensive midfielders in the world
#399 defensive midfielder aged 26–29

Date of birth / Age: 27 Mar 1999 (27)
Citizenship: Romania
Foot: Right
Height / Weight: 1.92 m / 81 kg
Main position: Defensive Midfield
Contract until: 2027

Benchmarks

defensive midfielders with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank

#1259

defensive midfielder in the world by TSH Score

In his age group

#399

among defensive midfielders aged 26–29

In his league

48%

of Superliga defensive midfielders rank below him

Finishing

−3.5

goals below expected · better than 5% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons (no penalties)

Goals

2 Expected

5.5

81 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

2 Expected

1.5

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2026/27

AppsAppearances: 7
StartsStarting eleven: 6
GoalsGoals: 0
AssistsAssists: 3
YellowYellow cards: 1
2nd yellowSecond yellows: 0
RedRed cards: 0
MinutesMinutes: 544

Starting eleven86%

6 of 7 appearances

Minutes played544

78 per appearance

Goal involvement3

0 goals · 3 assists

Positions played

183 matches · since 2015/16

RWLBRBAMCBCMDM

Position	Apps	G	A
Defensive Midfield	93	4	0
Central Midfield	72	7	9
Centre-Back	7	0	0
Attacking Midfield	6	0	1
Other · RB, LB, RW	5	0	0

Career stats

Season

Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/2726/27	SuperligaSuperliga	Universitatea Craiova	6	5	0	3	1	0	0	473
2026/2726/27	SupercupaSupercupa	Universitatea Craiova	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	71
2025/2625/26	SuperligaSuperliga	Universitatea Craiova	29	21	1	1	4	0	0	1,872
2025/2625/26	UEFA Europa Conference League - QualificationEuropa Conference League · Qual.	Universitatea Craiova	6	6	1	–	1	–	0	558
2025/2625/26	Cupa RomânieiCupa României	Universitatea Craiova	4	3	0	–	0	–	0	258
2025/2625/26	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Universitatea Craiova	4	2	0	–	0	–	0	195
2024/2524/25	EkstraklasaEkstraklasa	Śląsk Wrocław	25	14	0	0	4	0	0	1,216
2023/2423/24	SuperligaSuperliga	Farul Constanţa	12	9	1	1	2	0	0	856
2023/2423/24	UEFA Europa Conference LeagueEuropa Conference League	Farul Constanţa	6	6	1	–	0	–	0	496
2023/2423/24	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Farul Constanţa	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	121
2022/2322/23	SuperligaSuperliga	Farul Constanţa	32	27	6	3	6	0	0	2,275
20242024	UEFA European Championship QualifiersEuropean Championship Qualifiers	Romania	3	2	0	–	0	–	0	159
2022/2322/23	UEFA Nations League - League BNations League - League B	Romania	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	25
20202020	OlympicsOlympics	Romania U23	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	34
2020/2120/21	U21 LeagueU21 League	Dynamo Kyiv U21	1	1	0	–	1	–	0	45
2020/2120/21	VBET LeagueVBET League	Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2020/2120/21	Premier League 2Premier League 2	Brighton U23	1	1	1	–	0	–	0	46
2020/2120/21	UEFA Champions LeagueChampions League	Dynamo Kyiv	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	9
2020/2120/21	EFL Vertu TrophyEFL Vertu Trophy	Brighton U21	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	109
2019/2019/20	Premier League 2Premier League 2	Brighton U23	6	6	0	–	1	–	0	484
2019/2019/20	EredivisieEredivisie	ADO Den Haag	4	4	0	0	2	0	0	356
2019/2019/20	EFL Vertu TrophyEFL Vertu Trophy	Brighton U21	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	330
2019/2019/20	Premier League International CupPremier League International Cup	Brighton U23	2	2	0	–	0	–	0	180
2019/2019/20	Carabao CupCarabao Cup	Brighton	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2018/1918/19	SuperligaSuperliga	Viitorul (OLD)	27	26	2	0	9	2	0	2,308
2018/1918/19	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Viitorul (OLD)	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	341
2018/1918/19	Cupa RomânieiCupa României	Viitorul (OLD)	3	3	0	–	0	–	0	300
20212021	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	Romania U21	4	4	1	–	2	–	1	293
20202020	UEFA European Championship QualifiersEuropean Championship Qualifiers	Romania	4	4	0	–	0	–	0	348
2018/1918/19	UEFA Nations League - League CNations League - League C	Romania	2	1	0	–	0	–	0	92
2017/1817/18	SuperligaSuperliga	Viitorul (OLD)	9	15	0	0	3	0	0	378
2017/1817/18	UEFA Europa LeagueEuropa League	Viitorul (OLD)	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2017/1817/18	Cupa RomânieiCupa României	Viitorul (OLD)	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	64
20182018	UEFA U19 ChampionshipU19 Championship	Romania U19	1	0	3	–	0	–	0	2
2016/1716/17	UEFA Youth LeagueYouth League	Viitorul U19	6	6	0	–	2	–	0	506
20192019	UEFA U21 ChampionshipU21 Championship	Romania U21	4	3	1	–	2	–	0	303
2015/1615/16	SuperligaSuperliga	Viitorul (OLD)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	52

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			224	185	18	8^*	41	2^*	1	15,336

By competition

Competition	Apps	G	A
Superliga	117	10	8
Ekstraklasa	25	0	0
Romania	10	0	–
UEFA Europa Conference League	10	1	–
Cupa României	8	0	–
Romania U21	8	2	–
Premier League 2	7	1	–
UEFA Europa Conference League - Qualification	6	1	–
UEFA Youth League	6	0	–
EFL Vertu Trophy	5	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 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

DateMoveFee
Jul 2025 Jul 2025 · Transfer Śląsk Wrocław Universitatea Craiova Transfer
Jul 2024 Jul 2024 · Transfer Farul Constanţa Śląsk Wrocław Transfer
Jul 2022 Jul 2022 · Transfer Brighton Farul Constanţa Transfer
Jun 2021 Jun 2021 · Back from Loan Dynamo Kyiv Brighton Back from Loan
Oct 2020 Oct 2020 · Loan Brighton Dynamo Kyiv Loan Loan
Jun 2020 Jun 2020 · Back from Loan ADO Den Haag Brighton Back from Loan
Jan 2020 Jan 2020 · Loan Brighton and Hove Albion U23 ADO Den Haag Loan Loan
Jun 2019 Jun 2019 · Back from Loan Viitorul (OLD) Brighton Back from Loan
Feb 2019 Feb 2019 · Loan Brighton Viitorul (OLD) Loan Loan
Jan 2019 Jan 2019 · Transfer Viitorul (OLD) Brighton Transfer
Jul 2015 Jul 2015 · Free Transfer Brighton & Hove Albion FC Viitorul (OLD) Free Transfer Free

Clubs

ClubAppsGoals
Universitatea Craiova 2025–2027 50 2
Śląsk Wrocław 2024 25 0
Farul Constanţa 2022–2024 52 8
Brighton U23 2019–2021 9 1
Brighton U21 2019–2021 5 0
Dynamo Kyiv 2020 3 0
Dynamo Kyiv U21 2020 1 0
ADO Den Haag 2019 4 0

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