# Bogdan Racovițan

Bogdan Racovițan (Romanian pronunciation:; 6 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ekstraklasa club Raków Częstochowa. Born in France, he represents the Romania national team.

## Club career
### Dijon

Born in France, Racovițan served as captain for Dijon's youth sides and its reserves team. With the latter, he totalled 23 games and two goals in the Championnat National 3 between 2019 and 2021.

### Botoșani

In February 2021, aged 20, Racovițan signed for Botoșani in Romania. He recorded his debut for the team on 6 May, in a 3–1 Liga I home loss to FCSB. On 23 October, he netted his first league goal in a 1–1 draw at Mioveni.

### Raków Częstochowa

On 27 January 2022, he moved to Polish side Raków Częstochowa on a three-and-a-half-year deal. In the 2022–23 season, he won the Ekstraklasa title.
On 3 August 2024, Racovițan suffered an ACL rupture in a 0–1 away win over GKS Katowice, and is expected the miss the majority of the 2024–25 season.

## International career

He participated with the Romania U21 team in the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, where he started all three group stage matches.
In September 2023, Racovițan received his first call-up to the Romania senior national team by head coach Edward Iordănescu, for two UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying matches against Israel and Kosovo. He made his debut on 22 March 2024, coming on as a substitute in a 1–1 friendly draw against Northern Ireland.
In June 2024, he made Romania's final squad for UEFA Euro 2024. He made two appearances during the tournament, in a 3–0 group stage win over Ukraine and a 0–3 loss to the Netherlands in the round of 16, both as a substitute.

## Personal life

Racovițan was born in Dijon to a French mother and Romanian father from Oradea. He stated that he dreams of representing the Romania national team.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 3 August 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | National cup | National cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dijon B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Dijon B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 2 |
| Dijon B | 2020–21 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 |
| Dijon B | Total | Total | 23 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | 2 |
| Botoșani | 2020–21 | Liga I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 |
| Botoșani | 2021–22 | Liga I | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 23 | 1 |
| Botoșani | Total | Total | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 1 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 2021–22 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 2022–23 | Ekstraklasa | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 2023–24 | Ekstraklasa | 33 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 3 |
| Raków Częstochowa | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 |
| Raków Częstochowa | Total | Total | 52 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 4 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 99 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 118 | 7 |
* ↑ Includes Cupa României, Polish Cup
* ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
* 1 2 Appearance in Polish Super Cup
* ↑ Six appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League

### International

    As of match played 2 July 2024
Appearances and goals by national team and year :
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 4 | 0 |

## Honours

Raków Częstochowa
* Ekstraklasa: 2022–23
* Polish Cup: 2021–22
* Polish Super Cup: 2022