# Valerică Găman

Valerică Marius Găman (born 25 February 1989) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga I club Hermannstadt.

## Club career
### Universitatea Craiova

He was the captain of Universitatea Craiova and a regular player for Romania U21. In February 2011 he was declared free agent, but in the meantime he signed a new contract with U Craiova, from 1 July 2011. So he played in the Spring of 2011 for Dinamo București, and returned to Craiova in July.

### Astra Giurgiu

Following the disaffiliation of Universitatea, Găman was again declared free agent and signed on 3 August 2011 a contract for five years with Astra Giurgiu.

## Personal life

He has two brothers, one of them is Robert Irinel who was also a footballer at Universitatea Craiova and the other one is George who is a football referee.

## Career statistics
### Club

    As of match played 3 March 2025
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Continental | Continental | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 2006–07 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 0 |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 2007–08 | Liga I | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 2008–09 | Liga I | 33 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 33 | 1 |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 2009–10 | Liga I | 29 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 31 | 1 |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | 2010–11 | Liga I | 17 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 2 |
| FC Universitatea Craiova | Total | Total | 90 | 3 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 95 | 4 |
| Dinamo București | 2010–11 | Liga I | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | 0 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2011–12 | Liga I | 27 | 3 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2012–13 | Liga I | 27 | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 29 | 3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2013–14 | Liga I | 27 | 1 | 5 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 1 | – | – | 36 | 2 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2014–15 | Liga I | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 3 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2015–16 | Liga I | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 6 |
| Astra Giurgiu | Total | Total | 126 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 151 | 17 |
| Karabükspor | 2016–17 | Süper Lig | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 0 |
| Karabükspor | 2017–18 | Süper Lig | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 | 0 |
| Karabükspor | Total | Total | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 0 |
| FCSB | 2017–18 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 2 | 0 | – | – | 7 | 0 |
| Al-Shabab | 2018–19 | Saudi Professional League | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 1 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 2020–21 | Liga I | 25 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 | 2 |
| CS Universitatea Craiova | 2021–22 | Liga I | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| CS Universitatea Craiova | 2022–23 | Liga I | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 20 | 2 |
| CS Universitatea Craiova | Total | Total | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 2 |
| Hermannstadt | 2023–24 | Liga I | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 34 | 2 |
| Hermannstadt | 2024–25 | Liga I | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 20 | 0 |
| Hermannstadt | Total | Total | 52 | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 54 | 2 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 390 | 22 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 439 | 28 |

### International

    As of 4 September 2017
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
| Romania | 2011 | 2 | 0 |
| Romania | 2012 | 7 | 1 |
| Romania | 2013 | 2 | 0 |
| Romania | 2014 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | 2015 | 0 | 0 |
| Romania | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Romania | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 14 | 1 |

### International goals

| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 11 September 2012 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | Andorra | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours
### Club

Astra Giurgiu
* Liga I: 2015–16
* Cupa României: 2013–14
* Supercupa României: 2014
Universitatea Craiova
* Supercupa României: 2021