Antonio Valentin Sefer (born 22 April 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Israeli Premier League club Maccabi Bnei Reineh.
 Sefer with Rapid București in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Antonio Valentin Sefer | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Galați, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2015 | Oțelul Galați | ||
| 2017–2019 | Groningen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2016 | Oțelul Galați | 14 | (1) |
| 2019–2023 | Rapid București | 133 | (18) |
| 2023–2025 | Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 53 | (10) |
| 2025 | → Motor Lublin (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2025– | Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 17 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2016 | Romania U15 | 1 | (0) |
| 2016 | Romania U16 | 3 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Romania U17 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Romania U18 | 5 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Romania U19 | 6 | (4) |
| 2021–2022 | Romania U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Romania Olympic | 5 | (0) |
| 2022 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 13 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 20 November 2022 | |||
Club career
editOn 20 February 2019, Sefer signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Rapid București.[1]
On 12 June 2023, Sefer signed a four-year contract with Hapoel Be'er Sheva. On 23 January 2025, he joined Polish club Motor Lublin on loan for the remainder of the season, with an option to make the move permanent.[2]
International career
editSefer was selected in Romania's team for the football tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5]
Career statistics
editClub
edit- As of matches played 13 May 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Oțelul Galați | 2015–16 | Liga II | 14 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | |||
| Rapid București | 2018–19 | Liga III | 12 | 3 | — | — | — | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2019–20 | Liga II | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | Liga II | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 5 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga I | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 37 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 6 | |||
| Total | 133 | 18 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 141 | 19 | ||||
| Hapoel Be'er Sheva | 2023–24 | Israeli Premier League | 35 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 2[c] | 1 | 43 | 8 |
| 2024–25 | Israeli Premier League | 18 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 22 | 5 | ||
| Total | 53 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 65 | 13 | ||
| Motor Lublin (loan) | 2024–25 | Ekstraklasa | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| Maccabi Bnei Reineh | 2025–26 | Israeli Premier League | 17 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[c] | 2 | 23 | 9 | |
| Career Total | 223 | 36 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 249 | 42 | ||
- ↑ Includes Cupa României, Israel State Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Conference League
- 1 2 Appearances in Toto Cup
International
editHonours
editReferences
edit- ↑ "ANTONIO SEFER ESTE NOUL JUCĂTOR AL RAPIDULUI" (in Romanian). Rapid București. Archived from the original on 24 September 2020.
- ↑ Galiński, Tomasz (23 January 2025). "Z Izraela do Ekstraklasy. Kolejny transfer Motoru Lublin". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Antonio Sefer". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ Eric Goodman (7 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics Men's Soccer Preview – Group B (South Korea, Honduras, New Zealand, Romania)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ Ben Grounds (15 July 2021). "Football at Olympics Tokyo 2020: Which Premier League stars are heading to the Games?". SkySports. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ "Antonio Sefer". European Football. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
External links
edit- Antonio Sefer at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Antonio Sefer – Romanian league stats at LPF (archived 2023-06-14) (in Romanian)
- Antonio Sefer at Soccerway