Oniga Victor featured in both of Romania U17’s friendly matches against Slovenia and scored in the second encounter. Brugger Dániel, a former player of the Székely Land Football Academy, came off the bench and helped Hungary U19 defeat Romania.

Oniga Victor featured in both of Romania U17’s friendly matches against Slovenia and scored in the second encounter. Brugger Dániel, a former player of the Székely Land Football Academy, came off the bench and helped Hungary U19 defeat Romania.

Romania U17 concluded their friendly double-header in Slovenia with two convincing victories. Head coach Alexandru Ciobanu selected our academy player, Oniga Victor, for both matches.

In the opening game, played on 22 September, Romania defeated Slovenia 5–2. Oniga started the match and remained on the pitch until the 68th minute. David Loghin scored twice for Romania, while Ștefan Nastac, Raul Matei and Alexandru Iovan were also on target.

Two days later, Romania’s youth side recorded an even more emphatic 4–0 victory in the second match. Oniga Victor came on in the 75th minute and completed the scoring in the 87th. The earlier goals were scored by David Loghin, Raul Matei and Bogdan Ilie. Our academy player featured for a total of 83 minutes across the two games and contributed one goal to Romania’s two victories.

Brugger Dániel, a former player of the Székely Land Football Academy who currently represents Puskás Akadémia, was also in action during the international break. Hungary U19 faced Romania in Bačka Topola on 24 September in the opening round of the Stevan Vilotić Memorial Tournament in Serbia.

Romania took the lead through Alexandru Bota in the eighth minute, but Gólik Benjámin equalised in the 15th. Brugger Dániel replaced Vörös Barna in the 77th minute and was on the pitch to celebrate Galambos János’s winning goal in the 91st minute. Hungary won the match 2–1.

The programmes of our other academy players who received international call-ups will begin in the coming days. Bâlbâe Róbert, Jánosi Hunor and Matei Darius will take part in Romania U15’s training camp in Târgu Mureș between 27 September and 4 October.

Bota Darius will represent Romania U18 at the Four Nations Tournament in Portugal. Romania will face Turkey on 29 September and Portugal on 2 October before taking on Uzbekistan.

R. A.