“U” Cluj announced the transfer of Ștefan Lefter (20 years old), the starting goalkeeper from Corvinul Hunedoara, holder of the Romanian Football Cup, a few hours after extending the contracts of midfielders Dan Nistor (36 years old) and Gabriel Simion (26 year old).
Stefan Lefter
Lefter, winner of the Cup with the Hunedorian team, signed for 4 and a half years with the Superliga leader. “U” Cluj has 3 other goalkeepers in the squad, the Lithuanian Edvinas Gertmonas, the incumbent, Andrei Gorcea and Denis Moldovan.
This season in League 2, Lefter has started 15 times. He did not concede a goal in 5 matches, conceding 13 goals in the rest of the stages.
“Our club reached an agreement with FC Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara for the transfer of goalkeeper Ștefan Lefter (20 years old). The young man who impressed by defending the Hunedorens’ butts signed a contract with “U” valid for four and a half years.
Born on November 18, 2004 in Iași, Ștefan Lefter started football in the youth groups of Rapid Bucharest. In the summer of 2020, he was loaned to Corvinul Hunedoara, to be transferred permanently by the Hunedoara three years later.
The 2023-2024 season was a dream for the University’s new goalkeeper and his team. He played in 13 games in the regular season of the second division, managing to keep four clean sheets. Also, in the play-offs, in six matches in which he was used, he conceded only four goals.
More than that, Ștefan Lefter was a key man in Corvinu’s adventure in the Romanian Cup. The young goalkeeper was a full-time player in six of the eight matches played by Hunedomen until winning the trophy, conceding only two goals until the final, in the decisively won matches against Jiul Petroșani (4-1, in the third round) and Voluntari (3-1 , in the semifinals).
In the final of the Romanian Cup in Sibiu, against Oțelu Galați, he saved two shots from 11 meters, parrying in front of Pablo Gaitan and Joao Lameira and facilitating his team’s path to the trophy and a place in the European preliminaries“, transmitted “U” Cluj on the club’s official website.
