Sorin Frunză
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sorin Cătălin Frunză | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Jorăști, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Avântul Valea Mărului | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Dunărea Galați | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1999 | Dunărea Galați | 28 | (4) |
| 1999 | Cimentul Fieni | 31 | (5) |
| 2000 | Politehnica Timişoara | 7 | (1) |
| 2000–2001 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 28 | (19) |
| 2001–2002 | Jiul Petroşani | 28 | (7) |
| 2002–2004 | FC Vaslui | 54 | (28) |
| 2004 | FC U Craiova | 15 | (1) |
| 2005–2008 | FC Vaslui | 60 | (7) |
| 2007 | → Botoşani (loan) | 16 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Unirea Urziceni | 63 | (5) |
| 2010–2011 | Rapid București | 24 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Oțelul Galați | 14 | (0) |
| 2012–2018 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 134 | (23) |
| 2019 | CSU Galați | 7 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Avântul Valea Mărului | 47 | (16) |
| Total | 542 | (114) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2024– | Unirea Brăniștea (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 March 2020 | |||
Sorin Cătălin Frunză (born 29 March 1978) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Liga IV side Avântul Valea Mărului.
Frunză began his career at Dunărea Galați. After one year spent at Cimentul Fieni and Politehnica Timişoara and two one-year spells at Dacia Unirea Brăila and Jiul Petroşani, Frunză moved in 2002 to newly founded Vaslui, and spent two seasons at the club before a transfer to Universitatea Craiova in the Romanian first division. However, following a dispute between Vaslui and Craiova over $50,000 that the former was to receive from the latter, Frunză returned to Vaslui after only six months. He was appointed team captain and helped Vaslui to gain a historical promotion in Divizia A, after only three years since the club foundation.
On 30 March 2008, Frunză alongside team-mates Silviu Bălace and Daniel Sabou were accused by Adrian Porumboiu of fixing a match against Steaua București. As a consequence, he was relegated to Vaslui's second team and subsequently sold to Unirea Urziceni. He won the first and only league championship of his career with the Wolves, as part of the squad that conquered the season's Liga I title. In 2010, as a result of Unirea Urziceni's decline, Frunză was released and subsequently moved to Rapid București. He returned one year later at his youth club Oțelul Galați, but he failed to make an impact. In 2012, he returned for a second spell at Dacia Unirea Brăila in the Romanian second tier.