Gheorghe Craioveanu

Gheorghe Craioveanu (born February 14, 1968 in Hunedoara), commonly known as Gică Craioveanu, is a retired Romanian football player.

Craioveanu played for several clubs, including Metalurg Slatina (1988-1990) and Universitatea Craiova (1990-1995) in Romania and the Spanish Real Sociedad (1995-1998), Villarreal CF (1998-2002), and Getafe CF (2002-2006).ro icon Ovidiu Ciutescu, [http://www.jurnalul.ro/articole/95077/gica-craioveanu-renunta-la-politica "Gică Craioveanu renunţă la politică"] , in "Jurnalul Naţional", June 16, 2007 (retrieved June 17, 2007)] He played for Romania national football team (23 matches and 4 goals in all) and was a participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Craioveanu is a resident of Getafe, a city in Madrid's metropolitan area; during the local elections of 2007, he won a Sports Adviser seat on the local council, running as an independent with backing from the People's Party (PP). [ro icon [http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/craioveanu-consilier-la-getafe/313746 "Craioveanu, consilier la Getafe"] , in "Adevărul", May 29, 2007 (retrieved June 17, 2007)] ro icon [http://www.sport365.ro/Gica_Craioveanu_a_renuntat_la_postul_de_consilier_municipal_la_Getafe-n25812.html "Gică Craioveanu a renunţat la postul de consilier municipal la Getafe"] , at "Sport 365" (retrieved June 17, 2007)] This was the first suffrage during which Romanian citizens were eligible in other European Union counties, following Romania's European integration. On June 16, 2007, as a result of a local alliance between the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party and Izquierda Unida, which took away the PP's control over the Sports Adviser seat, Craioveanu convened with the PP not to hold a political office, and resigned from the council.

Craioveanu is divorced, and has remarried a Spanish woman named Gemma; he has two children, one from each marriage.

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