var playerInfo={"DA5E7C1A0F1CB829A66A16651D2472FD":"Romania","DD8BEAF452454A6D0A12C3D91CB3F716":"<P>Ciprian Andrei Marica (born 2 October 1985 in Bucharest) is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team. He plays as a centre forward but also can play as a supporting forward and use his speed to good effect.<BR><BR><STRONG>Dinamo Bucharest<BR><\/STRONG>Marica&#39;s first professional club team was Dinamo Bucharest, the city in which he was born. He started to gain attention even though he only played 23 games (scoring four goals) in three years with the club.<BR><BR><STRONG>Shakhtar Donetsk<BR><\/STRONG>Ciprian transferred to the Ukrainian top club and played his so far best seasons with them. He gained international experience, getting to play in the UEFA Cup European competition.<BR><BR><STRONG>VfB Stuttgart<BR><\/STRONG>On 23 July 2007, he transferred to German club VfB Stuttgart, after his former club, Shakhtar Donetsk, rejected another offer, from English team Derby County amongst interest from Manchester City. Marica made his debut for VfB in the Bundesliga on 12 August 2007, in a home game against Schalke 04 (2&#8211;2). In his first season he got plenty of appearances (28), scoring only two goals in those (plus one goal in the UEFA Champions League. After this first failed season then-coach Armin Veh mistrusted Marica, giving him only few appearances. Only after Christian Gross replaced Babbel as VfB coach, Marica got a new chance, mainly profiting by long-time injury of Cacau. On 12 July 2011, Marica was released from his contract at Stuttgart.<BR><BR><STRONG>Schalke 04<BR><\/STRONG>On 28 July 2011, Marica signed a two year contract with German club Schalke 04, worth &#8364;5m. He chose to remain in Germany, despite having offers from Premier League club Blackburn Rovers, and other two French clubs such as Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain.<BR><BR>In a match against Maccabi Haifa, on December 14, Marica scored one goal, to help his team to a 3&#8211;0 win. On 29 January 2012, Marica scored a double against 1. FC K&#246;ln Although Lukas Podolski opened the score in the first half, Marica made it 2&#8211;1 for FC Schalke 04, with the game eventually ending in a 4&#8211;1 win for his team.<\/P>","30A86FC0880FF75E":"185cm","C6E00DEB351621C4":"20865","09702F2B27619389F07D77F05427B135":"2013-7-19","18E9F76C307DDD99":"1244","F27CBDD6332F20A59321B0F4E9CF2AB8":"10","4678B5349347B7EB":"80kg","0C852134AA40B2DD":"1","9EBD0BFF9766B31DEF99430639A2F292":"Getafe","A7F9B63E25A659E5":"Ciprian Marica","0FCC2F07B9D0EBFD":"Konyaspor","5E8F53D0A504BF86":"Ciprian Marica","8DC362CCE065919BCF40467C0DE6A7E8":"<STRONG>Dinamo Bucure\u015fti<BR><\/STRONG>Romanian League: 2001&#8211;02, 2003&#8211;04<BR>Romanian Cup: 2002&#8211;03<BR><BR><STRONG>Shakhtar Donetsk<BR><\/STRONG>Ukrainian Premier League: 2004&#8211;05, 2005&#8211;06<BR>Ukrainian Cup: 2003&#8211;04<BR>Ukrainian Supercup: 2005","0A9B0394F31973591937C38F2F471911":"Getafe,Schalke 04,VfB Stuttgart,FC Shakhtar Donetsk,Dinamo Bucuresti","FA149E2002A43ED77C24C62CDFF094A5":"0","2B5572269355781B0007104B7181FA88":"1985-10-2","82CBDCB828DBDF896209A361CA981BCF":"","e_index":1};