 Sava (center) with CFR Cluj in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Răzvan Sergiu Sava | ||
| Date of birth | 21 June 2002 | ||
| Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Udinese | ||
| Number | 90 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2017 | LPS Banatul Timișoara | ||
| 2017–2018 | Pro Sesto | ||
| 2018–2020 | Juventus | ||
| 2019–2020 | → Pescara (loan) | ||
| 2020 | → Lecce (loan) | ||
| 2020–2022 | Torino | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020 | Juventus | 0 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Lecce (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2021 | Torino | 0 | (0) |
| 2022–2024 | CFR Cluj | 48 | (0) |
| 2024– | Udinese | 12 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Romania U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Romania U17 | 8 | (0) |
| 2019 | Romania U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2023 | Romania U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2023–2025 | Romania U21 | 13 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21 February 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 14 June 2025 | |||
Răzvan Sergiu Sava (Romanian pronunciation: [rəzˈvan ˈserd͡ʒju ˈsava]; born 21 June 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Udinese.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Born in Timișoara, Sava left Romania in 2017 and spent his next years in the academies of Italian clubs Pro Sesto, Juventus, Pescara, Lecce, and Torino, respectively.[1]
CFR Cluj
[edit]On 28 January 2022, Sava returned to Romania by signing a contract with four-time defending champions CFR Cluj.[1] He made his senior debut on 14 August that year, in a 0–1 home Liga I loss to Botoșani.[2]
After the departure of Simone Scuffet, Sava became the starting goalkeeper of CFR Cluj in the 2023–24 season. He made his European debut on 27 July 2023, in a 1–1 draw with Adana Demirspor in the UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round.[3] Sava appeared in all 40 league matches and kept 11 clean sheets, and was named the Under-21 Player of the Season by LPF.[4]
Udinese
[edit]On 23 August 2024, Sava joined Serie A club Udinese on a five-year deal,[5][6] for a transfer fee reportedly worth €2.5 million plus €1 million in bonuses.[7] He made his debut on 25 September, starting and saving a penalty kick in a 3–1 home win over Salernitana in the second round of the Coppa Italia.[8]
Sava recorded his Serie A debut on 9 December 2024, in a 2–1 away victory over Monza.[9] He totalled 12 league matches during his debut season, as Udinese finished 12th in the table.
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 18 August 2025[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| CFR Cluj | 2021–22 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023–24 | Liga I | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | — | 45 | 0 | ||
| 2024–25 | Liga I | 5 | 0 | — | 4[b] | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 48 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Udinese | 2024–25 | Serie A | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | Serie A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 60 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Cupa României, Coppa Italia
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Conference League
Honours
[edit]
CFR Cluj[10]
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2022
Individual
References
[edit]- ^ a b "CFR Cluj a făcut al cincilea transfer al iernii, un portar de la Torino" [CFR Cluj made its fifth transfer of the winter, a goalkeeper from Torino] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 28 January 2022.
- ^ "CFR Cluj - FC Botoșani 0-1. Trupa lui Teja e noul lider. Campioana, două "transversale" și multe ocazii" [CFR Cluj - FC Botoșani 0–1. Teja's side is the new leader. The champion hit the post two times and had many chances]. Digi Sport. 14 August 2022.
- ^ "CFR Cluj - Adana Demirspor 1–1". UEFA. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Gândurile portarului nostru, Răzvan Sava, după ce a fost desemnat cel mai bun jucător U21 din sezonul trecut" [The reflections of our goalkeeper, Răzvan Sava, after being named the best U21 player of last season] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj on Facebook. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "ÎNCĂ UN PORTAR CFRIST AJUNGE ÎN SERIA A!" [ANOTHER CFR GOALKEEPER REACHES THE SERIE A!] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ "Sava joins Udinese". Udinese Calcio. 23 August 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ "Răzvan Sava semnează! Detaliile contractului + Suma pe care o va primi CFR Cluj" [Răzvan Sava signs! Contract details + The amount that CFR Cluj will receive] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "UDINESE VS SALERNITANA" (in Italian). Serie A. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ "Monza vs Udinese". beIN Sports. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ a b Răzvan Sava at Soccerway. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
External links
[edit]- Răzvan Sava at Soccerway
- Răzvan Sava – Romanian league stats at LPF (in Romanian)