Eric Bicfalvi


Eric Cosmin Bicfalvi is a Romanian professional footballer who plays mainly as an attacking midfielder for Russian club Ural Yekaterinburg.
He began his senior career in Romania with Fink Fenster Petrești in the third league, going on to amass over 100 Liga I appearances for Jiul Petroșani, Steaua București and Gloria Buzău combined. He then changed countries for the first time in 2012, and has since competed professionally in Ukraine, China and Russia.
Bicfalvi has been a full Romania international since November 2014.

Club career

In 2005, Bicfalvi began his senior career in the Romanian third division with Fink Fenster Petrești, where he spent one year. During this period, he made 23 appearances and scored nine goals for the club. The following season he moved to Liga I side Jiul Petroșani. After the team was relegated, he was signed by FC Steaua București on a five-year deal.
In 2012, as his contract expired he subsequently joined Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk. Bicfalvi ended the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League season as joint-top scorer with 17 goals, which earned him a transfer to Liaoning Whowin in the Chinese Super League on 7 July 2015.
He did not adapt to life in China and after a brief spell with Dinamo București, the cross-town rival of his former club Steaua, he put pen on a contract with Tom Tomsk, newly promoted to the Russian Premier League.
On 23 January 2017, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with another Russian first division side, Ural Yekaterinburg.

International career

Bicfalvi is a former Romania youth international, representing the nation at under-19 and under-21 levels.
In August 2013, after not being convoked by the Romania senior team on any occasion, his agent announced that Bicfalvi would like to play for Hungary in the near future.
However, Romania senior manager Anghel Iordănescu named him as a possible call-up for the next UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier against Northern Ireland in November 2014. On 18 November that year, Bicfalvi made his full debut in a friendly with Denmark.

Personal life

Bicfalvi's paternal grandfather, Alexander Bicfalvi/Sándor Bikfalvi was also a footballer and played for Victoria Carei. He was ethnic Swedish according to Gazeta Sporturilor and Hungarian according to Nemzeti Sport, while Eric's mother, Elisabeta/Erzsébet, is of Hungarian heritage.

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Honours

Club

;Steaua București
;Ural Yekaterinburg