| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gabriel Eugen Matei | ||
| Date of birth | 26 February 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Curtea de Argeș, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2008 | Internațional Curtea de Argeș | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Internațional | 37 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 26 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Steaua București | 7 | (0) |
| 2015 | → Brașov (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Academica Clinceni | 14 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Târgu Mureș | 29 | (2) |
| 2017 | Górnik Łęczna | 15 | (0) |
| 2017 | Zira | 10 | (0) |
| 2018 | Termalica Nieciecza | 8 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Concordia Chiajna | 14 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Academica Clinceni | 29 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Argeș Pitești | 8 | (0) |
| 2021 | Górnik Łęczna | 7 | (0) |
| 2022 | Astra Giurgiu | 6 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Filiași | 8 | (3) |
| 2023 | Câmpulung Muscel | 10 | (4) |
| 2024–2025 | Vedița Colonești | 26 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 2011 | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:52, 21 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Gabriel Eugen Matei (born 26 February 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
Gabriel Matei was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €600,000. Pandurii Târgu Jiu will be receiving also €500,000 from a future transfer fee.
His career was marked by multiple injuries, thus he missed almost two seasons while at Steaua, having four surgeries in this period.
On 25 June 2017, Matei signed a one-year contract, with the option of a second year, with Azerbaijan Premier League club Zira FK.
On 29 December 2017, Matei signed with Polish Ekstraklasa club Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza.
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Internațional | 2008–09 | Liga II | 21 | 0 | ? | ? | — | — | — | 21 | 0 | |||
| 2009–10 | Liga I | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2010–11 | Liga I | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 0 | |||
| Steaua București | 2011–12 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2012–13 | Liga I | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| 2013–14 | Liga I | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2014–15 | Liga I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| FC Brașov | 2014–15 | Liga I | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Academica Clinceni | 2015–16 | Liga II | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 2 | |||
| Târgu Mureș | 2015–16 | Liga I | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2016–17 | Liga I | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 2 | |||
| Total | 29 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 2 | ||||
| Górnik Łęczna | 2016–17 | Ekstraklasa | 15 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Zira | 2017–18 | Azerbaijan Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | ||
| Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza | 2017–18 | Ekstraklasa | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Concordia Chiajna | 2018–19 | Liga I | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
| Academica Clinceni | 2019–20 | Liga I | 29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Arges Pitesti | 2020–21 | Liga I | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Górnik Łęczna | 2020–21 | I liga | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 212 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 233 | 4 | ||
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