Adrian Mutu is a Romanian footballer who plays as a forward for FC Pune City in the Indian Super League. His career has included setbacks including two long suspensions for failed drugs tests. Despite this, he was regarded as one of the Serie A's best strikers of his era. Mutu started his career in Romania, playing two years for Arge? Pite?ti and half a year for Dinamo Bucure?ti, before joining Internazionale midway through the 1999?2000 Serie A. After only 10 games there he left for Verona and then Parma, for which he scored 39 goals in the next three years. His excellent form brought him a ?22.5 million transfer to Chelsea. Due to breach of contract for failing a drug test, he was released and returned to Serie A to join Juventus. After the 2006 Italian football scandal and the relegation of Juventus to Serie B, Mutu decided to join Fiorentina, where he played consistently for five years. He then had a season at Cesena and French club Ajaccio before returning to Romania with Petrolul Ploie?ti in 2014. On 5 April 2013, Mutu announced his intention to retire from football at the end of the 2013?14 season. [More at Wikipedia]

January 8th, 1979 in C?line?ti (Age 45)