Mihai Velisar

Mihai Velisar
	Velisar with Petrolul Ploiești in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	30 August 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth	Ploiești, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Corvinul Hunedoara
Number	98
Youth career
0000–2018	Petrolul Ploiești
Senior career*
Years	Team
2017–2019	Petrolul Ploiești
2019	→ Gloria Buzău (loan)
2019	→ Gaz Metan Mediaș (loan)
2019–2022	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2022–2023	Petrolul Ploiești
2023	→ Concordia Chiajna (loan)
2023–	Corvinul Hunedoara
International career
2019	Romania U21
2021	Romania Olympic
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 December 2024

Mihai Velisar (born 30 August 1998) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga II club Corvinul Hunedoara.^[1]

Club career

Petrolul Ploiești and Gloria Buzău loan

Velisar made his senior debut for boyhood club Petrolul Ploiești on 24 October 2017, starting in 3–4 penalty shoot-out loss to Mioveni in the Cupa României. It was his only appearance of the season, as his team achieved promotion to the Liga II.

Velisar played in four matches for "the Yellow Wolves" during the first half of the 2018–19 campaign, before returning to the third division on loan with Gloria Buzău in January 2019.

Gaz Metan Mediaș

Velisar was sent out on loan to Liga I club Gaz Metan Mediaș in the 2019 summer transfer window, and made his debut on 15 July by featuring the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 league draw with Chindia Târgoviște.^[2] On 19 August that year, he scored his first goal in a 3–0 win over Voluntari, and six days later netted again in a 4–0 defeat of FCSB.

At the start of November 2019, Velisar signed a permanent contract with Gaz Metan after the latter paid a previously-agreed €15,000 transfer fee to Petrolul Ploiești.^[3] He amassed 35 games during his first year in Sibiu County, with the Alb-negrii finishing sixth overall in the league table.

Return to Petrolul Ploiești

On 10 January 2022, Velisar was re-signed by Petrolul Ploiești amid financial issues at Gaz Metan Mediaș, with his former side retaining 15% interest on a future transfer.^[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 December 2024^[1]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Petrolul Ploiești	Liga III	2017–18	0	0	1	0	—		—		1	0
	Liga II	2018–19	4	0	0	0	—		—		4	0
	Total		4	0	1	0	—		—		5	0
Gloria Buzău (loan)	Liga III	2018–19	?	?	?	?	—		—		?	?
Gaz Metan Mediaș (loan)	Liga I	2019–20	14	2	0	0	—		—		14	2
Gaz Metan Mediaș	Liga I	2019–20	21	0	—		—		—		21	0
	Liga I	2020–21	28	0	2	0	—		—		30	0
	Liga I	2021–22	10	0	2	0	—		—		12	0
	Total		59	0	4	0	—		—		63	0
Petrolul Ploiești	Liga II	2021–22	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
	Liga I	2022–23	5	0	3	0	—		—		8	0
	Total		11	0	3	0	—		—		14	0
Concordia Chiajna (loan)	Liga II	2022–23	7	0	—		—		—		7	0
Corvinul Hunedoara	Liga II	2023–24	26	1	7	0	—		—		33	1
	Liga II	2024–25	16	1	1	0	5^[a]	1	1^[b]	0	23	2
	Total		42	2	8	0	5	1	1	0	56	3
Career total			137	4	16	0	5	1	1	0	159	5

^ Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League
^ Appearances in Supercupa României

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești

Liga II: 2021–22^[1]
Liga III: 2017–18

Gloria Buzău

Liga III: 2018–19

Corvinul Hunedoara

Cupa României: 2023–24
Supercupa României runner-up: 2024

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Mihai Velisar at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
^ "Debut personal foarte bun al tânărului "lup" Mihai Velisar, în Liga 1. În schimb, redevenit dinamovist, Robert Moldoveanu a pierdut la scor, în Dobrogea" [Very good personal debut for the young "wolf" Mihai Velisar, in Liga 1. On the other side, Robert Moldoveanu, who rebecame a Dinamo player, lost at a heavy score in Dobrogea] (in Romanian). Gazeta de Prahova. 16 July 2019.
^ "15.000 euro pentru un internaţional » Gaz Metan Mediaș l-a transferat definitiv pe Mihai Velisar" [15,000 euros for an international » Gaz Metan Mediaș transferred Mihai Velisar permanently]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
^ "Mulțumim, Mihai Velisar!" [Thank you, Mihai Velisar!] (in Romanian). CS Gaz Metan Mediaș. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

External links

Mihai Velisar at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[5] Three appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League

[UECL-6] Appearances in Supercupa României

[SW-1] Mihai Velisar at Soccerway. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

[2] "Debut personal foarte bun al tânărului "lup" Mihai Velisar, în Liga 1. În schimb, redevenit dinamovist, Robert Moldoveanu a pierdut la scor, în Dobrogea" [Very good personal debut for the young "wolf" Mihai Velisar, in Liga 1. On the other side, Robert Moldoveanu, who rebecame a Dinamo player, lost at a heavy score in Dobrogea] (in Romanian). Gazeta de Prahova. 16 July 2019.

[3] "15.000 euro pentru un internaţional » Gaz Metan Mediaș l-a transferat definitiv pe Mihai Velisar" [15,000 euros for an international » Gaz Metan Mediaș transferred Mihai Velisar permanently]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 7 November 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

[4] "Mulțumim, Mihai Velisar!" [Thank you, Mihai Velisar!] (in Romanian). CS Gaz Metan Mediaș. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

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