Gabriel Torje

Club

International

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Torje goal.

* Unofficial match according to the Laws of the Game (excessive number of Romanian substitutions)

Early career

Torje was born on 22 November 1989 in Timișoara, Romania and began playing football at Miroslav Giuchici's youth club Srbianka. He started playing senior-level football around the age of 15, when Srbianka sent him to Furnirul Deta in the fourth league. He joined CFR Timișoara, where he played during the 2005–06 Divizia B season.

Politehnica Timișoara

Torje's talent was noticed by Politehnica Timișoara's coach Gheorghe Hagi, who brought him to the first team. Hagi gave Torje his Divizia A debut on 28 April 2006 by sending him in the 75th minute to replace Marian Constantinescu in a 0–0 draw against Argeș Pitești. In his following match in the competition, Torje scored his first goal in a 4–2 loss to Farul Constanța. He helped the team reach the 2007 Cupa României final, where coach Valentin Velcea used him the entire match in the 2–0 loss to Rapid București.

Dinamo București

On 15 January 2008, Torje signed a five-year contract with Dinamo București, which paid a transfer fee of €2 million to Politehnica. On 1 November 2008, he provided an assist to Adrian Cristea's header that closed the scoring for a 1–1 draw against rivals Steaua București. Torje helped the club achieve what was dubbed "The wonder from Liberec" by winning the away game 3–0 against Slovan Liberec to force a penalty shoot-out after losing the first leg by the same score, ultimately qualifying for the 2009–10 Europa League group stage. He scored a career-best nine…

From 2006 to 2010, Torje was consistently featured for Romania's under-17 and under-21 sides. Notably, with the latter, he finished first in the group for the 2011 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers before reaching a play-off, where he captained the team in the 2–1 aggregate loss to England U21, who advanced to the final tournament. Torje played 56 matches and scored 11 goals for Romania, making his debut on 3 September 2010 under coach Răzvan Lucescu in a 1–1 draw against Albania in the Euro 2012 qualifiers. During those qualifiers, he played a total of eight matches and scored a brace in a 2–0 away win over Luxembourg. Before the goals against Luxembourg, Torje scored his first international goal in a 1–1 friendly draw against Cyprus. He played in all 10 matches during the 2014 World Cup qualifiers, scoring three goals that helped Romania earn two victories against Andorra and one against Estonia. Subsequently, the team reached the play-off, where he played in both legs of the 4–2 aggregate loss to Greece, who advanced to the final tournament. Torje then played nine games without scoring in the successful Euro 2016 qualifiers. He was selected by coach Anghel Iordănescu to be part of Romania's squad for the final tournament. There, he played in all three games in the eventual group stage exit. In the first game, which was the tournament's first match, a 2–1 loss to hosts France, he came as a substitute and replaced Adrian Popa in the 82nd minute. In the second, he…

Politehnica Timișoara

Cupa României runner-up: 2006–07 Dinamo București

Cupa României runner-up: 2010–11 Farul Constanța

Liga I: 2022–23 Individual

Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2011