Vasile Brătianu

Vasile Brătianu (also known as Vasile Brătianu II; born 13 August 1967) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a central defender.

Club career Brătianu, nicknamed "Pluto", was born on 13 August 1967 in Brăila. He began playing football at local club Dacia Unirea during the 1986–87 Divizia B season. During the 1992–93 season, he scored a career best of nine goals. However, in the following season, the team was relegated, but Brătianu continued to play in Divizia A, as he signed with Dinamo București. There, he played only four league matches under coach Ion Moldovan in the first half of the 1994–95 season. Subsequently, Brătianu joined Universitatea Cluj for two and a half seasons. Then he went for the 1997–98 season at Oțelul Galați. Afterwards, he joined Farul Constanța where he made his last Divizia A appearances during the 1998–99 season, totaling 221 matches with 29 goals in the competition. In 1999, Brătianu went to play for Petrolul Brăila in Divizia C, where he ended his career shortly afterwards.

Brătianu made one appearance for Romania on 22 September 1993 when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him in the 86th minute to replace Ionel Pârvu in a 1–0 friendly victory against Israel.

Personal life His brother, Constantin, was also a footballer who played as a goalkeeper and they were teammates at Dacia Unirea Brăila.

Honours Petrolul Ianca Divizia C: 1986–87 Dacia Unirea Brăila Divizia B: 1989–90 Cupa României runner-up: 1992–93