GSP: He earns 10,000 euros per month, but he lives in the area blamed by the people of Bucharest. Who is the champion tried hard as a child and saved by his wife

Vali Crețu, newly crowned FCSB champion at 35 years old, leads a quiet life, free from excesses and the spotlight. The right back is an atypical case for a footballer with his possibilities. He lives outside Bucharest, in a residential complex in Chiajna, an area rather blamed for poor infrastructure and exasperating congestion.

He was close to being fired by Gigi Becali on several occasions, but he withstood the pressure, in the “storm” of statements, and regained his starting place.

Now, Valentin Crețu has just received the sweetest reward possible, a championship medal at the end of his career, 20 years after he took his life in his chest and left his native Buzău alone, on a journey with a one-way ticket.

On Saturday evening, the “salary” from the right flank from FCSB experienced his professional peak moment: he mathematically became the champion of Romania, celebrating the unique moment on the field of the National Arena, surrounded by his family, his wife Mădălina and their two little girls.

Read more on gsp.ro