Mario Tudose

Mario Tudose

Personal information
Full name	Mario Cristian Tudose
Date of birth	(2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 20)
Place of birth	Pitești, Romania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Argeș Pitești
Number	6
Youth career
0000–2021	Argeș Pitești
2021–2023	Benfica
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–	Argeș Pitești	59	(4)
International career^‡
2020–2021	Romania U16	4	(0)
2021	Romania U17	5	(0)
2022–2023	Romania U18	11	(2)
2023–2024	Romania U19	9	(2)
2024–2025	Romania U20	2	(0)
2025–	Romania U21	4	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 24 October 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 October 2025

Mario Cristian Tudose (born 21 January 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Liga I club Argeș Pitești.^[1][2][3]

Career

Benfica

On 19 August 2021, Benfica announced that they had enrolled the 16-year-old Tudose for €200,000.^[4]

FC Argeș

In the summer of 2023, Tudose returned to Argeș Pitești. As part of the agreement, Benfica retained 50% of the player's co-ownership rights.^[5]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

• Liga II: 2024–25

References

1. "Mario Tudose, copilul minune al lui FC Argeş, povesteşte despre cei doi ani în care a crescut la Academia Benficăi Lisabona". jurnaluldearges.ro.
2. "FC Argeș a vândut un jucător la Benfica Lisabona! Sumă importantă de transfer". gsp.ro.
3. "Cum arată „victima" lui Ngezana". golazo.ro.
4. "Mario Tudose contratado". www.slbenfica.pt (in French). Retrieved 11 October 2025.
5. Belivacă, Tudor (5 September 2025). "Piteștenii au cedat repede în fața lui Gigi Becali. FCSB anunță transferul lui Mario Tudose: „Gata, ne-am înţeles și cu Dani Coman!"". Gazeta Sporturilor - GSP (in Romanian). Retrieved 11 October 2025.

External links

• Mario Tudose at Soccerway
• Mario Tudose – Romanian league stats at LPF (in Romanian)