Ciprian Deac

Ciprian Deac
Deac with CFR Cluj in 2022
Personal information
Full name Ciprian Ioan Deac
Date of birth (1986-02-16) 16 February 1986
Place of birth Dej, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
CFR Cluj
Number 10
Youth career
1994–2004 Unirea Dej
2004 Gloria Bistrița
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006 Unirea Dej 27 (2)
2006–2010 CFR Cluj 67 (4)
2008Oțelul Galați (loan) 15 (2)
2010–2012 Schalke 04 2 (0)
2011–2012Rapid București (loan) 30 (9)
2012–2015 CFR Cluj 64 (11)
2015–2016 Aktobe 15 (1)
2016–2017 Tobol 31 (2)
2017– CFR Cluj 255 (64)
International career
2007–2008 Romania U21 9 (1)
2010–2020 Romania 26 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2025

Ciprian Ioan Deac (Romanian pronunciation: [tʃipriˈan iˈo̯an ˈde̯ak, - deˈak]; born 16 February 1986) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga I club CFR Cluj.

After starting out at Unirea Dej, he spent most of his professional career at CFR Cluj, where he won thirteen domestic trophies. With seven of these being national championships, Deac is one of the most decorated players of the competition. He also had loan stints at Oțelul Galați and Rapid București in Romania, while abroad he represented Schalke 04 in Germany and Aktobe and Tobol in Kazakhstan.

Deac made his international debut for Romania in March 2010, in a 0–2 friendly loss to Israel. He amassed 26 appearances and one goal, before retiring in 2020.