{{Short description|Romanian footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Mario Bratu | image = Mario Bratu - Petrolul Ploiesti vs Mioveni, 10 April 2023.jpg | upright = 0.8 | caption = Bratu with Petrolul Ploiești in 2023 | full_name = Mario George Bratu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|7|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ploiești, Romania | height = 1.76 m | position = Attacking midfielder, winger | currentclub = Corvinul Hunedoara | clubnumber = 41 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2019 | youthclubs1 = Petrolul Ploiești | years1 = 2019–2025 |clubs1 = Petrolul Ploiești |caps1 = 106 |goals1 = 11 | years2 = 2025– |clubs2 = Corvinul Hunedoara |caps2 = 23 |goals2 = 5 | nationalyears1 = 2022–2023 | nationalteam1 = Romania U20 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | club-update = 16 May 2026 | nationalteam-update = }} '''Mario George Bratu''' (born 7 June 2002) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Liga II club Corvinul Hunedoara.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-2/gol-superb-de-la-25-de-metri-care-ar-putea-aduce-promovarea-petrolului-in-liga-1-mario-bratu-reusita-de-autor-1674903|title=Gol superb de la 25 de metri care ar putea aduce promovarea Petrolului în Liga 1. Mario Bratu, reușită de "autor"|trans-title=A superb goal from 25 meters that could bring Liga 1 promotion for Petrolul. Mario Bratu, the "author"|publisher=Digi Sport|language=ro|date=9 May 2022|accessdate=19 July 2022}}</ref>
==Club career== Bratu made his professional debut for his boyhood club Petrolul Ploiești on 18 July 2022, in a 1–0 Liga I loss to Voluntari.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/petrolul-ploiesti-fc-voluntari-0-1-ploiestenii-pierd-in-primul-meci-de-la-revenirea-in-liga-1-1804983|title=Petrolul Ploiești - FC Voluntari 0-1. Ploieștenii pierd în primul meci de la revenirea în Liga 1|trans-title=Petrolul Ploiești - FC Voluntari 0–1. ''Ploieștenii'' lose the first match since their Liga 1 return|publisher=Digi Sport|language=ro|date=18 July 2022|accessdate=19 July 2022}}</ref> He scored both goals in the 2-0 win against Chiajna, the match which sealed the promotion to 1st League and his first goal in the 1st League competition came on 27 February 2023, in a 5–2 home loss to defending champions CFR Cluj.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/petrolul-ploiesti-cfr-cluj-in-etapa-27-din-superliga-689247.html|title="Dansând cu lupii" » CFR Cluj marchează de cinci ori la Ploiești și se apropie la două puncte de Farul. Clasamentul ACUM|trans-title="Dancing with the wolves" » CFR Cluj scores five times in Ploiești and comes two points closer to Farul. The league table NOW|newspaper=Gazeta Sporturilor|language=ro|date=27 February 2023|accessdate=28 February 2023}}</ref>
==Honours== '''Petrolul Ploiești'''<ref name="SW">{{Soccerway|mario-bratu/597634|accessdate=19 July 2022}}</ref> *Liga II: 2021–22
'''Corvinul Hunedoara''' *Liga II: 2025–26
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{LPF.ro|bratu-george-mario/1794|archive=20250623215111}}
{{CS Corvinul Hunedoara squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bratu, Mario}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Ploiești Category:Romanian men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Men's association football wingers Category:Liga I players Category:Liga II players Category:FC Petrolul Ploiești players Category:FC Corvinul Hunedoara players Category:Romania men's youth international footballers Category:21st-century Romanian sportsmen