The 29-year-old is one of 26 names in Piturca's party, which will be cut to 23 before the finals get under way in Austria and Switzerland next month.

Fourteen players are already present at the training camp in Belek, preparing for a May 22 friendly against Montenegro.

Romania begin their Euro 2008 campaign against France on June 9 before facing world champions Italy four days later also in Zurich and then concluding their Pool C matches against Holland in Berne on June 17.

Squad: Lobont (Dinamo Bucharest), Danut Coman (Rapid Bucharest), Marius Popa (FCU Politehnica Timisoara); Contra (Getafe), Tamas (Auxerre), Radu (Lazio), Rat (Shakhtar Donetsk), Chivu (Internazionale), Sapunaru (Rapid Bucharest), Goian, Ghionea, Radoi (all Steaua Bucharest), Moti (Dinamo Bucharest); Petre (CSKA Sofia), Codrea (Siena), Cocis (Lokomotiv Moscow), Petre, Nicolita, Dica (all Steaua Bucharest), Cristea (Dinamo Bucharest); Mutu (Fiorentina), Marica (Stuttgart), D Niculae (Auxerre), M Niculae (Inverness), Bratu (Dinamo Bucharest), Deac (CFR 1907 Cluj).