 His best performance at this club was the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup.Rada signed with Steaua Bucureşti on 25 July 2007 for three years.Steaua Bucureşti transferred him for a known fee of €800,000 but because the player was 50% owned by former Romanian football player Gheorghe Popescu, the club had to pay him another €800,000 thus resulting a total transfer fee of €1,600,000.