Bogdan Ilie Vătăjelu (born 24 April 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Kazakhstan Premier League club Aktobe.

[1] Vătăjelu is a product of the Steaua București youth academy and made his professional debut with the reserves in 2010.

[2] Making 25 appearances for the reserves, he joined CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea in 2011 playing there until 2013 in Liga II.

[4] In January 2014, Vătăjelu penned a three-year deal with CS Universitatea Craiova, who were playing in the second league at that time.

[7] On 27 December 2016, Vătăjelu signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with Czech club Sparta Prague for an undisclosed transfer fee,[8] rumoured to be around €1.4 million.