Adrian Cristea

Adrian Cristea (born 30 November 1983) is a Romanian retired professional footballer who played as a winger. He is currently a fashion designer.

Adrian Cristea
Cristea playing for Romania
Personal information
Date of birth (1983-11-30) 30 November 1983
Place of birth Iași, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
Politehnica Iași
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2004 Politehnica Iași 93 (18)
2004–2010 Dinamo București 161 (27)
2011–2012 Universitatea Cluj 42 (11)
2012–2013 Petrolul Ploiești 15 (1)
2013 → Standard Liège (loan) 8 (0)
2013 Steaua București 9 (1)
2014–2017 Concordia Chiajna 23 (1)
Total 356 (59)
National team
2003–2006 Romania U21 7 (0)
2007–2011 Romania 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Cristea started his career in his home town, Iași, for Politehnica Iași. He made his debut in Liga I in 2004, after the team won its promotion from the Liga II. He impressed in the first half of the 2004–05 season, scoring five goals in 15 games.

In January 2005 Cristea joined fellow Liga I club Dinamo București for an undisclosed fee. He became a favourite for the fans with his technique and his goals from outside the area, but was criticised for his lack of attitude in some games.

In December 2010, Cristea was sold to Universitatea Cluj, for a total fee of €2 million. In the summer of 2012, he was transferred to Petrolul Ploiești, with the entire squad of Universitatea Cluj, when the owner of the Cluj team took control of Petrolul.

His first experience abroad came in 2013, when he was loaned to Standard Liège, where he was wanted by Mircea Rednic, a coach that worked with him at Petrolul and Dinamo.[1]

Steaua

On 30 July 2013, after terminating his contract with Petrolul Ploiești was terminated by mutual consent, Cristea signed a two-year contract with fellow Romanian Liga I club Steaua București. He made his debut for Steaua on 11 August, against Dinamo Bucharest, the team where he played for 6 years between 2004 and 2010. Steaua won the league game 2–1. On September 14, he scored his first goal against Săgeata Năvodari.

He failed to win a place in the first team, and in April 2014, Cristea ended his contract with Steaua.[2]

In September 2014, Cristea reached an agreement with Liga I team Concordia Chiajna.

International career

In February 2007, Cristea made his debut for the Romania national team, in a friendly game against Moldova. In 2008, he was called by Victor Piţurcă in the squad for European Championship, but he didn't receive a chance to play.

Career statistics

As of 9 June 2017[3][4]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Politehnica Iaşi 2001–02 28510——295
2002–03 27540——315
2003–04 23620——252
2004–05 15200——152
Total 931870——10018
Dinamo București 2004–05 1012000—121
2005–06 1502030—200
2006–07 2832010310416
2007–08 3281040—378
2008–09 3153120—366
2009–10 2834080—403
2010–11 1771041—228
Total 161271513141020832
Universitatea Cluj 2010–11 13300——133
2011–12 29800——298
Total 421100——4211
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 151320010193
Standard Liège 2012–13 800000—80
Steaua București 2013–14 910030—121
Concordia Chiajna 2014–15 13110——141
2015–16 5010——60
2016–17 5010—1070
Total 23130—10271
Career total 351592833443041666

Honours

[4]

Dinamo București
Steaua București

References
  1. "Adrian Cristea rouche". standard.be. Standard Liège. 28 January 2013. Archived from the original on 11 February 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  2. "Adrian Cristea nu mai e jucătorul Stelei. Fotbalistul se va alege cu despăgubiri după rezilierea contractului". Andrei Militaru. Adevărul. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  3. "Adrian Cristea". soccerway.com. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  4. Adrian Cristea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
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