Costin Curelea
Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker.
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Costin Romeo Curelea | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1984 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | CFR Cluj (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–2003 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2003–2013 | Sportul Studențesc | 254 | (82) |
| 2013 | → Dinamo Minsk (loan) | 14 | (6) |
| 2013–2016 | Universitatea Craiova | 56 | (13) |
| 2016–2017 | Voluntari | 15 | (0) |
| 2018 | Academica Clinceni | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 339 | (101) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2006 | Romania U21 | 11 | (2) |
| 2011 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2018–2020 | Academica Clinceni (assistant) | ||
| 2020– | CFR Cluj (assistant) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 July 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011 | |||
Career
In his first league match for Sportul Studenţesc, a Liga II game against Dacia Mioveni, Costin Curelea scored two goals as Sportul won by 3 goals to 1. He played his first Liga I match against Apulum Alba Iulia, on 31 July 2004. After two months, he managed to score his first Liga I goal against FCM Bacău, in a 1–1 draw match played at Regie Stadium.[1]
After Sportul Studenţesc was relegated due to financial reasons at the end of 2005–2006 season, Costin Curelea remained at the team, alongside Viorel Ferfelea, Dacian Varga and Tiberiu Bălan. Since then, he was often the team top-scorer. In the 2006–2007 season, Curelea scored 14 goals for his team in 29 matches.[1]
Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sportul | 2003–04 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 4 |
| 2004–05 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 3 | |
| 2005–06 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | |
| 2006–07 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 14 | |
| 2007–08 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 8 | |
| 2008–09 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 15 | |
| 2009–10 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 20 | |
| 2010–11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10 | |
| 2011–12 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | |
| 2012–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | |
| Total | 254 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 86 | |
| Career total | 254 | 82 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 269 | 86 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played 27 October 2012
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Costin Curelea. |
- Costin Curelea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Costin Curelea at Soccerway