Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrei Cosmin Ciolacu | ||
Date of birth | 9 August 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Valletta | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2004 | Inter Gaz București | ||
2005–2010 | Rapid București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2011 | Rapid II București | 24 | (6) |
2011–2014 | Rapid București | 59 | (7) |
2012 | → Otopeni (loan) | 13 | (7) |
2015 | Śląsk Wrocław | 0 | (0) |
2015 | Śląsk Wrocław II | 20 | (12) |
2016–2017 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 36 | (2) |
2017 | Warriors FC | 11 | (3) |
2018 | Juventus București | 4 | (0) |
2018 | Metaloglobus București | 8 | (0) |
2019 | Tskhinvali | 16 | (3) |
2020 | Avezzano | 5 | (0) |
2020–2021 | FC U Craiova | 20 | (4) |
2021–2023 | Floriana | 38 | (9) |
2023–2024 | Birkirkara | 34 | (13) |
2024– | Valletta | 3 | (4) |
International career | |||
2012–2013 | Romania U21 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 September 2024 |
Andrei Cosmin Ciolacu (born 9 August 1992) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Maltese Challenge League club Valletta.
In January 2016, Ciolacu signed a contract with ASA Târgu Mureș. [1]
Midway through 2017, Ciolacu signed for Singaporean club Warriors, [2] integrating quickly into the team. [3]
On his Singapore League Cup debut against Home United, Ciolacu scored three goals, taking his club to the top of the group. [4] In December 2017, he said that "The speed of play in Singapore is lower than in Romania, and the players do not give much importance to physical training, although this matters a lot in modern football. There is room for improvement, of course, but there is fantastic potential for development." [5]
On 24 January 2020, Ciolacu joined Italian Serie D club Avezzano. [6] He played for the club until the summer 2020, where he moved back to Romania to join FC U Craiova 1948.
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