Costin Curelea

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Costin Curelea
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Personal information
Full name Costin Romeo Curelea
Date of birth (1984-07-11) 11 July 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Romania U21 (head coach)
Youth career
1993–2003 Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2013 Sportul Studențesc 254 (82)
2013Dinamo Minsk (loan) 14 (6)
2013–2016 Universitatea Craiova 56 (13)
2016–2017 Voluntari 15 (0)
2018 Academica Clinceni 0 (0)
Total339(101)
International career
2005–2006 Romania U21 11 (2)
2011 Romania 1 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2020 Academica Clinceni (assistant)
2020 CFR Cluj (assistant)
2021 Kayserispor (assistant)
2021–2023 CFR Cluj (assistant)
2023–2025 Romania U20
2025– Romania U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian professional football coach and a former player who played as a striker and currently the head coach of Romania national under-21 team.

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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

ClubSeasonLeagueCup Europe OtherTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sportul Studenţesc 2003–04 18400184
2004–05 23231263
2005–06 29410304
2006–07 3014103114
2007–08 27810288
2008–09 3113423515
2009–10 2920303220
2010–11 339213510
2011–12 28400284
2012–13 640064
Total2548215426986
Dinamo Minsk (loan) 2013 14621167
Universitatea Craiova 2013–14 27102710
2014–15 1531010173
2015–16 1401010160
Total561320206013
Voluntari 2016–17 15020170
Career total3391012150020362106

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 May 2017

Managerial

As of match played 25 March 2025
TeamCountryFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Romania U20 Flag of Romania.svg 3 August 202310 July 2025164571926−7025.00
Total164571926−7025.00

Honours

Sportul Studențesc

Universitatea Craiova

Voluntari

Individual

References