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 | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Romania U20 (head coach) | ||
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) | |
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– | Romania U20 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker and currently the head coach of Romania U20.
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]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sportul Studenţesc | 2003–04 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | ||
2004–05 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 3 | |||
2005–06 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | |||
2006–07 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 14 | |||
2007–08 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 8 | |||
2008–09 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 15 | |||
2009–10 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 20 | |||
2010–11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 10 | |||
2011–12 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 4 | |||
2012–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 4 | |||
Total | 254 | 82 | 15 | 4 | — | — | 269 | 86 | |||
Dinamo Minsk (loan) | 2013 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 7 | ||
Universitatea Craiova | 2013–14 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | 27 | 10 | |||
2014–15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | ||
2015–16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
Total | 56 | 13 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 60 | 13 | ||
Voluntari | 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | ||
Career total | 339 | 101 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 362 | 106 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 31 May 2017
Team | Country | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
Romania U20 | 3 August 2023 | Present | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 25.00 |
Sportul Studențesc
Universitatea Craiova
Voluntari
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