Costin Curelea

Costin Curelea

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*
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)
2023–2025	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.

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 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

Managerial

As of match played 25 March 2025

Team	Country	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Romania U20		3 August 2023	10 July 2025	16	4	5	7	19	26	−7	025.00
Total				16	4	5	7	19	26	−7	025.00

Honours

Sportul Studențesc

• Divizia B: 2003–04

Universitatea Craiova

• Liga II: 2013–14

Voluntari

• Cupa României: 2016–17

Individual

• Liga II top scorer: 2006–07 (14 goals)

References

1. Sportul Studentesc Archive

External links

• Costin Curelea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Costin Curelea at Soccerway