Florin Costea

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Florin Costea
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Costea playing for U Craiova
Personal information
Full name Florin Constantin Costea
Date of birth (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth Drăgășani, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1994–1998 FC Teleșpan 97
1998–2003 Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea 12 (3)
2004–2005 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 10 (4)
2006–2011 Universitatea Craiova 119 (47)
2011–2012 Steaua București 19 (1)
2013 CS Turnu Severin 14 (8)
2013–2015 CFR Cluj 40 (4)
2015 Arsenal Tula 7 (0)
2015 Zakho 1 (0)
2016 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 6 (5)
2017 Șirineasa
2018–2019 FC U Craiova
2019 Atletic Bradu
2019–2023 Viitorul Dăești
Total228(72)
International career
2008–2009 Romania 6 (0)
Managerial career
2024–2025 FC U Craiova (sporting director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florin Constantin Costea (born 16 May 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. [1]

Contents

Club career

Universitatea Craiova

Costea started in the Romanian Divizia B for the local teams Rarora Râmnicu-Vâlcea and CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea, then he transferred to one of the most popular teams in Romania Universitatea Craiova, who competed at the time in the same league.

After his new team was promoted, he became one of their key players and one of the best strikers of the Liga I. The 2008–09 season was great for Costea, finishing the top scorer of the Romanian first division, together with Gigel Bucur after both had scored 17 goals. [2]

On 21 March 2010, while playing a match against Politehnica Iaşi, the opposing goalkeeper made a rash challenge on Costea, injuring him. He was forced to leave the pitch, and realising the severity of his injury he was taken out in tears. [3] It was later discovered that he had broken his Medial collateral ligament and Cruciate ligament. He was sidelined for eight months. [4]

After Universitatea Craiova was disaffiliated, he became a free agent. [5]

Steaua București

On 3 August 2011, Costea moved to Steaua București on a free transfer, signing a 4-year contract, worth around €300,000 per year. There, he rejoined his brother Mihai Costea. [6]

International career

Since 2008 he gathered six selections in the Romania national football team. His first selection was courtesy to an injury of Romanian star attacker Adrian Mutu.

Personal life

He is the older brother of Mihai Costea. [7] [8]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [9]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania 200840
200920
Total60

Honours

CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea

Universitatea Craiova

ARO Muscelul Câmpulung

Individual

References

  1. ↑ mutare! Florin Costea, prezentat oficial în Superligă: „Bine ai venit!”. gsp.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Costea
  3. ↑ Costea
  4. ↑ Costea
  5. ↑ Costea
  6. ↑ "Florin Costea a semnat cu Steaua" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Fraţii Florin și Mihai Costea revin în fotbal. Nu vor să mai audă de Liga 1" [The brothers Florin and Mihai Costea return to football. They don't want to hear about Liga 1 anymore] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Succesul lui MIHAI COSTEA, drama fratelui său!" [The success of MIHAI COSTEA, the drama of his brother!] (in Romanian). cancan.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  9. ↑ "Florin Costea". European Football. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
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