Florin Costea

Florin Costea
Costea playing for U Craiova
Personal information
Full name Florin Constantin Costea
Date of birth (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth Drăgășani, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 FC U Craiova (sporting director)
Youth career
1994–1998 FC Teleșpan 97
1998–2003 Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (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
Total 228 (72)
International career
2008–2009 Romania 6 (0)
Managerial career
2024– FC U Craiova (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florin Constantin Costea (born 16 May 1985) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker, currently sporting director of Liga I club FC U Craiova.[1]

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 Florin, 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 Florin 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 8 months.[4]

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

Steaua București

On 3 August 2011 Florin Costea moved to Steaua București on a free transfer, later signing a 4-year contract, worth around €300,000 per year. Here 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.

International stats

Appearances and goals by national team and year[7]
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania 2008 4 0
2009 2 0
Total 6 0

Personal life

He is the older brother of Mihai Costea.[8][9]

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. ^ "Florin Costea". European Football. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.

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