Florin Costea

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Florin Costea
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Costea playing for FCU Craiova
Personal information
Full name Florin Constantin Costea
Date of birth (1985-05-16) 16 May 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth Drăgășani, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Viitorul Dăești
Number 3
Youth career
FC U Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2004 Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea 12 (3)
2004–2006 Râmnicu Vâlcea 10 (4)
2006–2011 FC U Craiova 125 (55)
2011–2012 Steaua București 19 (1)
2013 Turnu Severin 14 (8)
2013–2015 CFR Cluj 40 (4)
2015 Arsenal Tula 14 (1)
2015–2016 Zakho 12 (7)
2016–2017 Râmnicu Vâlcea 15 (9)
2017–2018 Șirineasa 11 (5)
2018–2019 FC U Craiova 11 (9)
2019 Atletic Bradu 1 (3)
2019– Viitorul Dăești 26 (17)
National team‡
2008–2009 Romania 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 April 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 July 2019

Florin Constantin Costea (born 16 May 1985 in Drăgășani) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Viitorul Dăești.[1]

Club career[]

Universitatea Craiova[]

Costea started in the Romanian Liga II for the local team Rarora 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]

Statistics[]

Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rarora Râmnicu Vâlcea 2003–04 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
Total 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3
CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 2005–06 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4
Total 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 4
U Craiova 2006–07 22 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 5
2007–08 30 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 15
2008–09 33 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 34 18
2009–10 21 9 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 12
2010–11 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Total 117 47 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 51
Steaua București 2011–12 18 1 2 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 26 2
2012–13 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
Total 19 1 2 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 28 2
Turnu Severin 2012–13 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8
Total 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 8
CFR Cluj 2013–14 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 3
2014–15 12 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 1
Total 40 4 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 47 4
Career total 212 67 11 4 0 0 11 1 0 0 234 72

Statistics accurate as of match played 21 December 2014

Honours[]

Season Club Title
2012–13 Steaua București Liga I

International career[]

Since 2008 he gathered six selections in the Romanian 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Florin Costea a semnat cu o nouă echipă şi a şi marcat primele sale goluri. Fratele său, Mihai, se antrenează alături de el. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Costea
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  5. ^ Costea
  6. ^ "Florin Costea a semnat cu Steaua" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. 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.

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