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
| 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
- Divizia C: 2004–05
Universitatea Craiova
ARO Muscelul Câmpulung
Individual
References
- ^ mutare! Florin Costea, prezentat oficial în Superligă: „Bine ai venit!”. gsp.ro (in Romanian)
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- ^ "Florin Costea a semnat cu Steaua" (in Romanian). steauafc.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
- ^ "Florin Costea". European Football. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Florin Costea at National-Football-Teams.com
- Florin Costea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Florin Costea – UEFA competition record (archive)
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