Ionuț Mazilu

Ionuţ Mazilu
Personal information
Full name	Ionuţ Costinel Mazilu
Date of birth	9 February 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Sportul Studenţesc
Senior career*
Years	Team
1999–2006	Sportul Studenţesc
2006–2008	Rapid Bucureşti
2008–2011	Dnipro
2009–2011	→ Arsenal Kyiv (loan)
2011–2013	Arsenal Kyiv
Total
International career‡
2005–2011	Romania
Managerial career
2014–2016	Sportul Studenţesc
2017–	Rapid Bucuresti (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2011

Ionuţ Costinel Mazilu (born 9 February 1982 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former footballer, currently a manager. He is known in Romania for his sharp finishing, pace and technique.

Career

Club

Mazilu started his career at Sportul Studenţesc in 1999. In the 2005–06 season, he was the leading goalscorer in the Romanian Liga I scoring 22 goals. The following season, he was taken to FC Rapid Bucureşti, where he played for two years playing 34 games and scoring 18 goals. On 12 January 2008, Mazilu was transferred to the Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for a fee of €4 million, the highest fee received by a Romanian football club at that time. He failed to make an immediate impact. During his first year he only played eight games with a single goal scored. In 2009, he was loaned to FC Arsenal Kyiv after his transfer to CFR Cluj failed.^[1]

International career

Mazilu is a regular member of the Romanian national football team since the 2004–05 season having played 12 matches and scored 3 goals.

International goals

Romania's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	28 February 2006	Neo GSZ Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Slovenia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2.	7 February 2007	Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania	Moldova	1–0	2–0	Friendly
3.	14 October 2009	Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamţ, Romania	Faroe Islands	3–1	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying