Costin Curelea

Costin Curelea

Personal information
Full name	Costin Romeo Curelea
Date of birth	(1984-07-11) 11 July 1984
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	CFR Cluj (assistant)
Youth career
1993–2003	Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2013	Sportul Studențesc	254	(82)
2013	→ Dinamo Minsk (loan)	14	(6)
2013–2016	Universitatea Craiova	56	(13)
2016–2017	Voluntari	15	(0)
2018	Academica Clinceni	0	(0)
Total		339	(101)
International career‡
2005–2006	Romania U21	11	(2)
2011	Romania	1	(0)
Managerial career
2018–2020	Academica Clinceni (assistant)
2020–	CFR Cluj (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 July 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 August 2011

Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker.

Career

In his first league match for Sportul Studenţesc, a Liga II game against Dacia Mioveni, Costin Curelea scored two goals as Sportul won by 3 goals to 1. He played his first Liga I match against Apulum Alba Iulia, on 31 July 2004. After two months, he managed to score his first Liga I goal against FCM Bacău, in a 1–1 draw match played at Regie Stadium.

After Sportul Studenţesc was relegated due to financial reasons at the end of 2005–2006 season, Costin Curelea remained at the team, alongside Viorel Ferfelea, Dacian Varga and Tiberiu Bălan. Since then, he was often the team top-scorer. In the 2006–2007 season, Curelea scored 14 goals for his team in 29 matches.

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sportul	2003–04	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	4
	2004–05	23	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	26	3
	2005–06	29	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	30	4
	2006–07	30	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	14
	2007–08	27	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	28	8
	2008–09	31	13	4	2	0	0	0	0	35	15
	2009–10	29	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	32	20
	2010–11	33	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	35	10
	2011–12	28	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	4
	2012–13	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
	Total	254	82	15	4	0	0	0	0	269	86
Career total		254	82	15	4	0	0	0	0	269	86

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 October 2012

External links

• Costin Curelea at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
• Costin Curelea at Soccerway