Costin Curelea

Costin Curelea
Personal information
Full name	Costin Romeo Curelea
Date of birth	11 July 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Romania U20 (head coach)
Youth career
1993–2003	Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2013	Sportul Studențesc
2013	→ Dinamo Minsk (loan)
2013–2016	Universitatea Craiova
2016–2017	Voluntari
2018	Academica Clinceni
Total
International career
2005–2006	Romania U21
2011	Romania
Managerial career
2018–2020	Academica Clinceni (assistant)
2020	CFR Cluj (assistant)
2021	Kayserispor (assistant)
2021–2023	CFR Cluj (assistant)
2023–	Romania U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker and currently the head coach of Romania U20.

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.^[1]

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.^[1]

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sportul Studenţesc	2003–04	18	4	0	0	—		—		18	4
	2004–05	23	2	3	1	—		—		26	3
	2005–06	29	4	1	0	—		—		30	4
	2006–07	30	14	1	0	—		—		31	14
	2007–08	27	8	1	0	—		—		28	8
	2008–09	31	13	4	2	—		—		35	15
	2009–10	29	20	3	0	—		—		32	20
	2010–11	33	9	2	1	—		—		35	10
	2011–12	28	4	0	0	—		—		28	4
	2012–13	6	4	0	0	—		—		6	4
	Total	254	82	15	4	—		—		269	86
Dinamo Minsk (loan)	2013	14	6	2	1	—		—		16	7
Universitatea Craiova	2013–14	27	10	—		—		—		27	10
	2014–15	15	3	1	0	—		1	0	17	3
	2015–16	14	0	1	0	—		1	0	16	0
	Total	56	13	2	0	—		2	0	60	13
Voluntari	2016–17	15	0	2	0	—		—		17	0
Career total		339	101	21	5	0	0	2	0	362	106

Statistics accurate as of match played 31 May 2017

As of match played 10 October 2024

Team	Country	From	To	Record
Team	Country	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Romania U20		3 August 2023	Present	10	3	2	5	9	14	−5	030.00

Sportul Studențesc

Universitatea Craiova

Voluntari