Mihai Costea

Mihai Costea

Personal information
Full name	Alexandru Mihai Costea
Date of birth	29 May 1988 (1988-05-29) (age 23)
Place of birth	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Striker / Left winger
Club information
Current club	Steaua Bucureşti
Number	9
Youth career
	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2006	CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2006–2011	Universitatea Craiova	83	(14)
2011–	Steaua Bucureşti	13	(3)
National team‡
2009–2010	Romania U–21	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2011 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2011

Alexandru Mihai Costea (born 29 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for the Romanian Liga I club Steaua Bucureşti.

Club career

Universitatea Craiova

Mihai Costea played in Universitatea Craiova youth team. In 2008 the player was promoted to the first team, where he joined his older brother Florin Costea. Though his favorite positions are Striker or Winger, due to lack of players at Universitatea Craiova he was often used as a Left Midfielder. This usually brought criticism to Universitatea Craiova officials.^[1]

Steaua Bucureşti

Mihai Costea was transferred to Steaua Bucureşti for a reported transfer fee of €1,4m for 60% of the players rights.^[2] But, due to the fact that Universitatea Craiova was disaffiliated by the Romanian Football Federation on July 20th, 2011, Steaua Bucureşti now owns all the rights of the player.^[3]

He had a perfect start, scoring three goals in his first three games with the Bucarest team.

International career

Mihai Costea was a Romania U-21 international being capped thirteen times and scored one goal against Latvia U-21 on 14 November 2009.^[4]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of Florin Costea.

Career statistics

Club

(Correct as of 18 September 2011)

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Universitatea Craiova
	2005–06	2	0	?	?	0	0	2	0
	2006–07	1	0	?	?	0	0	1	0
	2007–08	4	0	?	?	0	0	4	0
	2008–09	19	4	?	?	0	0	19	4
	2009–10	30	7	?	?	0	0	30	7
	2010–11	27	3	3	0	0	0	30	3
Total		83	14	3	0	0	0	86	14
Steaua Bucureşti
	2011–12	6	3	0	0	4	1	10	4
Total		6	3	0	0	4	1	10	4
Career total		89	17	3	0	4	1	96	18

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2005-06	Universitatea Craiova	Liga II

References

1. ^ Adevarul.ro Costea
2. ^ EXCLUSIV Mihai Costea va semna cu Steaua! VEZI ce sumă va primi Craiova! (Romanian)
3. ^ Sport.ro Costea
4. ^ http://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/nationala/live-text-romania-letonia-4-0-hora-marcheaza-5105432 Costea deschide scorul cu Letonia

External links

• Profile at transfermarkt.de
• Profile at romaniansoccer.ro
• Profile at soccerway.com

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Costea, Mihai
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	29 May 1988
Place of birth	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Date of death
Place of death