Florian Dan Lăcustă

Dan Lăcustă

Personal information
Full name	Florian Dan Lăcustă
Date of birth	22 March 1977 (1977-03-22) (age 34)
Place of birth	Piteşti, Romania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	FC Argeş
Number	3
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–1998	FC Argeş	74	(1)
1998–1999	Sheriff Tiraspol	20	(2)
1999–2003	Astra Ploieşti	79	(1)
2003–2005	Sheriff Tiraspol	51	(2)
2005–2006	FC Vaslui	22	(0)
2006–2007	Sheriff Tiraspol	?	(?)
2007–	FC Argeş Piteşti	46	(1)
National team‡
2000–2001	Romania	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 October 2008. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2008

Florian Dan Lăcustă (born 22 March 1977 in Piteşti) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for FC Argeş in the Romanian Liga I. Lăcustă is a central left back.

Club career

Lăcustă has appeared in 160 Romanian Liga I matches and 71 Moldovan National Division matches over his 16 year football career.^[1] He joined Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ in January 2007.^[2][3] In September 2007, he returned to FC Argeş Piteşti, where manager Ionuţ Badea expected him to be a powerful and experienced central defender for the club.^[4]

He appeared in four qualifying matches for the UEFA Champions League 2005-06 with FC Sheriff Tiraspol.^[5]

International career

Lăcustă has made three appearances for the senior Romania national football team. He made his debut in a friendly match against Algeria on 8 December 2000.^[6] He played in one qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, a 1–1 draw against Georgia on 6 October 2001.^[7]

References

1. ^ "Players - Florian Dan Lăcustă". Romanian Soccer. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/l/lacusta_florian.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 
2. ^ "Dan Lăcustă, singura noutate la reunirea lotului Ceahlăului". Monitorul de Neamt. 2007-01-09. http://www.monitorulneamt.ro/stiri/?editia=20070109&pagina=5&articol=9358. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
3. ^ "Dan Lacusta va juca la Ceahlaul". Onlinesport.ro. 2007-01-27. http://www.onlinesport.ro/stiri/fotbal/fotbal-intern/liga-1/ceahlaul-piatra-neamt/12687/dan-lacusta-va-juca-la-ceahlaul.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
4. ^ "Lacusta a semnat cu FC Arges". CETATEANULUI ARGESEAN. 2007-09-26. http://www.cetatean.ro/old/Noutati/Ultimele_noutati/Lacusta_a_semnat_cu_FC_Arges/. Retrieved 2008-11-27. 
5. ^ "UEFA Champions League 2005/06 Qualifying Details". RSSSF. http://www.rsssf.com/ec/ec200506det.html#clqdet. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 
6. ^ "National team - 2000". Romanian Soccer. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/national_team/national_team.shtml. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 
7. ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan Preliminaries: Romania - Georgia". FIFA. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=4395/preliminaries/preliminary=3835/matches/match=19860/report.html. Retrieved 2008-11-26. 

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External links

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Persondata
Name	Lacusta, Florian Dan
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	22 March 1977
Place of birth	Piteşti, Romania
Date of death
Place of death