Costin Curelea

Costin Curelea

Personal information
Full name	Costin Curelea
Date of birth	11 July 1984 (1984-07-11) (age 27)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Sportul Studenţesc
Number	9
Youth career
1993-2003	Sportul Studenţesc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2003–	Sportul Studenţesc	232	(77)
National team‡
2005–2006	Romania U21	11	(2)
2011–	Romania	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 August 2011

Costin Curelea (born 11 July 1984 in Bucharest) is a Romanian football player who currently plays in Liga I for Sportul Studenţesc as a striker and he is also the skipper of the team.

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]

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
	Total	220	74	15	4	0	0	0	0	235	78
Career total		220	74	15	4	0	0	0	0	235	78

Statistics accurate as of match played 15 May 2011

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Sportul Studentesc Archive

External links

• Profile on Sportul Studenţesc official site
• Costin Curelea @ Romaniansoccer.ro

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Curelea, Costin
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	11 July 1984
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death
Place of death