Costin Lazăr

Costin Lazăr

Personal information
Full name	Costin Lazăr
Date of birth	24 April 1981 (1981-04-24) (age 30)
Place of birth	Bucureşti, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current club	PAOK
Number	25
Youth career
1994–1999	Sportul Studenţesc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1999–2006	Sportul Studenţesc	157	(9)
2006–2011	Rapid Bucureşti	134	(9)
2011–	PAOK	7	(1)
National team‡
2005–	Romania	15	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 May 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 November 2011

Costin Lazăr (born 24 April 1981) is a Romanian football player who currently plays for PAOK in Thessaloniki.

Club Career

Until 2006, Lazăr enjoyed a successful spell at Sportul Studenţesc.

Rapid Bucureşti

Lazăr joined Rapid Bucureşti in the summer of 2006.

In March 2009 he was involved in an incident in which he was judged to have been fouled in the box by Oţelul's Alexandru Bourceanu. Costin Lazăr, adamant that it was a fair tackle, refused to take the penalty and eventually persuaded the referee to award a drop ball, which his teammate Ovidiu Herea then kicked out for a goal kick.

PAOK

In 21 July 2011, Lazăr signed a three years contract with PAOK FC^[1] after he was chosen by the club coach László Bölöni.He quickly became a key player for the club even after 5 matches.

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sportul	1999–00	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
	2000–01	28	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	32	2
	2001–02	28	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	30	1
	2002–03	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	0
	2003–04	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	5
	2004–05	19	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	23	1
	2005–06	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
	2006–07	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total	157	11	14	0	0	0	0	0	171	11
Rapid	2006–07	26	2	4	0	6	0	0	0	36	2
	2007–08	24	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	27	5
	2008–09	30	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	34	1
	2009–10	31	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	33	3
	2010–11	23	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
	Total	134	9	12	2	8	1	1	0	155	12
PAOK	2011-12	2	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	7	0
Career total		291	20	26	2	9	1	2	0	328	23

Statistics accurate as of match played 29 July 2011

References

1. ^ "Costin Lazar player of PAOK". http://paokfc.gr/swift.jsp?CMRCode=1656QC7IB&extLang=. Retrieved 21 July 2011. 

Statistics Costin Lazar

External links

• Romaniansoccer.ro
• Transfermarkt.co.uk

Persondata
Name	Lazar, Costin
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	24 April 1981
Place of birth	Bucureşti, Romania
Date of death
Place of death