Mihai Costea
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihai-Alexandru Costea | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Drăgășani, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al-Ittihad Kalba | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Universitatea Craiova | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2006–2011 | Universitatea Craiova | 83 | (14) |
| 2011–2015 | Steaua București | 35 | (9) |
| 2015 | Voluntari | 7 | (0) |
| 2016– | Al-Ittihad Kalba | 11 | (17) |
| National team | |||
| 2009–2010 | Romania U-21 | 13 | (11) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2016. | |||
Mihai-Alexandru Costea (born 29 May 1988 in Drăgășani) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Al-Ittihad Kalba. He is the younger brother of Florin Costea.
Club career
Universitatea Craiova
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 București
Costea was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €1.4 million.[2]
In July 2013, Costea was excluded from the team, after refusing to comply with the team schedule, being unhappy that he wasn't called for game against Vardar Skopje, in the Champions League qualifying stage.[3]
Betting scandal
In 2015, while playing for FC Voluntari, Costea was caught by paparazzi while betting in an agency.[4] He was immediately released by Voluntari.[5]
International career
Costea was a Romania U-21 international being capped thirteen times and scored one goal against Latvia U-21 on 14 November 2009.[6]
Career statistics
- (Correct as of 8 January 2016)
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | 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 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 21 | 5 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 30 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | 33 | 11 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | - | - | - | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 83 | 14 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - | 91 | 19 | ||||
| Steaua București | |||||||||||||
| 2011–12 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 0 | - | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 8 | ||
| 2012–13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 | 1 | - | 21 | 5 | |||
| 2013–14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 35 | 9 | 4 | 2 | - | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 13 | ||
| Voluntari | |||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 9 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 125 | 23 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 32 | |
Honours
- Steaua București
- Universitatea Craiova
References
- ↑ Adevarul.ro Costea
- ↑ EXCLUSIV Mihai Costea va semna cu Steaua! VEZI ce sumă va primi Craiova! (Romanian)
- ↑ Adrian Petculescu (2013). "Mihai Costea a fost EXCLUS din lotul echipei Steaua" (in Romanian). Mediafax.
- ↑ Mihai Toma, Daniel Conţescu (2015). "Mihai Costea, fostul atacant de la Steaua, acum la FC Voluntari, în Liga I, surprins într-o casă de pariuri. Riscă excluderea din fotbal EXCLUSIV" (in Romanian). Libertatea.
- ↑ "Despartire de Mihai Costea" (in Romanian). voluntarifc.ro. 2015.
- ↑ Costea deschide scorul cu Letonia
External links
- Profile at romaniansoccer.ro
- Mihai Costea profile at Soccerway