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 8 (2)
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.

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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 7 1 0 0 8 1 1 0 15 2
Career total 298 21 26 2 16 2 2 0 341 25

Statistics accurate as of match played 18 December 2011

References

Statistics Costin Lazar

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