Mihai Costea

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Mihai Costea
Personal information

Full name	Mihai-Alexandruu Costea
Date of birth	(1988-05-29) 29 May 1988
Place of birth	Drăgăşani, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward / Left winger
Club information
Current club	Free agent
Youth career
	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2011	Universitatea Craiova	83	(14)
2011–2013	Steaua București	35	(9)
National team
2009–2010	Romania U-21	13	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2013. † Appearances (Goals).

Mihai-Alexandruu Costea (born 29 May 1988 in Drăgăşani) is a Romaniann professional footballer who plays as a forward. 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]

At the end of 2013, Costea has become a free agent and able to sign with any other team. He did not fit anymore into team's plans.^[3]

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.^[4]

Career statistics

(Correct as of 22 November 2013)

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Universitatea Craiova
	2005–06	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
	2006–07	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2007–08	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	2008–09	19	4	2	1	0	0	21	5
	2009–10	30	7	3	4	0	0	33	11
	2010–11	27	3	3	0	0	0	30	3
Total		83	14	8	5	0	0	91	19
Steaua București
	2011–12	22	6	1	0	9	1	32	8
	2012–13	12	3	2	2	6	1	20	6
	2012–13	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Total		35	9	4	2	15	2	54	14
Career total		118	23	12	7	15	2	145	33

Honours

Steaua Bucureşti

Universitatea Craiova

Romanian Liga II: 2005–06

References

↑ Adevarul.ro Costea
↑ EXCLUSIV Mihai Costea va semna cu Steaua! VEZI ce sumă va primi Craiova! (Romanian)
↑ "Primii doi stelişti daţi afară oficial: "I-am anunţat!"" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 4 January 2014.
↑ Costea deschide scorul cu Letonia

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Persondata
Name	Costea, Mihai
Alternative names
Short description	Romanian footballer
Date of birth	29 May 1988
Place of birth	Dragasani, Romania
Date of death
Place of death

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