Adrian Cristea

Adrian Cristea
Personal information
Date of birth30 November 1983
Place of birthIași, Romania
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing positionWinger
Club information
Current team
Concordia Chiajna
Number19
Youth career
Politehnica Iași
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2004Politehnica Iași93(18)
2004–2010Dinamo București161(34)
2011–2012Universitatea Cluj42(11)
2012–2013Petrolul Ploiești15(1)
2013Standard Liège (loan)8(0)
2013Steaua București9(1)
2014–Concordia Chiajna7(0)
National team
2003–2006Romania U217(0)
2007–2011Romania9(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2 November 2013.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2011

Adrian Cristea (born 30 November 1983 in Iași) is a Romanian footballer who plays for Concordia Chiajna as a winger.

Club career

Politehnica Iași

Cristea started his career in his home town, Iași, for Politehnica. He made his debut in the Liga I in 2004, after the team won its promotion from the second division. Cristea impressed in the first half of the 2004–05 season, scoring five goals in 15 games. Between the teams against he managed to score was found Steaua Bucharest.

Dinamo

That goal brought him in the attention of Steaua's rivals, Dinamo who enrolled the player in January 2005.

He became a favourite for the fans with his technique and his goals from outside the area, but was criticised for his lack of attitude in some games. Also, he became an important figure in the tabloids due to his lovelife.

Universitatea Cluj and Petrolul

In December 2010, Cristea was sold to Universitatea Cluj, his former club Dinamo Bucureşti received a total fee of €2m.

In the summer of 2012, he was transferred to Petrolul Ploiești, with the entire squad of Universitatea Cluj, when the owner of the Cluj team took control of Petrolul.

His first experience abroad came in 2013, when he was loaned to Standard Liège, where he was wanted by Mircea Rednic, a coach that worked with him at Petrolul and Dinamo.[1]

Steaua

On July 30, he signed a two-year contract with Steaua Bucharest. He made his debut for Steaua Bucharest on August 11, against Dinamo Bucharest, the team where he played for 6 years between 2004-2010. Steaua won that game 2-1.

On September 14, he scored his first goal for Steaua Bucharest, against Săgeata.

He failed to win a place in the first team, and in April 2014, Cristea ended his contract with Steaua.[2]

Concordia

In September 2014, Cristea reached an agreement with Liga I team Concordia Chiajna.

International career

In February 2007, Cristea made his debut for the national team, in a friendly game against Moldova. In 2008, he was called by Victor Piţurcă in the squad for European Championship, but he didn't receive a chance to play.

Career stats

As of 21 September 2013

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Politehnica Iaşi 2001–02 285100000295
2002–03 275400000315
2003–04 236200000252
2004–05 152000000152
Total 931870000010018
Dinamo București 2004–05 101200000121
2005–06 150203000200
2006–07 2832010310416
2007–08 328104000378
2008–09 315312000366
2009–10 283408000403
2010–11 177104100228
Total 161271513141020832
Universitatea Cluj 2010–11 133000000133
2011–12 298000000298
Total 42110000004211
Petrolul Ploiești 2012–13 151320010193
Total 151320010193
Standard Liège 2012–13 8000000080
Total 8000000080
Steaua București 2013–14 91003000121
Total 91003000121
Career total 310582533442037165

Honours

Dinamo București

Steaua București

References

  1. "Adrian Cristea rouche". standard.be (Standard Liège). 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  2. "Adrian Cristea nu mai e jucătorul Stelei. Fotbalistul se va alege cu despăgubiri după rezilierea contractului". Andrei Militaru (Adevărul). 11 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

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