Mihai Costea

Mihai Costea
Personal information

Full name	Mihai-Alexandru Costea
Date of birth	(1988-05-29) 29 May 1988
Place of birth	Drăgășani, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Forward
Youth career
	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2006–2011	Universitatea Craiova	83	(14)
2011–2015	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 4 March 2015. † Appearances (Goals).

Mihai-Alexandru Costea (born 29 May 1988 in Drăgășani) is a Romaniann professional footballer. He is currently a free agent. 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]

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 21 December 2014)

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	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
Career total		118	23	12	7	-		16	2	0	0	146	32

Honours

Steaua București

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)
↑ Adrian Petculescu (2013). "Mihai Costea a fost EXCLUS din lotul echipei Steaua" (in Romanian). Mediafax.
↑ Costea deschide scorul cu Letonia

External links

Profile at romaniansoccer.ro
Mihai Costea profile at Soccerway