Mihai Costea
Romanian footballer
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Mihai Alexandru Costea (born 29 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Sparta Râmnicu Vâlcea. He is the younger brother of Florin Costea.[1][2]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Mihai Alexandru Costea | ||
| Date of birth | 29 May 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Drăgășani, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sparta Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2005 | CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| 2006–2007 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2011 | Universitatea Craiova | 83 | (14) |
| 2011–2015 | Steaua București | 35 | (9) |
| 2015–2016 | Voluntari | 7 | (0) |
| 2016 | Ittihad Kalba | 14 | (17) |
| 2017–2018 | Al-Fujairah | 14 | (5) |
| 2018–2019 | Al-Arabi | 11 | (10) |
| 2020–2021 | Chindia Târgoviște | 13 | (0) |
| 2022 | Progresul 05 București | ||
| 2022–2023 | ARO Câmpulung | 14 | (16) |
| 2023 | Viitorul Dăești | 11 | (10) |
| 2023–2024 | Mioveni | 19 | (1) |
| 2024–2025 | Râmnicu Vâlcea | 0 | (0) |
| 2025– | Viitorul Budești | ? | (?) |
| Total | 221 | (82) | |
| International career | |||
| 2009–2010 | Romania U21 | 13 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 15:15, 8 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
Club career
FC U 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.[3]
Steaua București
Costea was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €1.4 million.[4]
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.[5]
Gulf
In 2016, it was announced that United Arab Emirates's Al-Ittihad Kalba signed Romanian free-agent Mihai Costea.[6] Costea concluded his debut season as the club's top scorer with 17 goals in addition to ten league assists in only eleven games played.
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.[7]
Honours
- Universitatea Craiova
- Steaua București
- Liga I: 2012–13, 2013–14
- Cupa României runner-up: 2013–14
- Supercupa României: 2013