Cristian Costin Dănălache (born 15 July 1982) is a Romanian professional

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coach and former football player.

Career

Dănălache began his career with

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club

CS Otopeni Clubul Sportiv Otopeni, commonly known as CS Otopeni, or simply as Otopeni, was a Romanian professional football club from Otopeni, Ilfov County, founded in 2001 and dissolved in 2013. Its greatest performance was that it played for one season ...

in the 2003–04 season. He helped the club win promotion to the

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at the end of the season. In 2006, he transferred to

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

, where he got his first taste of

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

football, before signing for

Unirea Urziceni Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni (), was a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County. Unirea became Divizia A Final Tables, national champions ...

. After two and a half years with the club, Dănălache won the

2008–09 Liga I The 2008–09 Liga I was the ninety-first season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began on 26 July 2008 and ended on 10 June 2009. CFR Cluj were the defending champions. Teams Promoted Teams promoted from Liga II at ...

championship. In 2010, he agreed to short-term deals in Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Jiangsu Sainty

Before the 2011 season, the scouters of Jiangsu Sainty observed Dănălache a couple of times at the Turkish training camp. On 21 March 2011, Jiangsu Sainty formally announced the signing of the Romanian striker. During his first months at Jiangsu Sainty, Dănălache didn not adapt well to life in his new surroundings. His game form finally began to rise under manager

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, who signed with Jiangsu in May. Dănălache got his first goal for the club on 29 May 2011, against Guizhou Renhe when he scored the winning goal to take a 1–0 victory.

League One

On 28 February 2014, Dănălache transferred to

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side

Qingdao Jonoon Qingdao Hainiu Football Club () is a Chinese professional football club based in Qingdao, Shandong, that competes in . Qingdao Hainiu plays its home matches at the Qingdao Youth Football Stadium, located within Chengyang District. Their curren ...

. In February 2015, Dănălache transferred to fellow

side Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard. On 20 January 2016, Dănălache joined

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side

Gyeongnam FC Gyeongnam FC () is a South Korean professional football club based in South Gyeongsang Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. Its home stadium is the Changwon Football Center, located in Changwon ...

Career statistics

Honours

Unirea Urziceni * Romanian League: 2008–09 *

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runner-up: 2007–08 Jiangsu Sainty *

Chinese Super League The Chinese Football Super League (), commonly known as the Chinese Super League or the CSL (), also known as the China Resources Beverage Chinese Football Super League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Ch ...

runner-up:

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Individual * Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year: 2012 *

Golden Boot winner: 2012 *

Team of the Year:

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Danalache, Cristian Footballers from Bucharest 1982 births Living people Romanian men's footballers FC Unirea Urziceni players CS Otopeni players FC UTA Arad players Liga I players Al-Ettifaq FC players Bnei Sakhnin F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Qingdao Hainiu F.C. players Xinjiang Tianshan Leopard F.C. players Gyeongnam FC players Daejeon Hana Citizen players Liga II players CS Sportul Snagov players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in China Expatriate men's footballers in South Korea Men's association football forwards Israeli Premier League players Chinese Super League players China League One players K League 2 players Saudi Pro League players Romanian football managers 21st-century Romanian sportsmen