Mihai-Alexandru Costea (born 29 May 1988 in
Drăgășani) is a Romanian professional
footballer
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who plays as a
striker for
Liga IV
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Argeș County club
ARO Muscelul Câmpulung. He is the younger brother of
Florin Costea.
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
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. This usually brought criticism to
Universitatea Craiova officials.
Steaua București
Costea was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €1.4 million.
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
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, in the Champions League qualifying stage.
Gulf
In 2016, it was announced that
United Arab Emirates
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Al-Ittihad Kalba
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History
Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and '' ...
signed Romanian free-agent Mihai Costea. 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.
Costea deschide scorul cu Letonia
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Career statistics
:''(Correct as of 8 January 2016)''
Honours
Club
;Steaua București
* Romanian Liga I: 2012–13
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, 2013–14
* Romanian Supercup
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: 2013
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;Universitatea Craiova
* Romanian Liga II: 2005–06
References
External links
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1988 births
People from Drăgășani
Living people
Romanian footballers
Association football forwards
FC U Craiova 1948 players
FC Steaua București players
FC Voluntari players
Al-Ittihad Kalba SC players
Fujairah FC players
Al-Arabi SC (UAE) players
AFC Chindia Târgoviște players
Liga I players
Romanian expatriate footballers
Romania under-21 international footballers
UAE First Division League players
UAE Pro League players
Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates