Raul Rǎzvan Costin, (born 29 January 1985), was a

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footballer. His predominant position is

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but he can also play in a more defensive role and also as a

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. He is best known for his simple distribution and long shots.

Early career

Costin is a product of the Naţional București youth academy making his first-team debut during the 2006–07 season against

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coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 loss. Before his Naţional debut, he has played one season loaned to

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during the 2005–06 season. In the 2008 summer, because of Progresul's (former Naţional) disaffiliation, he signed for

Dacia Mioveni Clubul Sportiv Mioveni (; ''Mioveni Sports Club''), commonly known as CS Mioveni, or simply as Mioveni, is a Romanian professional football club based in Mioveni, Argeș County, currently playing in the Liga I. They were founded in 2000 as ''A ...

where he managed 12 goals, in 32 matches, finishing 6th with his team.

FC Vaslui

On 18 July 2009, he signed a three-year contract with SC Vaslui for an undisclosed fee. He made his first-team debut on 12 August, against Gaz Metan Mediaş coming as a substitute in a 2–1 win and he scored his first goal against Poli Iaşi in the Moldavian Derby, also in a 2–1 win. He helped his team reaching the Romanian Cup final after scoring the first goal, in the 4–0 win against FC Brașov in the semi-finals. On 15 April 2012 he scored an amazing goal against

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in a 3–0 victory.

Simurq

In August 2013, Costin signed for

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side Simurq. Costin made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to

Khazar Lankaran Khazar Lankaran FK ( tly, Xəzər Lankon Futboli Klub, script=Latn, az, Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran that last played in the Azerbaijan Premier League during the 2015–16 season. Since the ...

on 11 August 2013, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for

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. Costin's first goal for Simurq was the winning goal in the 89th minute against

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on 1 September 2013.

Universitatea Cluj

After one season at Simurq, Costin moved to

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

in June 2014.

Honours

;Rapid București *

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: 2015–16

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* 1985 births Living people People from Ilfov County Romanian footballers Association football midfielders FC Progresul București players CS Mioveni players FC Vaslui players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Botoșani players FC Rapid București players Simurq PIK players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Argeș Pitești players Liga I players Liga II players Azerbaijan Premier League players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub