Răzvan Vasile Cociș (; born 19 February 1983) is a Romanian former footballer. He was usually an attacking

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but could play in a variety of other midfield positions as well as up-front. He was also well known for his close control.

Club career

Cociș is one of the graduates of the prolific school of football at

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 ...

where, amongst other teammates, won a national youth title. After earning a regular first team spot at not even 21 years of age, there were rumours that clubs made offers for him, including

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, but at the end of the season he was sold to

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n team

Sheriff Tiraspol Fotbal Club Sheriff (russian: ФК Шериф Тирасполь), commonly known as Sheriff Tiraspol or simply Sheriff, is a Moldovan professional football club based in Tiraspol, a city located in the unrecognised breakaway state of Transnis ...

alongside another player of his generation, George Florescu.Кочиш: пришло время расставаться с "Локомотивом"
He signed a contract that expired on 31 December 2009 with Lokomotiv, which cost Lokomotiv 2.6 million euros to sign.
He scored his first goal in the Russian league against

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. His former clubs include

U 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 ...

and

. He signed a three-month contract on 1 March 2010 with FC Timişoara until the summer, with option to renewal for 5 years. On 22 May, it was announced that Răzvan Cociș signed a contract with Saudi Arabian side

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. On 25 February 2011, he moved to Ukrainian club Karpaty Lviv on loan from Al-Nassr. He scored his first goal for Karpaty, in their 1–0 win over

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

. In June, he signed a permanent deal with Karpaty after the 2010–11 season. On 14 July 2014 it was announced Cociș had joined Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer. He re-signed with the club on 23 January 2016. On 23 November 2016 Chicago Fire announced they did not exercise his option for the next year.

International career

Cociș made his national debut on 17 August 2005 against

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in a 2–0 win.

International goals

Personal

On 13 July 2015 Chicago Fire announced Razvan had received a

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which qualifies him as a domestic player for MLS roster purposes.

Honours

Universitatea Cluj *

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: 2000–01 Sheriff Tiraspol * Divizia Naţională: 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07 *

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: 2005–06 *

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: 2004, 2005 Lokomotiv Moscow * Russian Cup: 2007

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cocis, Razvan 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Russia Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate soccer players in the United States Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States FC Sheriff Tiraspol players FC Lokomotiv Moscow players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC Universitatea Cluj players Al Nassr FC players FC Rostov players Chicago Fire FC players Russian Premier League players Liga I players Ukrainian Premier League players Major League Soccer players UEFA Euro 2008 players Saudi Professional League players Moldovan Super Liga players Association football midfielders