Sebastian Cristian Cojocnean (born 11 July 1989) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n footballer who plays as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. Cojocnean began his football career at Gloria Bistrița II and during the summer of 2004 he was transferred to

Otopeni Otopeni () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania, some north of Bucharest along the DN1 road to Ploiești. It has 15,850 inhabitants, of which 99.0% are ethnic Romanians. One village, Odăile, is administered by the city. Henri Coandă ...

. Cojocnean has played in several

n national youth teams, up to and including U-21 level. Since his debut he was monitored by many powerful clubs in the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

and from abroad. The player signed a 3-year contract with Politehnica Timișoara in September 2007, after a two-month-long delay, during which he was conflicted with the management at

CS Otopeni CS 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 Liga I in the 2008–09 season. History The club was fo ...

received around EUR 400.000 for the player

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cojocnean, Sebastian 1989 births Living people People from Câmpia Turzii Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players Cypriot First Division players Cypriot Second Division players CS Otopeni players FC Sportul Studențesc București players LPS HD Clinceni players FC Gloria Buzău players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players FC Rapid București players AC Monza players Ethnikos Achna FC players Enosis Neon Paralimni FC players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Footballers from Cluj County