Florian Dan Lăcustă (born 22 March 1977 in Piteşti) is a retired

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Club career

Lăcustă has appeared in 160 Romanian Liga I matches and 71

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matches over his 16-year football career. He joined Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ in January 2007. In September 2007, he returned to FC Argeş Piteşti, where manager Ionuţ Badea expected him to be a powerful and experienced central defender for the club. He appeared in four qualifying matches for the

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with

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International career

Lăcustă has made three appearances for the senior

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. He made his debut in a friendly match against Algeria on 8 December 2000. He played in one qualifying match for the

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, a 1–1 draw against Georgia on 6 October 2001.

Honours

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: 1993–94, 2007–08 ;

* Divizia Naţională: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07 *

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: 1999 *

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: 2004, 2005

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* * 1977 births Living people Footballers from Pitești Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Romania men's international footballers FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Sheriff Tiraspol players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players FC Argeș Pitești players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova FC Vaslui players Liga I players Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Romanian expatriate men's footballers {{Romania-footy-defender-1970s-stub