Ionuț Costinel Mazilu (born 9 February 1982) is a

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n former

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, currently a manager. He is known in

for his sharp finishing, pace and technique.

Career

Club

Mazilu started his career at Sportul Studențesc in 1999. In the 2005–06 season, he was the leading goalscorer in the Romanian

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 ...

scoring 22 goals. The following season, he was taken to

FC Rapid București Fotbal Club Rapid 1923, commonly known as Rapid București () or simply as Rapid, is a Romanian professional football club based in Bucharest, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1923 by employees of the Grivița workshops as ''Aso ...

, where he played for two years playing 34 games and scoring 18 goals. On 12 January 2008, Mazilu was transferred to the

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club

FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

for a fee of €4 million, the highest fee received by a Romanian football club at that time. He failed to make an immediate impact. During his first year he only played eight games with a single goal scored. In 2009, he was loaned to

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after his transfer to

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vasutas Sport Club'', wh ...

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International career

Mazilu is a regular member of the

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since the 2004–05 season having played 12 matches and scored 3 goals.

International goals

*Romania's goal tally first.

Honours

Club

;Sportul Studențesc *

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: 2000–01 ;Rapid București * Cupa României: 2006–07 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...

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Individual

* Divizia A Golden Boot : 2005–06

References

External links

* * * 1982 births Living people Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football forwards Liga I players FC Sportul Studențesc București players FC Rapid București players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Dnipro players FC Arsenal Kyiv players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Romanian football managers FC Sportul Studențesc București managers {{Romania-footy-forward-stub