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 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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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 Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded in 191 ...

and

. He signed a three-month contract on 1 March 2010 with

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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 Al-Nassr. 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

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. 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

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. 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 stats

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cociș goal.''

Personal

On 13 July 2015 Chicago Fire announced Razvan had received a US green card 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:

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cocis, Razvan 1983 births Living people Footballers from Cluj-Napoca Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Russia Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's 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 Liga II players Ukrainian Premier League players Major League Soccer players UEFA Euro 2008 players Saudi Pro League players Moldovan Super Liga players Men's association football midfielders FC Karpaty Lviv players FC Hoverla Uzhhorod players 21st-century Romanian sportsmen