Vasilică Cristocea (born 27 July 1980) is a Romanian former

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player who played as a

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. He made 249 appearances in

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Career

Cristocea made his debut playing for Carsium Hârşova's youth teams, before joining Farul Constanţa in 1999. He spent most of his career at Constanţa's team, playing 156 matches and scoring 26 goals until 2006, when he was transferred by Steaua București. Together with Steaua București he won the

2005–06 Divizia A The 2005–06 Divizia A was the eighty-eighth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. The Season began in August 2005 and ended in June 2006. Steaua București became champions on 7 June, 2006. Team changes Relegated The ...

season and played several matches in

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and

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. In 2008, he was loaned to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ. In 2009, he returned to Farul Constanţa where he played for one season before moving to the other town's team, Viitorul Constanţa. He played three years for Viitorul and in July 2013 he joined the

team, Universitatea Cluj.

Honours

;Steaua București *

: 2005–06 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), 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 Supe ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cristocea, Vasilical 1980 births Living people People from Hârșova Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Liga I players FCV Farul Constanța players FCSB players FCSB II players Men's association football midfielders CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players FC Viitorul Constanța players FC Universitatea Cluj players Footballers from Constanța County 21st-century Romanian sportsmen