Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian professional

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coach and a former player who played as a striker and currently the head coach of Romania national under-20 team.

Career

In his first league match for Sportul Studenţesc, a

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game against

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, Costin Curelea scored two goals as Sportul won by 3 goals to 1. He played his first

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match against Apulum Alba Iulia, on 31 July 2004. After two months, he managed to score his first

goal against

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, in a 1–1 draw match played at

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/ref> After Sportul Studenţesc was relegated due to financial reasons at the end of 2005–2006 season, Costin Curelea remained at the team, alongside Viorel Ferfelea,

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and

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. Since then, he was often the team top-scorer. In the 2006–2007 season, Curelea scored 14 goals for his team in 29 matches.

Statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 31 May 2017''

Managerial

Honours

Sportul Studențesc *

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: 2003–04 Universitatea Craiova *

: 2013–14 Voluntari *

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: 2016–17

Individual

top scorer: 2006–07 (14 goals)

References

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