Mihai-Alexandru Costea (born 29 May 1988 in

Drăgășani Drăgășani () is a municipiu, city in Vâlcea County, Romania, near the right bank of the Olt river, and on the railway between Caracal, Romania, Caracal and Râmnicu Vâlcea. The city is well known for the vineyards on the neighboring hills th ...

) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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. He is the younger brother of

Florin Costea Florin Constantin Costea (born 16 May 1985 in Drăgășani) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Viitorul Dăești. Club career Universitatea Craiova Costea started in the Romanian Liga II for the local team Ra ...

Club career

FC U Craiova

Costea played in Universitatea Craiova youth team. In 2008 the player was promoted to the first team, where he joined his older brother

. Though his favorite positions are

or winger, due to lack of players at Universitatea Craiova he was often used as a

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. This usually brought criticism to Universitatea Craiova officials.

Steaua București

Costea was transferred to Steaua București for a reported transfer fee of €1.4 million. In July 2013, Costea was excluded from the team, after refusing to comply with the team schedule, being unhappy that he wasn't called for game against Vardar Skopje, in the Champions League qualifying stage.

Gulf

In 2016, it was announced that

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Al-Ittihad Kalba Ittihad Kalba Football Club ( ar, نادي إتحاد كلباء لكرة القدم‎) is a football club in Kalba, United Arab Emirates. History Ittihad Kalba was established in 1972 when two clubs ''(Al Shabab)'' and ''(Al Rooba)'' merged ...

signed Romanian free-agent Mihai Costea. Costea concluded his debut season as the club's top scorer with 17 goals in addition to ten league assists in only eleven games played.

International career

Costea was a Romania U-21 international being capped thirteen times and scored one goal against Latvia U-21 on 14 November 2009.Costea deschide scorul cu Letonia
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Career statistics

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Honours

Club

;Steaua București * Romanian Liga I:

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, 2013–14 * Romanian Supercup:

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;Universitatea Craiova * Romanian Liga II: 2005–06

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Costea, Mihai 1988 births People from Drăgășani Living people Romanian footballers Association football forwards FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Steaua București players FC Voluntari players Al-Ittihad Kalba SC players Fujairah FC players Al-Arabi SC (UAE) players AFC Chindia Târgoviște players Liga I players Romanian expatriate footballers Romania under-21 international footballers UAE First Division League players UAE Pro League players Expatriate footballers in the United Arab Emirates