Sebastian Valeriu Culda (born 9 February 1996) is a Romanian professional

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who plays as a

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for

CSU Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Universitatea Alba Iulia, also known as CS Universitatea Alba Iulia, or simply as CSU Alba Iulia, is a Romanian football team based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, which currently plays in Liga III, the third tier of Romanian footbal ...

Club career

Unirea Alba Iulia

Born in

Alba Iulia Alba Iulia (; or ''Carlsburg'', formerly ''Weißenburg''; ; ) is a city that serves as the seat of Alba County in the west-central part of Romania. Located on the river Mureș (river), Mureș in the historical region of Transylvania, it has a ...

, Culda started his career at local club

Unirea Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III. Among the greatest achievements ...

, for which he played its first match as a senior at the age of 18, at that time Unirea being in the fifth division. Culda scored 32 goals in his first season, being decisive in Unirea's promotion campaign. The poor financial situation of "the Black and Whites" and the lack of an ambitious goal made the youngster move Mureșul Vințu de Jos.

Mureșul Vințu de Jos

Arrived in the summer of 2015 at

Vințu de Jos Vințu de Jos, also known as ''Vinț'' (; ; ; ), is a commune located in the centre of Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of eighteen villages: Câmpu Goblii (''Unter-Eisenberg''; ''Telekvinc''), Ciocașu (''Zoggesch''; ''Csókás' ...

, Culda was an important member of the team which would win

Liga IV Liga IV is the fourth level of the Romanian football league system and is run in all 41 counties and in the Municipality of Bucharest. It was known as the Regional Championship, County Championship, Divizia C – County Phase and Divizia D. Its ...

Alba County Alba County () is a county (județ) of Romania located in the historic region of Transylvania. Its capital is Alba Iulia, a city with a population of 63,536. Name "Alba", meaning "white" in Latin and Romanian, is derived from the name of the ...

series and subsequently the promotion play-off against Mureșul Luduș,

Mureș County Mureș County (, , ) is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in the Historical regions of Romania, historical region of Transylvania, with the administrative centre in Târgu Mureș. The county was established in 1968, after the administrative reor ...

champions. He played in a very good team for that level with experienced players such as: Ovidiu Stoianof, Mădălin Popa, Răzvan Dulap or Nicușor Bănică and an experienced manager, Dan Mănăilă. Culda scored 12 goals in 25 matches, but after promotion, there have been major financial problems at the club and he had to transfer again, back to Unirea.

Unirea Alba Iulia

In the summer of 2016, Culda returned to Unirea, which was promoted to

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

due to the excellent results at the youth level. He continued its good form and scored another 5 goals in only 9 matches.

Astra Giurgiu

In the summer of 2017, Sebastian Culda signed with

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spe ...

and in the first part of the championship he played for the second team, from

, scoring 4 goals. On 10 March 2018, Culda made his

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

debut for Astra in a 0–1 loss to

CS Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948 Club Sportiv, commonly known as Universitatea Craiova (), CS U Craiova, or simply U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County. It competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian league ...

.CS Universitatea Craiova - Astra Giurgiu 1-0. Mitriţă a fost decisiv
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