Silvian Cristescu (born 29 October 1970) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, a ...

n former professional

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who played as a

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for

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 team based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I, the top tier of the Romanian leag ...

FC Universitatea Craiova U Craiova 1948, commonly known as FC U Craiova 1948 or FC U Craiova, is a Romanian professional football club based in Craiova, Dolj County, which competes in the Liga I. It is along with CS Universitatea Craiova one of the two entities assert ...

, Extensiv Craiova, Panelefsiniakos,

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and

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

. After retirement Cristescu was the vice-president of

and since 2014 is the sporting director of

. Captain of the white and blues in various occasions and with over 230 matches played for Craiova, both CS and FC, Cristescu was nicknamed "Il Capitano" (the captain).

International career

Silvian Cristescu made its debut for

on 31 January 1993 in a match against

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, playing in total 5 matches, but without scoring any goal.

Honours

Player

; CS Universitatea Craiova *

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: Winner 1990–91 * Cupa României: Winner 1990–91 ; FC Universitatea Craiova * Cupa României: Winner

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; Runner-up (3) 1993–94, 1997–98, 1999–2000 ; Extensiv Craiova *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting ...

: Winner 1998–99 ; Berliner FC Dynamo *

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: Winner 2000–01

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* * 1970 births Living people People from Olt County Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Steaua București players Liga II players FC Caracal (2004) players Oberliga (football) players Berliner FC Dynamo players Super League Greece players Panelefsiniakos F.C. players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub