Adrian Cristea

Adrian Cristea

Personal information
Date of birth	30 November 1983
Place of birth	Iași, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Winger
Club information
Current team	Concordia Chiajna
Number	33
Youth career
	Politehnica Iași
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2000–2004	Politehnica Iași	93	(18)
2004–2010	Dinamo București	161	(27)
2011–2012	Universitatea Cluj	42	(11)
2012–2013	Petrolul Ploiești	15	(1)
2013	→ Standard Liège (loan)	8	(0)
2013	Steaua București	9	(1)
2014–	Concordia Chiajna	18	(1)
National team^‡
2003–2006	Romania U21	7	(0)
2003–2013	Romania	9	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 31 May 2016. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2011

Adrian Cristea (born 30 November 1983 in Iași) is a Romanian footballer who plays for Concordia Chiajna as a winger.

Club career

Politehnica Iași

Cristea started his career in his home town, Iași, for Politehnica. He made his debut in the Liga I in 2004, after the team won its promotion from the second division. Cristea impressed in the first half of the 2004–05 season, scoring five goals in 15 games. Between the teams against he managed to score was found Steaua Bucharest.

Dinamo

That goal brought him in the attention of Steaua's rivals, Dinamo who enrolled the player in January 2005.

He became a favourite for the fans with his technique and his goals from outside the area, but was criticised for his lack of attitude in some games. Also, he became an important figure in the tabloids due to his lovelife.

Universitatea Cluj and Petrolul

In December 2010, Cristea was sold to Universitatea Cluj, his former club Dinamo Bucureşti received a total fee of €2m.

In the summer of 2012, he was transferred to Petrolul Ploiești, with the entire squad of Universitatea Cluj, when the owner of the Cluj team took control of Petrolul.

His first experience abroad came in 2013, when he was loaned to Standard Liège, where he was wanted by Mircea Rednic, a coach that worked with him at Petrolul and Dinamo.^[1]

Steaua

On July 30, he signed a two-year contract with Steaua Bucharest. He made his debut for Steaua Bucharest on August 11, against Dinamo Bucharest, the team where he played for 6 years between 2004-2010. Steaua won that game 2-1.

On September 14, he scored his first goal for Steaua Bucharest, against Săgeata.

He failed to win a place in the first team, and in April 2014, Cristea ended his contract with Steaua.^[2]

Concordia

In September 2014, Cristea reached an agreement with Liga I team Concordia Chiajna.

International career

In February 2007, Cristea made his debut for the national team, in a friendly game against Moldova. In 2008, he was called by Victor Piţurcă in the squad for European Championship, but he didn't receive a chance to play.

Career stats

As of 7 March 2016

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Politehnica Iaşi	2001–02	28	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	29	5
	2002–03	27	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	31	5
	2003–04	23	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	2
	2004–05	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	2
	Total	93	18	7	0	0	0	0	0	100	18
Dinamo București	2004–05	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	1
	2005–06	15	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	20	0
	2006–07	28	3	2	0	10	3	1	0	41	6
	2007–08	32	8	1	0	4	0	0	0	37	8
	2008–09	31	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	36	6
	2009–10	28	3	4	0	8	0	0	0	40	3
	2010–11	17	7	1	0	4	1	0	0	22	8
	Total	161	27	15	1	31	4	1	0	208	32
Universitatea Cluj	2010–11	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	3
	2011–12	29	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	8
	Total	42	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	11
Petrolul Ploiești	2012–13	15	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	19	3
	Total	15	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	19	3
Standard Liège	2012–13	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
	Total	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Steaua București	2013–14	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	1
	Total	9	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	12	1
Concordia Chiajna	2014–15	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	1
	2015–16	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	Total	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
Career total		326	59	26	3	34	4	2	0	388	66

Honours

Dinamo București

• Romanian League: 2006–07
• Romanian Cup: 2004-05
• Romanian Supercup: 2005

Steaua București

• Romanian Liga I: 2013–14

References

1. "Adrian Cristea rouche". standard.be. Standard Liège. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
2. "Adrian Cristea nu mai e jucătorul Stelei. Fotbalistul se va alege cu despăgubiri după rezilierea contractului". Andrei Militaru. Adevărul. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

External links

• Adrian Cristea at National-Football-Teams.com
• Profile at RomanianSoccer.ro