Adrian Cristea
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 30 November 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Iași, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| 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) |
| 2014–2017 | Concordia Chiajna | 23 | (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 2 February 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 7 October 2011 |
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Adrian Cristea (born 30 November 1983 in Iași) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a winger.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In September 2014, Cristea reached an agreement with Liga I team Concordia Chiajna.
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