Daniel Costescu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Ştefan Costescu | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Câmpina, Prahova county, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1996 | Sterom Câmpina | ||
| 1996–1998 | Poiana Câmpina | 60 | (15) |
| 1998–2002 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 113 | (27) |
| 2002–2003 | Astra Ploieşti | 26 | (10) |
| 2003–2004 | Petrolul Ploieşti | 36 | (9) |
| 2004–2006 | Argeş Piteşti | 28 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Unirea Urziceni | 18 | (2) |
| 2007 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | Dacia Mioveni | 13 | (2) |
| 2008 | Progresul Bucureşti | 16 | (6) |
| 2009 | Delta Tulcea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Daniel Ştefan Costescu (born 14 July 1976) is a former Romanian footballer who usually played as a striker. He scored 44 goals in 222 matches in the Romanian First Division and 21 goals in 67 matches in the Romanian Second Division. His first match in Divizia A (Romanian First Division) was Olimpia Satu Mare - Petrolul Ploieşti 3-0 on 1 August 1998, while playing for Petrolul Ploieşti. He was selected once in the Romanian Divisionary National Team (comprising players playing only in the Romanian leagues).
Born in Câmpina, Prahova county, Costescu began playing football with Sterom Câmpina in Divizia D (Romanian Fourth Division), and in 1996 he moved to the representative team of the same town, Poiana Câmpina, in Divizia B, the Romanian Second Division. He played 2 years for Poiana Câmpina, scoring 15 goals in 60 games, helping the team getting a top 10 finish in both seasons.
He then attracted the interest of Petrolul Ploieşti in Divizia A, the best team from the Prahova county, three-time champions of Romania. At Petrolul Ploieşti he established himself as an important striker in the Romanian league, scoring 27 goals between 1999 and 2002. During his time at Petrolul Ploieşti he caught the eyes of Romanian greats Steaua Bucureşti and Dinamo Bucuresti.
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