| Costin Curelea | |
| Fullname: | Costin Romeo Curelea |
| Birth Date: | 1984 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Position: | Striker |
| Currentclub: | Romania U20 (head coach) |
| Youthyears1: | 1993–2003 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sportul Studențesc |
| Years1: | 2003–2013 |
| Caps1: | 254 |
| Goals1: | 82 |
| Years2: | 2013 |
| Clubs2: | → Dinamo Minsk (loan) |
| Caps2: | 14 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2013–2016 |
| Caps3: | 56 |
| Goals3: | 13 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | Voluntari |
| Caps4: | 15 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2018 |
| Clubs5: | Academica Clinceni |
| Caps5: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 339 |
| Totalgoals: | 101 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2005–2006 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam2: | Romania |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2018–2020 |
| Managerclubs1: | Academica Clinceni (assistant) |
| Manageryears2: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs2: | CFR Cluj (assistant) |
| Manageryears3: | 2021 |
| Managerclubs3: | Kayserispor (assistant) |
| Manageryears4: | 2021–2023 |
| Managerclubs4: | CFR Cluj (assistant) |
| Manageryears5: | 2023– |
Costin Romeo Curelea (born 11 July 1984) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker and currently the head coach of Romania U20.
In his first league match for Sportul Studenţesc, a Liga II game against Dacia Mioveni, Costin Curelea scored two goals as Sportul won by 3 goals to 1. He played his first Liga I match against Apulum Alba Iulia, on 31 July 2004. After two months, he managed to score his first Liga I goal against FCM Bacău, in a 1–1 draw match played at Regie Stadium.[1]
After Sportul Studenţesc was relegated due to financial reasons at the end of 2005–2006 season, Costin Curelea remained at the team, alongside Viorel Ferfelea, Dacian Varga and Tiberiu Bălan. Since then, he was often the team top-scorer. In the 2006–2007 season, Curelea scored 14 goals for his team in 29 matches.[1]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2003–04 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 4 | |||
| 2004–05 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 3 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 4 | ||||
| 2006–07 | 30 | 14 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 14 | ||||
| 2007–08 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 8 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 15 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 29 | 20 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 20 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 35 | 10 | ||||
| 2011–12 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 4 | ||||
| 2012–13 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 254 | 82 | 15 | 4 | — | — | 269 | 86 | ||||
| Dinamo Minsk (loan) | 2013 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 16 | 7 | |||
| Universitatea Craiova | 2013–14 | 27 | 10 | — | — | — | 27 | 10 | ||||
| 2014–15 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 2015–16 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |||
| Total | 56 | 13 | 2 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 60 | 13 | |||
| Voluntari | 2016–17 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 339 | 101 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 362 | 106 | ||
Statistics accurate as of match played 31 May 2017
Sportul Studențesc
Universitatea Craiova
Voluntari