Raul Costin

Raul Rǎzvan Costin, (born 29 January 1985), is a Romanian footballer who plays for Liga II club Rapid București. His predominant position is central midfielder but he can also play in a more defensive role and also as a right back. He is best known for his simple distribution and long shots.

Raul Costin
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-01-29) January 29, 1985
Place of birth Mogoșoaia, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Rapid București
Number 30
Youth career
0000–2004 Național București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2008 Național București 24 (0)
2005–2006 → Sibiu (loan) 16 (2)
2008–2009 Dacia Mioveni 32 (12)
2009–2013 Vaslui 101 (5)
2013–2014 Simurq 30 (3)
2014–2015 Universitatea Cluj 26 (1)
2015 Botoșani 11 (0)
2016 Rapid București 17 (1)
2016 ASA Târgu Mureș 3 (0)
2016–2017 Concordia Chiajna 34 (2)
2017–2019 Argeș Pitești 62 (8)
2019–2020 Mioveni 25 (5)
2020– Rapid București 11 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2020

Early career

Costin is a product of the Naţional Bucureşti youth academy making his first-team debut during the 2006–07 season against CFR Cluj coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 loss. Before his Naţional debut, he has played one season loaned to FC Sibiu during the 2005-06 season. In the 2008 summer, because of Progresul's (former Naţional) disaffiliation, he signed for Dacia Mioveni where he managed 12 goals, in 32 matches, finishing 6th with his team.

FC Vaslui

On 18 July 2009, he signed a three-year contract with SC Vaslui for an undisclosed fee. He made his first-team debut on 12 August, against Gaz Metan Mediaş coming as a substitute in a 2-1 win and he scored his first goal against Poli Iaşi in the Moldavian Derby, also in a 2-1 win. He helped his team reaching the Romanian Cup final after scoring the first goal, in the 4-0 win against FC Braşov in the semi-finals. On 15 April 2012 he scored an amazing goal against CS Mioveni in a 3-0 victory.

Simurq

In August 2013, Costin signed for Azerbaijan Premier League side Simurq.[1] Costin made his debut for Simurq in their second game of the season, away to Khazar Lankaran on 11 August 2013, coming on as a 63rd-minute substitute for Stjepan Poljak.[2] Costin's first goal for Simurq was the winning goal in the 89th minute against Inter Baku on 1 September 2013.[3]

Universitatea Cluj

After one season at Simurq, Costin moved to Universitatea Cluj in June 2014.[4]

Honours

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Rapid București

References
  1. "Inter Raul officially! (FOTO) (PHOTO)" (in Azerbaijani). azerisport.com/. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
  2. "Khazar 0-0 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  3. "Inter Baku 1-2 Simurq". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Bine ai venit, Raul Costin!". www.universitateacluj.ro/ (in Romanian). Universitatea Cluj.
  5. Raul Costin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com


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