Adrian Cristea

Adrian Cristea (born 30 November 1983) is a Romanian retired professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club Career

Adrian Cristea, nicknamed "Prințul" (The Prince), started his career in his hometown, Iași, playing in Divizia B for Politehnica Iași. After Politehnica won its promotion from Divizia B, Cristea made his Divizia A debut on 30 July 2004 in a 2–1 loss against Rapid București. After scoring 2 gaols in 15 matches in the first half of the 2004–05 season, he was transferred to Dinamo București where he was wanted by coach Ioan Andone. He spent 7 seasons at Dinamo, appearing in 161 Liga I matches in which he scored 27 goals, winning a cup, a supercup and the Liga I 2006–07 title, also playing 31 matches in which he scored 4 goals in European competitions. In December 2010, Cristea was sold to Universitatea Cluj, for a total fee estimated by the Romanian press between €1.5 million and €2 million. After one year and a half in which he scored 11 goals in 42 Liga I matches, in the summer of 2012, he was transferred to Petrolul Ploiești, with 11 other players from Universitatea Cluj, when the owner of the Cluj team, left the club in order to take control of Petrolul. His first experience abroad came in 2013, when he went to play alongside fellow Romanian George Țucudean, being loaned to Standard Liege, where he was wanted by Mircea Rednic, a coach that worked with him at Petrolul and Dinamo. On 30 July 2013, after terminating his contract with Petrolul Ploiești, Cristea signed a two-year contract with fellow Romanian Liga I club Steaua București. However, Cristea failed to win a place in the first team, playing only 9 Liga I matches, scoring one goal and making 3 appearances in the 2013–14 Champions League, ending his contract with Steaua in April 2014.

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