Ionuț Mazilu.
Personal information
Full name Ionuț Costinel Mazilu
Date of birth (1982-02-09) 9 February 1982
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2006 Sportul Studențesc 182 (80)
2006–2008 Rapid București 34 (18)
2008–2011 Dnipro 9 (1)
2009–2011 → Arsenal Kyiv (loan) 62 (20)
2011–2013 Arsenal Kyiv 25 (6)
Total 312 (125)
International career‡
2005–2011 Romania 16 (3)
Managerial career
2014–2016 Sportul Studențesc
2017– Rapid Bucuresti (youth)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2011

Ionuț Costinel Mazilu (born 9 February 1982) is a Romanian former footballer, currently a manager. He is known in Romania for his sharp finishing, pace and technique. He is the father of winger Adrian Mazilu.

Career

Club

Mazilu started his career at Sportul Studențesc in 1999. In the 2005–06 season, he was the leading goalscorer in the Romanian Liga I scoring 22 goals. The following season, he was taken to FC Rapid București, where he played for two years playing 34 games and scoring 18 goals. On 12 January 2008, Mazilu was transferred to the Ukrainian club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for a fee of €4 million, the highest fee received by a Romanian football club at that time. He failed to make an immediate impact. During his first year he only played eight games with a single goal scored. In 2009, he was loaned to FC Arsenal Kyiv after his transfer to CFR Cluj failed.[1]

International career

Mazilu is a regular member of the Romania national football team since the 2004–05 season having played 12 matches and scored 3 goals.

International goals

  • Romania's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.28 February 2006Neo GSZ Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus Slovenia1–02–0Friendly
2.7 February 2007Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania Moldova1–02–0Friendly
3.14 October 2009Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamţ, Romania Faroe Islands3–13–12010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

Honours

Club

Sportul Studențesc
Rapid București

Individual

References


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