Raul Rǎzvan Costin, is a Romanian

Romanian football league system

The Romanian football league system refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation.-Liga I:...

 footballer, who currently plays for Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 club SC Vaslui. His predominant position is central midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

 but he can also play in a more defensive role and also as a right back

Right Back

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. He is best known for his simple distribution and long shots.

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

CFR Cluj

CFR Cluj is a Romanian professional football club from the city of Cluj-Napoca in Transylvania, Romania. The club had spent most of their existence in the lower divisions, except for a spell in Divizia A in the 1970s, until they received significant financial backing from Árpád Pászkány in 2002...

 coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 loss. Before his Naţional debut, he has played one season loaned to FC Sibiu

FC Sibiu

FC Sibiu was a Romanian professional football club from Sibiu, Sibiu county, founded in 2003 and dissolved in 2007.-Honours:Liga II:*Winners :*Runners-up : 2004–05...

 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.

SC 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

CS Gaz Metan Medias

Clubul Sportiv Gaz Metan Mediaș is a Romanian professional football club from Mediaș, Sibiu county, founded in 1945, and currently playing in the Romanian first division.- First promotion in Divizia A :...

 coming as a substitute in a 2-1 win and he scored his first goal against Poli Iaşi

FC Politehnica Iasi

Fotbal Club Politehnica Iaşi was a football club from Iaşi, Romania. Its colours were blue and white. Its home stadium was the Emil Alexandrescu Stadium. It was founded in 1945 and dissolved in 2010.-History:...

 in the Moldavian Derby, also in a 2-1 win. He helped his team reaching the Romanian Cup final

2010 Cupa României Final

The 2010 Cupa României Final was the 72nd final of Romania's most prestigious cup competition. The final was played at the Emil Alexandrescu stadium in Iaşi between the Cup's holder, CFR Cluj and FC Vaslui. The trophy was won for the third year in a row by CFR Cluj after penalty kicks.-Match...

 after scoring the first goal, in the 4-0 win against FC Braşov

FC Brasov

Fotbal Club Brașov is a professional football club based in the city of Brașov, Romania. They were founded in 1936, and since then they have spent 41 season in the top-flight. Brașov kits are yellow-black, and they play their home matches on the Silviu Ploeșteanu stadium.-Early modern football in...

 in the semi-finals.

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Naţional	2004–05	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sibiu Sibiu Sibiu is a city in Transylvania, Romania with a population of 154,548. Located some 282 km north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Cibin River, a tributary of the river Olt...  (loan)	2005–06	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
	Total	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
Progresul	2006–07	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2007–08	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
	Total	24	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
Dacia Mioveni	2008–09	32	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	12
	Total	32	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	12
SC Vaslui	2009–10 2009–10 Liga I The 2009–10 Liga I season was the ninety-second since its establishment. Unirea Urziceni were the defending champions.- Teams :Farul Constanţa, Otopeni and Gloria Buzău were relegated at the end of the 2008–09 season after finishing in 16th through 18th place...	24	2	5	2	1	0	0	0	30	4
	2010–11 2010–11 Liga I The 2010–11 Liga I was the ninety-third season of the top-level football league of Romania. The season commenced on 23 July 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A winter break where no matches were played was held between December 11, 2010 and February 18, 2011...	27	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	30	2
	2011–12 2011–12 Liga I The 2011–12 Liga I is the ninety-fourth season of Liga I, the top-level football league of Romania. It began on 22 July 2011 and will end on 19 May 2012...	13	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	22	1
	Total	64	4	8	3	10	0	0	0	82	7
Career total		136	18	11	3	10	0	0	0	157	21

Statistics accurate as of match played

Career Honours

• Cupa României
  • Runner-up: 2010
    2009–10 Cupa României
    The 2009–10 Cupa României was the seventy-second season of the annual Romanian football knockout tournament. It began on 15 July 2009 with the matches of Phase 1 and ended with the Final on 6 June 2010...