Francisc Cristea
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Francisc Ionuț Cristea | ||
| Date of birth | 15 January 2001 | ||
| Place of birth | Vaslui, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| Number | 88 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Sporting Vaslui | ||
| 2018–2019 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2023 | Politehnica Iași | 76 | (4) |
| 2023–2024 | CSM Reșița | 15 | (0) |
| 2024– | Gloria Bistrița | 8 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2019 | Romania U19 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021 | Romania U20 | 4 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2025 | |||
Francisc Ionuț Cristea (born 15 January 2001) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club Gloria Bistrița.[1]
Club career
[edit]Politehnica Iași
[edit]In 2019, Cristea moved to Liga I club Politehnica Iași.[2] On 22 April, he made his league debut in a 1–1 draw against Concordia Chiajna.[3] On 19 May 2021 Cristea scored his first professional goal as Politehnica lost 2–4 against Gaz Metan Mediaș and were subsequently relegated to the Romanian Liga II.[4] [5]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 8 November 2025[6]
| Club | Season | League | Cupa României | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Politehnica Iași | 2018–19 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Liga I | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | Liga I | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
| 2021–22 | Liga II | 24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 25 | 3 | |||
| 2022–23 | Liga II | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 23 | 0 | |||
| Total | 76 | 4 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 82 | 4 | ||||
| CSM Reșița | 2023–24 | Liga II | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | ||
| Gloria Bistrița | 2024–25 | Liga III | ? | ? | ? | ? | — | — | ? | ? | ||
| 2025–26 | Liga II | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 99 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 106 | 4 | ||||
Honours
[edit]Politehnica Iași
Gloria Bistrița
References
[edit]- ↑ "Francisc Cristea player profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ↑ "Povestea celui mai nou debutant în Liga 1". ProSport (in Romanian). 10 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ↑ "Francisc Cristea a debutat în Liga 1" [Francisc Cristea makes his Liga I debut]. vremeanoua.ro (in Romanian). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ "Visul "micului" Cristea de la Poli Iași: "Sper să ajung și eu legenda Iașiului, așa cum este Andrei" [The dream of the "little" Cristea from Poli Iași: "I hope I will also be a legend of Iași, just like Andrei is now.]. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ "Gaz Metan - Poli Iași 4-2. Victorie categorică pentru medieșeni în ultima rundă. Formația din Copou a retrogradat" [Gaz Metan - Poli Iași 4-2. Categoric victory for the medieșeni in the last round. The team from Copou are relegated]. Digi Sport (in Romanian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
- ↑ Francisc Cristea at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
External links
[edit]- Francisc Cristea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Francisc Cristea at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Vaslui
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Romania men's youth international footballers
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Liga III players
- FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players
- CSM Reșița players
- CS Gloria Bistrița (football) footballers
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen