Iulian Cristea

Universitatea Cluj

Born on : July 17, 1994 (30 years) at Mediaş

Nationality : Romania

Height : 1m84

Weight : 77 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 4

First cap : vs Malta 10/06/2019

2014-2015
2013-2014

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Current season statistics (2024/2025)

2 Goals 0 Assists

12 Victories 5 Losses

26 Played matches 2175 Minutes played

4 Yellow cards 1 Red cards

Main position
Central defender	73%
Defensive Midfielder	26%
Centre Midfield	21%

Identities

Iulian Cristea

Iulian Lucian Cristea

Cristea's career statisticsLast updated on 01/05/2025 at 09:35

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International

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2024/2025

U Cluj

1088

Club	Competition															V	D	L
U Cluj	Superliga	26	2		1088		20	10	2175	6	96%	1	72%	4	1	46%	35%	19%

2023/2024

Rapid

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rapid	Superliga	13					12	6	886	15	69%	24		1		38%	38%	23%

2022/2023

FCSB

Club	Competition															V	D	L
FCSB	Superliga	15				1	7	4	749	17	47%	12	38%	2		67%	20%	13%

2021/2022

FCSB

1366

1477

Club	Competition														V	D	L
FCSB	Liga I	33	2	3	1366	30	15	2732	17	91%	6	83%	3	1	58%	27%	15%
FCSB	Europa Conference League	1					1	90	17	100%	1	50%			100%	0%	0%
FCSB	Romanian Cup	1				3		120	17	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
Romania	Nations League B	1						12	3	100%		25%			0%	0%	100%

2020/2021

FCSB

715

771

Club	Competition												V	D	L
FCSB	Liga I	35	4	715	27	16	2859	17	91%	4	88%	4	60%	23%	17%
FCSB	Europa League	1				1	90	17	100%		33%	1	100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1			3		45	6	0%	1	100%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Nations League B	1			1		90	6	100%		20%		0%	100%	0%

2019/2020

Club	Competition														V	D	L
FCSB	Europa League	7	1		630	5	4	630	17	100%		88%	3		57%	14%	29%
FCSB	Liga I	28	1	1	2308	29	10	2308	17	96%	2	80%	6	3	46%	18%	36%
FCSB	Romanian Cup	3					3	270	17	100%	1	50%			100%	0%	0%
Romania	Euro Qualifying								6		1	0%

2018/2019

FCSB

900

990

Club	Competition															V	D	L
FCSB	Liga I	10	1		900		6	6	900	17	100%		91%	2		70%	20%	10%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	1						1	90	4	100%	1	25%			100%	0%	0%

2018/2019

Gaz Metan

690

720

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Gaz Metan	Liga I	23	3		690		30	6	2070	15	100%		92%	7		30%	35%	35%
Gaz Metan	Romanian Cup	1					1		90	15	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%

2017/2018

Gaz Metan

1847

2297

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Gaz Metan	Romanian Cup	5					5	2	450	15	100%		100%			60%	0%	40%
Gaz Metan	Liga I	21	1		1847		20	8	1847	15	100%	3	53%	3		29%	48%	24%

2016/2017

Gaz Metan

1756

1846

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Gaz Metan	Liga I	28	1		1756	21	7	1756	15	68%	10	70%	6	36%	43%	21%
Gaz Metan	Cupa Ligii								15		1	0%
Gaz Metan	Romanian Cup	1		1		3		90	15	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%
Romania U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	1						13	2	0%	3			0%	0%	100%

2015/2016

Gaz Metan

1931

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Gaz Metan	Liga II	22	1		1931		16	11	1931	15	100%	1	65%	6	1	68%	14%	18%
Romania U-21	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying									2		1

2014/2015

Gaz Metan

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Gaz Metan	Liga I	15					14	1	999	15	73%	4	44%	1		20%	40%	40%
Gaz Metan	Romanian Cup	1					1		66	15	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%

2013/2014

2013/2014

Total

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Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Romanian Cup

2020

Runner-ups

Liga I

2021

2022

2023

Transfers

01/07/24 >	U Cluj	Free
01/07/23 > 01/07/24	Rapid Bucarest	Free
25/02/19 > 01/07/23	FCSB	150 k€
01/02/14 > 01/07/14	Metalurgistul Cugir	Loan
01/07/13 > 25/02/19	Gaz Metan

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 01/05/2025 at 09:35

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
FCSB	134	9	4	1194	10748	21	4	89%119	60%80	19%26
Gaz Metan	117	6	1	1550	9299	23	1	88%103	38%44	29%34
Rapid	13				886	1		69%9	38%5	23%3
Romania	4				237			75%3	50%2	25%1
Romania U-21	1				13			0%0	0%0	100%1
U Cluj	26	2		1088	2175	4	1	96%25	46%12	19%5

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Cluj	23	8	1	0
Sepsi	21	9	3	1
Din. Bucarest	17	9	1	1
CSU Craiova	25	10	2	1
Botosani	20	8	2	0
Voluntari	15	9	1	1
Astra Giurgiu	13	6	1	0
Hermannstadt	11	6	1	0
Farul	9	3	0	0
UTA Arad	7	4	0	0
Clinceni	7	4	0	1
Gaz Metan	5	4	0	0
U Cluj	4	3	0	0
Viitorul C	10	4	0	0
Chiajna	8	2	0	0
Arges	6	4	1	0
Chindia	6	4	1	0
Petrolul	5	2	0	0
FCM Baia Mare	3	3	0	0
Mlada Boleslav	2	1	0	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
CSU Craiova	25	7	27
Cluj	23	6	25
Poli Iasi	10	6	13
Din. Bucarest	17	5	20
Astra Giurgiu	13	5	14
Hermannstadt	11	5	13
FCSB	8	4	13
Botosani	20	4	17
Rapid	5	3	4
Farul	9	3	10
Chiajna	8	2	7
Viitorul C	10	2	12
Sepsi	21	2	15
Bulgaria U-21	1	1	2
Alashkert	2	1	3
Suceava	1	1	1
Guimarães	1	1	1
Montenegro	1	1	2
Arges	6	1	5
Petrolul	5	1	3

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	U Cluj	46%	19%	26	45%	45%	11	-
2023/2024	Rapid	38%	23%	13	40%	33%	30	Very slightly negative
2022/2023	FCSB	67%	13%	15	43%	35%	40	Positive
2021/2022	FCSB	60%	14%	35	88%	13%	8	Negative
2020/2021	FCSB	61%	17%	36	22%	56%	9	Extremely positive
2019/2020	FCSB	53%	32%	38	45%	18%	11	Slightly positive
2018/2019	FCSB	70%	10%	10	0%	0%	1	-
2018/2019	Gaz Metan	29%	38%	24	0%	33%	3	-
2017/2018	Gaz Metan	35%	27%	26	11%	68%	19	Extremely positive
2016/2017	Gaz Metan	33%	23%	30	36%	36%	14	Very slightly negative
2015/2016	Gaz Metan	68%	18%	22	38%	31%	13	Very positive
2014/2015	Gaz Metan	19%	44%	16	25%	30%	20	Slightly negative
2013/2014	Metalurgistul Cugir	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2013/2014	Gaz Metan	0%	0%	0	38%	33%	21	-

Key figures

Cristea has played in the first 11 in Liga I in each of the last 18 away from home matches

Cristea has played in the first 11 all competitions included in each of the last 18 away from home matches

The player has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 11 away from home matches

Iulian Cristea has won in non-league and non-national team competition the last 4 away from home matches

The player hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 away from home matches

Cristea has played in the first 11 in non-league and non-national team competition in each of the last 20 matches

He has won in non-league and non-national team competition the last 6 matches

He hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 6 matches

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Gaz Metan Medias
27/07/2014		Botosani - Gaz Metan	0 - 3	First match with the club, first victory
12/09/2014		Steaua - Gaz Metan	3 - 1	First loss
19/09/2014		Gaz Metan - Viitorul C	3 - 1	First start
31/10/2015		Gaz Metan - Metalul Resita	3 - 0	First goal
05/03/2016		CSM RV - Gaz Metan	0 - 1	First red card
FCSB
11/03/2019	LI	FCSB - Viitorul C	1 - 2	First match with the club, first start, first loss
17/03/2019	LI	Astra Giurgiu - FCSB	0 - 2	First victory, first goal
25/08/2019	LI	Gaz Metan - FCSB	4 - 0	First red card
19/02/2023		FCSB - CSU Craiova	1 - 1	First own goal
Rapid Bucarest
14/07/2023		Rapid Bucarest - Sepsi	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
23/07/2023		U Cluj - Rapid Bucarest	0 - 3	First victory
30/03/2024		CSU Craiova - Rapid Bucarest	2 - 1	First loss
Universitatea Cluj
13/07/2024	S	FCSB - U Cluj	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
21/07/2024	S	U Cluj - Hermannstadt	3 - 1	First victory
28/09/2024	S	Poli Iasi - U Cluj	1 - 0	First loss
28/10/2024	S	Botosani - U Cluj	1 - 2	First goal
05/02/2025	S	CSU Craiova - U Cluj	1 - 0	First red card

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 01/05/2025 at 09:35

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Liga I	Liga I	247	15	1285	4	1	19281	87%214	5	46%113	31%77	23%57
Romanian Cup	Romanian Cup	12			1		1086	92%11		58%7		42%5
Cupa Ligii	Cupa Ligii
Liga II	Liga II	22	1	1931			1931	100%22	1	68%15	14%3	18%4
Friendlies	Friendlies	1					45			100%1
UEFAU21CQ	UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying	1					13					100%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	1					90	100%1		100%1
Nations League B	Nations League B	2					102	100%2			50%1	50%1
Europa League	Europa League	8	1	720			720	100%8		63%5	13%1	25%2
ECL	Europa Conference League	1					90	100%1		100%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024/2025	U Cluj	1	5	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
2023/2024	Rapid	1P	2	28	1	0	0	1	1	2
2023/2024	Rapid	1	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
2022/2023	FCSB	1P	2	17	10	5	2	3	15	15
2021/2022	FCSB	1P	2	56	10	8	1	1	24	7
2021/2022	FCSB	1	2	62	30	18	8	4	54	28
2020/2021	FCSB	1P	2	45	10	3	3	4	13	14
2020/2021	FCSB	1	1	65	30	20	5	5	57	22
2019/2020	FCSB	1	4	44	26	13	5	8	37	29
2018/2019	FCSB	1	2	49	26	14	7	5	49	29
2018/2019	Gaz Metan	1	9	30	25	7	9	9	25	32
2017/2018	Gaz Metan	1P	10	30	14	6	4	4	18	15
2017/2018	Gaz Metan	1	13	16	26	2	10	14	14	39
2016/2017	Gaz Metan	1P	9	34	14	4	7	3	17	11
2016/2017	Gaz Metan	1	7	36	26	10	9	7	36	27
2015/2016	Gaz Metan	2S	2	51	26	15	6	5	36	18
2014/2015	Gaz Metan	1	13	39	34	8	15	11	29	34
2013/2014	Gaz Metan	1	8	27	19	7	6	6	23	21

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
April 19, 2025	19/04	S	Round 35	Rapid Bucarest	0 - 2	U Cluj	Absent
April 12, 2025	12/04	S	Round 34	U Cluj	2 - 4	Din. Bucarest	Absent
April 05, 2025	05/04	S	Round 33	FCSB	1 - 0	U Cluj	Absent
March 31, 2025	31/03	S	Round 32	U Cluj	1 - 0	Cluj	No data
March 24, 2025	24/03		Round 2	San Marino	1 - 5	Romania	Absent
March 21, 2025	21/03		Round 1	Romania	0 - 1	Bosnia	Absent
March 14, 2025	14/03	S	Round 31	CSU Craiova	3 - 0	U Cluj	Absent
March 07, 2025	07/03	S	Round 30	Farul	1 - 1	U Cluj	90 Minutes
March 01, 2025	01/03	S	Round 29	U Cluj	0 - 1	Botosani	90 Minutes
February 21, 2025	21/02	S	Round 28	Otelul	0 - 1	U Cluj	90 Minutes
February 17, 2025	17/02	S	Round 27	U Cluj	3 - 2	Slobozia	90 Minutes	1
February 09, 2025	09/02	S	Round 26	U Cluj	2 - 2	Poli Iasi	Absent
February 05, 2025	05/02	S	Round 25	CSU Craiova	1 - 0	U Cluj	53 Minutes
February 01, 2025	01/02	S	Round 24	U Cluj	2 - 1	Rapid Bucarest	Absent
January 24, 2025	24/01	S	Round 23	Din. Bucarest	0 - 0	U Cluj	90 Minutes
January 18, 2025	18/01	S	Round 22	U Cluj	2 - 1	Buzau	90 Minutes
December 20, 2024	20/12	S	Round 21	Sepsi	0 - 0	U Cluj	73 Minutes
December 14, 2024	14/12	S	Round 20	U Cluj	4 - 1	Petrolul	8 Minutes
December 09, 2024	09/12	S	Round 19	U Cluj	3 - 2	Cluj	Absent
December 02, 2024	02/12	S	Round 18	U Cluj	0 - 1	UTA Arad	Absent
November 23, 2024	23/11	S	Round 17	Hermannstadt	2 - 1	U Cluj	90 Minutes
November 18, 2024	18/11	NLC	Round 6	Romania	4 - 1	Cyprus	Absent
November 15, 2024	15/11	NLC	Round 5	Romania	3 - 0	Kosovo	Absent
November 10, 2024	10/11	S	Round 16	U Cluj	1 - 2	FCSB	90 Minutes
November 03, 2024	03/11	S	Round 15	U Cluj	1 - 1	Farul	90 Minutes
October 28, 2024	28/10	S	Round 14	Botosani	1 - 2	U Cluj	90 Minutes	1
October 18, 2024	18/10	S	Round 13	U Cluj	2 - 0	Otelul	90 Minutes
October 15, 2024	15/10	NLC	Round 4	Lithuania	1 - 2	Romania	Absent
October 12, 2024	12/10	NLC	Round 3	Cyprus	0 - 3	Romania	Absent
October 05, 2024	05/10	S	Round 12	Slobozia	2 - 2	U Cluj	90 Minutes
September 28, 2024	28/09	S	Round 11	Poli Iasi	1 - 0	U Cluj	90 Minutes
September 22, 2024	22/09	S	Round 10	U Cluj	1 - 1	CSU Craiova	90 Minutes
September 16, 2024	16/09	S	Round 9	Rapid Bucarest	0 - 2	U Cluj	80 Minutes
September 09, 2024	09/09	NLC	Round 2	Romania	3 - 1	Lithuania	Absent
September 06, 2024	06/09	NLC	Round 1	Kosovo	0 - 3	Romania	Absent
September 02, 2024	02/09	S	Round 8	U Cluj	1 - 0	Din. Bucarest	90 Minutes
August 29, 2024	29/08		4th Round	Metalul Buzau	1 - 0	U Cluj	No data
August 26, 2024	26/08	S	Round 7	Buzau	0 - 2	U Cluj	90 Minutes
August 19, 2024	19/08	S	Round 6	U Cluj	3 - 0	Sepsi	90 Minutes
August 12, 2024	12/08	S	Round 5	Petrolul	0 - 0	U Cluj	90 Minutes
August 04, 2024	04/08	S	Round 4	Cluj	2 - 3	U Cluj	90 Minutes
July 29, 2024	29/07	S	Round 3	UTA Arad	0 - 0	U Cluj	90 Minutes
July 21, 2024	21/07	S	Round 2	U Cluj	3 - 1	Hermannstadt	90 Minutes
July 13, 2024	13/07	S	Round 1	FCSB	1 - 1	U Cluj	71 Minutes
July 02, 2024	02/07		Round of 16	Romania	0 - 3	Netherlands	Absent

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