Andrei Cristea

Andrei Cristea
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-05-15) 15 May 1984
Place of birth Bacău, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
Concordia Chiajna (head coach)
Youth career
–2002 FCM Bacău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 FCM Bacău 35 (7)
2004–2006 Steaua București 52 (10)
2006–2008 Politehnica Timișoara 35 (6)
2008Politehnica Iași (loan) 13 (6)
2008–2010 Dinamo București 48 (22)
2009Politehnica Iași (loan) 15 (7)
2011–2012 Karlsruher SC 11 (6)
2012–2013 Dinamo București 19 (1)
2013–2014 FC Brașov 29 (8)
2014–2015 Gabala 9 (0)
2015 Salernitana 8 (2)
2015–2016 Martina Franca 16 (3)
2016–2019 Politehnica Iași 103 (33)
2019 Universitatea Craiova 10 (1)
2019–2021 Politehnica Iași 49 (14)
2021–2022 Mioveni 13 (3)
Total 465 (129)
International career
2003–2006 Romania U21 14 (0)
2003–2010 Romania 10 (0)
Managerial career
2021 Politehnica Iași (player/coach)
2022–2023 ACS FC Dinamo București
2023 Înainte Modelu
2023–2025 Popești-Leordeni
2025– Concordia Chiajna
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Andrei Cristea (Romanian pronunciation: [anˈdrej ˈkriste̯a]; born 15 May 1984) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga II club Concordia Chiajna.

Deployed as a forward, Cristea was known for his pace and his range of passing instead of his goalscoring abilities, and represented the Romania national team from 2003 to 2010.