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{{Infobox football biography
|name           = Alexandru Curtean
|image          =
|caption        = 
|fullname       = Alexandru Paul Curtean
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1987|3|27|df=yes}}
|birth_place    = [[Sibiu]], [[Romania]]
|height         = {{height|m=1.82|precision=0}}
|position       = [[Midfielder#Winger|Winger]]
|currentclub    = [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]]
|clubnumber     = 7
|youthyears1    = 
|youthclubs1    = Șoimii Sibiu
|years1         = 2003–2009 |clubs1 = [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]]           |caps1 = 77 |goals1 = 16
|years2         = 2009–2011 |clubs2 = [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timișoara]] |caps2 = 47 |goals2 = 3
|years3         = 2012–2013 |clubs3 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo Bucureşti]]           |caps3 = 62 |goals3 = 8
|years4         = 2014      |clubs4 = [[PFC Botev Plovdiv|Botev Plovdiv]]                |caps4 = 12 |goals4 = 3
|years5         = 2014–2015 |clubs5 = [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]]           |caps5 = 19 |goals5 = 2 
|years6         = 2015      |clubs6 = [[ACS Poli Timișoara|Poli Timișoara]]              |caps6 = 16 |goals6 = 1 
|years7         = 2016–2017 |clubs7 = [[FC Atyrau|Atyrau]]                               |caps7 = 29 |goals7 = 4 
|years8         = 2017–     |clubs8 = [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]]                               |caps8 = 3 |goals8 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2008
|nationalteam1  = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U-21]]
|nationalcaps1  = 2
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|club-update    = 14 April 2017 (UTC)
|nt-update      = 
}}

''' Alexandru Curtean ''' (born 27 March 1987 in [[Sibiu]]) is a [[Romania]]n [[Association football|footballer]] who plays as a [[midfielder]] for [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]].

== Personal ==
Curtean grew up in a family of athletes; his father, Dan Curtean, was a football player in the early 1980s and played for Șoimii Sibiu, Steaua București, Olt Scornicești and Luceafărul București. His mother, Carmen, was a professional handball player, and his sister, Daciana, is also an active handball player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prosport.ro/sport-life/special/familia-curtean-o-familie-a-perfomantelor-sportive-3015310 |title=Familia Curtean, o familie a perfomanţelor sportive |publisher=''ProSport.ro'' |language= Romanian|date= 27 August 2008|accessdate=10 January 2012}}</ref>

== Club career ==

=== Early career ===
He started his career at FC Sibiu, but he transferred to Gaz Metan when was still young being recruited by coach [[Ioan Ovidiu Sabău]].

=== Gaz Metan Mediaș ===
The younger player was imposed and became important piece in first eleven, helping his team advance in [[Liga I|Liga 1]]. In first season in Liga 1, he made a fantastic matches, scores 7 goals in 14 appearances and major league teams putting an eye on him.

=== Politehnica Timișoara ===
Politehnica Timișoara paid for him €1.300.000 to CS Gaz Metan Mediaș. He signed with [[FC Politehnica Timișoara]] on 27 January 2009  for 5 years. In first year has not been settled and fans criticized him for being too careless. But at started the 2010-2011 season, was appointed [[Vladimir Petrović]] as the new coach who reinvented him and scores two goals against league champions [[CFR Cluj]].

=== Dinamo București ===
In January 2012, Curtean was transferred to [[FC Dinamo Bucureşti|Dinamo Bucureşti]]. He signed a contract for four and a half years, until June 2016. He scored his first goal for Dinamo in a game against [[FC Universitatea Cluj|U Cluj]], on 2 May 2012. 15 days later, on 17 May 2012, Curtean scored a goal in the [[Eternal derby (Romania)|eternal derby]] against [[FC Steaua București|Steaua]], at his first appearance in this derby.

=== Botev Plovdiv ===
Curtean arrived in Botev Plovdiv on 11 January 2014, signing a contract for 2 and a half years with the club. But the contract was terminated after only six months due to the financial problems plaguing the club.<ref>{{cite web|author=|publisher=7sport.net|script-title=bg:"Куртеан: отидох в Пловдив да правя пари"|url=http://www.7sport.net/archive7ds/2014/08/01/fb_1footbg/d7231_16.htm|date=2014-08-01|accessdate=2015-10-22|language=Bulgarian}}</ref>

=== Gaz Metan Mediaș ===
In September 2014, Curtean reached an agreement with his former club Gaz Metan Mediaș.

=== Poli Timișoara ===
After Gaz Metan's relegation, in 2015, Curtean became a free agent and signed a contract with [[ACS Poli Timișoara|Poli Timișoara]].

==Honours==

===Team===
*'''Dinamo București''':
**[[Cupa României|Romanian Cup]]: [[2012 Cupa României Final|2011-12]]
**[[Supercupa României|Romanian Supercup]]: [[2012 Supercupa României|2012]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Romanian football}}
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/c/curtean_alexandru.shtml Alexandru Curtean] at RomanianSoccer.ro
* [http://www.poli.tm.ro/fcpt/jucator.php?id=26 Alexandru Curtean] at poli.tm.ro
* [http://nr.soccerway.com/players/alexandru-paul--curtean/44201/ Alexandru Curtean] at Soccerway

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[[Category:1987 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Sibiu]]
[[Category:Romanian footballers]]
[[Category:Romania under-21 international footballers]]
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[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players]]
[[Category:FC Politehnica Timișoara players]]
[[Category:FC Dinamo București players]]
[[Category:PFC Botev Plovdiv players]]
[[Category:ACS Poli Timișoara players]]
[[Category:FC Atyrau players]]
[[Category:Liga I players]]
[[Category:Bulgarian A Football Group players]]
[[Category:Kazakhstan Premier League players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria]]
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