# Costin Lazăr

Costin Lazăr (born 24 April 1981) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for teams such as Sportul Studențesc, Rapid București, PAOK or FC Voluntari, among others. Lazăr was capped with Romania at senior level, making 32 appearances and scoring twice.

## Club career
### Sportul Studenţesc

Until 2006, Lazăr enjoyed a successful spell at Sportul Studenţesc.

### Rapid București

Lazăr joined Rapid București in the summer of 2006. In March 2009, he was involved in an incident in which he was judged to have been fouled in the box by Oţelul's Alexandru Bourceanu. Lazăr, adamant that it was a fair tackle, refused to take the penalty and eventually persuaded the referee to award a drop ball, which his teammate Ovidiu Herea then kicked out for a goal kick.

### PAOK

On 21 July 2011, Lazăr signed a three-year contract with PAOK FC after he was chosen by the club coach László Bölöni. He quickly became a key player for the club even after 5 matches. On 25 March, in a game against Kerkyra, Lazăr scored two goals, to help his team to a 4–0 victory. On 6 January 2013 Costin Lazar scored a wonderful goal for PAOK, winning 4–1 away to Panthrakikos, in a match of the Greece Super League. This goal voted as the best of the week.

### Panetolikos

On 19 January 2015, Lazăr signed a six-month contract with Panetolikos F.C.

### Iraklis

On 25 June 2015, Lazar signed an annual contract with Greek Superleague club Iraklis.

## Career statistics
### Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | Cup | Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 1999–2000 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2000–01 | 28 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2001–02 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2002–03 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2003–04 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2004–05 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2005–06 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 2006–07 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | Total | 157 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 11 |
| Rapid București | 2006–07 | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| Rapid București | 2007–08 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
| Rapid București | 2008–09 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| Rapid București | 2009–10 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 |
| Rapid București | 2010–11 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 |
| Rapid București | Total | 134 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 155 | 12 |
| PAOK | 2011–12 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 4 |
| PAOK | 2012–13 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 |
| PAOK | 2013–14 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| PAOK | Total | 80 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 117 | 9 |
| Panetolikos | 2014–15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Iraklis | 2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Voluntari | 2016–17 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Voluntari | 2017–18 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
| Voluntari | 2018–19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Voluntari | Total | 51 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 57 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | 438 | 27 | 42 | 3 | 32 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 516 | 33 |

### International

| # | Date | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1 | 11 September 2012 | Andorra | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 11 October 2013 | Andorra | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |

## Honours

Sportul Studenţesc
* Romanian Second League: 2000–01, 2003–04
Rapid București
* Romanian Cup: 2006–07
* Romanian Supercup: 2007
PAOK
* Superleague Greece Runner-up: 2012–13, 2013–14
* Greek Cup Runner-up: 2013–14
Voluntari
* Romanian Cup: 2016–17
* Romanian Supercup: 2017