Costel Câmpeanu

Costel Câmpeanu (born 14 May 1965 in Bacău) is a former Romanian football player and coach.

Playing career
Costel Câmpeanu was born on 14 May 1965 in Bacău and started to play football in the 1986–87 Divizia C season at Viitorul Gheorgheni. Afterwards he went to play for the team from his native town, SC Bacău where on 26 August 1987 he made his Divizia A debut in a 4–2 away loss in front of Argeș Pitești. After two years he went to play for Dinamo București where in his first season he helped the club win The Double, being used by coach Mircea Lucescu in 10 league games, as the team's first option for the goalkeeper position was Bogdan Stelea. In the 1991–92 season, Dinamo won another title but Câmpeanu played only one game in the league, having to leave after the first half of the season to play for Gloria Bistrița as he had a conflict with coach Florin Halagian. After one year spent at Gloria, he went to play for a half of year at Progresul București, then moving for one year at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. In 1994 he went to play again for Gloria Bistrița, spending a total of 11 seasons with the club this time, obtaining runner-up positions in the 1994 Supercupa României and the 1995–96 Cupa României while also obtaining some performances in European competitions such as a 2–1 victory in front of Real Zaragoza from the 1994–95 Cup Winners' Cup, a 1–1 against Gabriel Batistuta's Fiorentina in the 1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup and a 1–1 against Brescia in the 2003 Intertoto Cup. During his period spent with The Blue Vampires, the team was heavily involved in match fixing under the club's influential president Jean Pădureanu, Câmpeanu having to intentionally make mistakes to concede goals, years later stating in interviews that he regrets doing so. In 1999 he returned for a short period at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț where the head coach was Viorel Hizo, whom he knew from his period spent at Dinamo when Hizo was the assistant coach of Florin Halagian in order to play in their 1999 Intertoto Cup campaign which included a 1–1 against Juventus. Costel Câmpeanu's last spell as a player was at Aerostar Bacău in the 2005–06 Divizia C season when he was 40 years old, throughout his career earning a total of 470 Divizia A appearances and 25 in European competitions (including 19 in the Intertoto Cup), being nicknamed Burebista, after the first king of Dacia because of his career longevity. On 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him in a first 11 of best Romanian players who never played for Romania's national team.

Coaching career
Costel Câmpeanu coached Aerostar Bacău, Pambac Bacău and FCM Onești in the Romanian lower leagues.

Player
Dinamo București Gloria Bistrița
 * Divizia A: 1989–90, 1991–92
 * Cupa României: 1989–90
 * Cupa României runner-up: 1995–96
 * Supercupa României runner-up: 1994