Cristian Melinte
{{short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Cristian Melinte
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|5|9|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Timișoara, Romania
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Centre Back
| youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Fortuna Covaci
| youthyears2 = 2009 | youthclubs2 = Dinamo București
| years1 = 2005–2006 | clubs1 = Auxerre Lugoj | caps1 = 15 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 2006–2008 | clubs2 = UTA Arad | caps2 = 23 | goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = → CS Ineu (loan) | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2009–2013 | clubs4 = Palermo | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010 | clubs5 = → Piacenza (loan) | caps5 = 16 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011–2012 | clubs6 = → Petrolul Ploieşti (loan) | caps6 = 25 | goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2012–2013 | clubs7 = → Astra Giurgiu (loan) | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2013–2014 | clubs8 = Concordia Chiajna | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 0
| years9 = 2014–2015 | clubs9 = Politehnica Iași | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2015–2019 | clubs10 = Poli Timișoara | caps10= 94 | goals10= 1
| years11 = 2016–2017 | clubs11 = → Concordia Chiajna (loan) | caps11= 26 | goals11= 0
| years12 = 2019–2021 | clubs12 = UTA Arad | caps12= 56 | goals12= 2
| nationalyears1 = | nationalteam1 = Romania U-19
| nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2009 | nationalteam2 = Romania U-21 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| pcupdate = 19:51, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
| ntupdate = 19:51, 14 June 2021 (UTC)
}}
Cristian Costel Melinte (born 9 May 1988) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a full back.
Club career
He began his career at Fortuna Covaci, but just some months later he went to play for Auxerre Lugoj in Liga II. Then he joined UTA Arad in 2005, playing three times in his first season and four times in the following one, in Liga I.{{cite news|url=http://www.aradon.ro/stiri/im:aradon:sport-uta/articol/utistul-melinte-in-probe-la-as-monaco/cn/news-20090106-02525036|language=Romanian|publisher=Arad Online|access-date=2009-08-18|date=2009-01-06|title=Utistul Melinte în probe la AS Monaco|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903015859/http://www.aradon.ro/stiri/im:aradon:sport-uta/articol/utistul-melinte-in-probe-la-as-monaco/cn/news-20090106-02525036|archive-date=3 September 2009|url-status=dead}} He then was sent on loan to CS Ineu and then returned to UTA Arad in early 2008 playing regularly with the side. In late 2008 he joined AS Monaco FC for an unsuccessful trial, and then left to join FC Dinamo București later in March 2009.
=Career in Italy=
He was acquired by Palermo in a free transfer in August 2009, after a successful trial with the Sicilians, being awarded a four-year contract with the rosanero club.{{cite news |url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0809/news_scheda.jsp?id=18014|language=Italian |publisher=US Città di Palermo|access-date=2009-08-18 |date=2009-08-18 |title=Ingaggiato Cristian Melinte}}
He made his debut on 29 October 2009, playing the first half in a Serie A game ended in a 3–5 away loss to Inter. After playing a Coppa Italia home game against Reggina, he was again featured in the Italian Serie A on 30 January 2010 as a replacement for injured Federico Balzaretti in an away game versus Bari. Melinte's performance was then verbally criticized by club chairman Maurizio Zamparini after the Romanian caused a penalty (then scored) with the game being 2–2, and then making a mistake that was instrumental in Bari's fourth goal. Two days later, he was sent out on loan to Serie B club Piacenza in switch with Marco Calderoni.{{cite news|url=http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=19710|title=Ultimi movimenti di mercato per i rosa|date=2010-02-01|access-date=2010-02-01|publisher=US Città di Palermo|language=Italian|archive-date=4 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204094627/http://www.ilpalermocalcio.it/it/0910/news_scheda.jsp?id=19710|url-status=dead}}
He returned at Palermo at the end of his loan spell, but no interested party was found and he was subsequently excluded from the first team. On 31 August 2011 he moved on loan to Petrolul Ploiești. On 3 July 2012, he was loaned to Astra Giurgiu, until the end of the season.{{cite web |publisher=Gazeta de Prahova |title=Cristian Melinte a debutat la ... Astra, pe fulgere şi trăsnete. |url=http://gazetaph.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2651:cristian-melinte-a-debutat-la-astra-pe-fulgere-i-trsnete&catid=24:sport&Itemid=37 |language=Romanian |access-date=2012-07-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416131245/http://gazetaph.ro/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2651:cristian-melinte-a-debutat-la-astra-pe-fulgere-i-trsnete&catid=24:sport&Itemid=37 |archive-date=16 April 2013}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{RomanianSoccer|2551/cristian-costel-melinte}}
- {{Soccerway|-melinte/75930}}
- [https://archive.today/20130205170347/http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=108032/profile/index.html Player profile at UEFA]
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Category:Footballers from Timișoara
Category:Romanian men's footballers
Category:Romania men's under-21 international footballers
Category:Romania men's youth international footballers
Category:FC Dinamo București players
Category:Piacenza Calcio 1919 players
Category:FC Petrolul Ploiești players
Category:FC Astra Giurgiu players
Category:CS Concordia Chiajna players
Category:FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players
Category:ACS Poli Timișoara players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy