Răzvan Cociș

Răzvan Cociș
	Cociș in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Răzvan Vasile Cociș
Date of birth	19 February 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1992–2000	Viitorul C.U.G. Cluj
2000–2001	Universitatea Cluj
Senior career*
Years	Team
2001–2004	Universitatea Cluj
2004–2006	Sheriff Tiraspol
2007–2009	Lokomotiv Moscow
2010	FC Timişoara
2010–2011	Al-Nassr
2011	→ Karpaty Lviv (loan)
2011–2013	Rostov
2013–2014	Hoverla Uzhhorod
2014–2016	Chicago Fire
Total
International career
2003–2005	Romania U21
2005–2013	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Răzvan Vasile Cociș (Romanian pronunciation: [rəzˈvan ˈkotʃiʃ]; born 19 February 1983) is a Romanian former footballer. He was usually an attacking midfielder but could play in a variety of other midfield positions as well as up-front. He was also well known for his close control.

Club career

Cociș is one of the graduates of the prolific school of football at Universitatea Cluj where, amongst other teammates, won a national youth title. After earning a regular first team spot at not even 21 years of age, there were rumours that clubs made offers for him, including Stade Rennais FC, but at the end of the season he was sold to Moldovan team Sheriff Tiraspol alongside another player of his generation, George Florescu.^[1]

He signed a contract that expired on 31 December 2009 with Lokomotiv,^[2] which cost Lokomotiv 2.6 million euros to sign.^[3] He scored his first goal in the Russian league against Rubin Kazan. His former clubs include U Cluj and Sheriff Tiraspol. He signed a three-month contract on 1 March 2010 with FC Timişoara until the summer, with option to renewal for 5 years. On 22 May, it was announced that Răzvan Cociș signed a contract with Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr.

On 25 February 2011, he moved to Ukrainian club Karpaty Lviv on loan from Al-Nassr. He scored his first goal for Karpaty, in their 1–0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk. In June, he signed a permanent deal with Karpaty after the 2010–11 season.

On 14 July 2014 it was announced Cociș had joined Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.^[4] He re-signed with the club on 23 January 2016.^[5] On 23 November 2016 Chicago Fire announced they did not exercise his option for the next year.^[6]

International career

Cociș made his national debut on 17 August 2005 against Andorra in a 2–0 win.

International stats

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[7]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	2005	5	0
	2006	8	1
	2007	5	0
	2008	11	1
	2009	3	0
	2010	7	0
	2011	8	0
	2012	2	0
	2013	1	0
Total		50	2

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Cociș goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 February 2006	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Armenia	2–0	2–0	Friendly
2	10 September 2008	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	1–0	1–0	2010 FIFA World Cup qualification