Francisc Cristea

Francisc Cristea
Personal information
Full name Francisc Ionuț Cristea
Date of birth (2001-01-15) 15 January 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Vaslui, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Gloria Bistrița
Number 88
Youth career
–2018 Sporting Vaslui
2018–2019 Politehnica Iași
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2023 Politehnica Iași 76 (4)
2023–2024 CSM Reșița 15 (0)
2024– Gloria Bistrița 8 (0)
International career
2019 Romania U19 2 (0)
2021 Romania U20 4 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 8 November 2025

Francisc Ionuț Cristea (born 15 January 2001) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Liga II club Gloria Bistrița.

Club career

Politehnica Iași

In 2019, Cristea moved to Liga I club Politehnica Iași. On 22 April, he made his league debut in a 1–1 draw against Concordia Chiajna. On 19 May 2021 Cristea scored his first professional goal as Politehnica lost 2–4 against Gaz Metan Mediaș and were subsequently relegated to the Romanian Liga II.

Career statistics

As of match played 8 November 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cupa României Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Politehnica Iași 2018–19 Liga I 3 0 0 0 — — 3 0
2019–20 Liga I 11 0 2 0 — — 13 0
2020–21 Liga I 17 1 1 0 — — 18 1
2021–22 Liga II 24 3 1 0 — — 25 3
2022–23 Liga II 21 0 2 0 — — 23 0
Total 76 4 6 0 — — 82 4
CSM Reșița 2023–24 Liga II 15 0 0 0 — — 15 0
Gloria Bistrița 2024–25 Liga III ? ? ? ? — — ? ?
2025–26 Liga II 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
Total 8 0 1 0 — — 9 0
Career total 99 4 7 0 — — 106 4

Honours

Politehnica Iași

Gloria Bistrița

References

  1. ↑ "Francisc Cristea player profile". soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ↑ "Povestea celui mai nou debutant în Liga 1". ProSport (in Romanian). 10 April 2019. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
  3. ↑ "Francisc Cristea a debutat în Liga 1" [Francisc Cristea makes his Liga I debut]. vremeanoua.ro (in Romanian). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Visul "micului" Cristea de la Poli Iași: "Sper să ajung și eu legenda Iașiului, așa cum este Andrei" [The dream of the "little" Cristea from Poli Iași: "I hope I will also be a legend of Iași, just like Andrei is now.]. liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian). 25 August 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Gaz Metan - Poli Iași 4-2. Victorie categorică pentru medieșeni în ultima rundă. Formația din Copou a retrogradat" [Gaz Metan - Poli Iași 4-2. Categoric victory for the medieșeni in the last round. The team from Copou are relegated]. Digi Sport (in Romanian). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  6. ↑ Francisc Cristea at Soccerway. Retrieved 1 October 2022.