Unprecedented appearance at the friendly between FCSB and Beşiktaş » The former Romanian footballer of the year came to watch his former team
to the gala friendly between FCSB and Beşiktașthe only one of the champion of the last two Super League seasons in the training camp in Antalya, also witnessed a surprise name: Constantin Budescu, who is in Turkey to prepare, wanting to be in optimal physical shape, as he does not want, at least for the moment, to retire from the activity. The last teams Budescu played for were CS Tunari and Gloria Buzău.
When he arrived in the stands of the Sportiv Gloria complex, the offensive midfielder greeted Mihai Stoica, the president of the Red-Blues Board of Directors, but also the staff of the national team: Costin Curelea, Florin Constantinovici, Jerry Gane, Lucian Sânmărtean or Marius Niculae.
PHOTO. Constantin Budescu, present at the friendly between FCSB and Beşiktaș
Later, he sat down next to Cosmin Moți, the Ludogorets sports director, and the two talked for a good few minutes.
“Costic” played in two periods in red and blue. On June 10, 2017, the red-blue regimented him from Astra, Gigi Becali paying the termination clause in the amount of 750,000 euros. He scored on his debut with FC Voluntari, but he remained in the memory of the fans from that period with the successful goal from a free kick against Viktoria Plzen in the third preliminary round of that season's Champions League, but also with the decisive assist for Harlem Gnohere in the match against Lazio, in the “spring” of the Europa League.
At the end of 2017, he was named “footballer of the year” in Gazeta Sporturilor's investigation. He came to FCSB once more in 2021, but left the team in early 2022 after scoring just once and being criticized by the boss.
Throughout his career, he played for Petrolul, Astra, where he won the only trophies in his career (title, Cup, Supercup), DL Yifang, Al-Shabab, Damac, Voluntari, Farul, CS Tunari and Gloria Buzău. Now, at 36, he is looking for a new team. It is quoted at 200,000 euros by the specialist portal transfermarkt, with a career high of 4 million euros, reached in the summer of 2019.
