Cosmin Moți

Early years

Moți was born on 3 December 1984 in Reșița, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1992 at local club CSM Reșița. On 24 May 2003, he made his Liga I debut, playing for Universitatea Craiova under coach Sorin Cârțu in a 3–0 loss to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. He spent three seasons at "U" Craiova, but in the last one the team was relegated to the second league, so Moți, along with several other teammates, went to play for Dinamo București.

Dinamo București

He made his competitive debut for Dinamo under coach Ioan Andone, playing the full 90 minutes in the 2005 Supercupa României that ended with a 3–2 victory against rival side Steaua București. Andone also used him in seven games in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup campaign when the team eliminated Everton with a historical 5–2 on aggregate, reaching the group stage. In the 2006–07 Liga I season, coach Mircea Rednic had Moți form a partnership in the central defense with Ștefan Radu, which helped Dinamo win the Liga I trophy. Dinamo also advanced past the group stage of the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, reaching the round of 32 where the team was eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Benfica. In June 2008, he was linked with a move to Lazio to play alongside his former Dinamo teammate, Ștefan Radu, who was already at the club. Lazio's president, Claudio Lotito, came to Romania to discuss the transfer with Dinamo's officials but the move fell through. Moți helped the club achieve what was dubbed "The wonder from…

Moți played 15 games for Romania, making his debut on 6 February 2008 under coach Victor Pițurcă who sent him in the 90+1 minute to replace Gabriel Tamas in a 1–0 friendly loss to Israel. He played one game each in the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and the Euro 2012 qualifiers, three in the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, and two during the 2018–19 Nations League. Moți's last appearance for the national team was on 26 March 2019 in a 4–1 victory against Faroe Islands in the Euro 2020 qualifiers. Moți was part of Romania's squads in Euro 2008 and Euro 2016 final tournaments without playing.

On 7 June 2021, Moti was announced as the new technical director of Ludogorets Razgrad.

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International