Ionuț Mazilu

Ionuț Costinel Mazilu (born 9 February 1982) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward, currently he is the assistant coach of the Romania national under-17 team.

Ionuț Mazilu

Personal information
Full name	Ionuț Costinel Mazilu
Date of birth	(1982-02-09) 9 February 1982 (age 43)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Romania U17 (assistant)
Youth career
0000–1999	Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2006	Sportul Studențesc	182	(80)
2006–2008	Rapid București	34	(18)
2008–2011	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	9	(1)
2009–2011	→ Arsenal Kyiv (loan)	62	(20)
2011–2013	Arsenal Kyiv	25	(6)
Total		312	(125)
International career
2000	Romania U19	1	(1)
2005–2011	Romania	17	(4)
Managerial career
2014–2017	Sportul Studențesc
2017–2018	Sport Team București U19
2018–2020	Rapid București U19
2020–2021	Rapid București U17
2023–2024	Romania U16 (assistant)
2024–	Romania U17 (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Club

Mazilu started his career at Sportul Studențesc in 1999. In the 2005–06 season, he was the leading goalscorer in the Romanian Divizia A scoring 22 goals. The following season, he was taken to FC Rapid București, where he played for two years playing 34 games and scoring 18 goals. On 12 January 2008, Mazilu was transferred to the Ukrainian club FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk for a fee of €4 million, the highest fee received by a Romanian football club at that time. He failed to make an immediate impact. During his first year he only played eight games with a single goal scored. In 2009, he was loaned to FC Arsenal Kyiv after his transfer to CFR Cluj failed.^[1]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	2005	5	0
	2006	3	2
	2007	3	1
	2008	0	0
	2009	2	1
	2010	2	0
	2011	2	0
Total		17	4

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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 February 2006	GSZ Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Slovenia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2				2–0
3	7 February 2007	Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania	Moldova	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	7 February 2007	Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamţ, Romania	Faroe Islands	3–1	3–1	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying

Honours

Sportul Studențesc

• Divizia B: 2000–01, 2003–04

Rapid București

• Cupa României: 2006–07
• Supercupa României: 2007

Individual

• Divizia A top scorer: 2005–06 (22 goals)