Costică Donose

Club career Donose, nicknamed "Pelé", was born on 22 December 1952 in Tecuci, Romania and began playing football at Universitatea Craiova. He made his Divizia A debut on 7 March 1970 under coach Ștefan Coidum in a 1–1 draw against Universitatea Cluj. In the middle of the 1972–73 season, Donose went to play for Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea in Divizia B. Subsequently, he played in both legs of the 4–2 aggregate loss to Glentoran in the 1973–74 European Cup Winners' Cup. In the same season the team earned promotion to the first league. At the first one he contributed with five goals scored in the 27 appearances given to him by coach Valentin Stănescu and in the second he netted six goals in the 32 matches coach Ion Oblemenco used him.

Donose played 24 games for "U" Craiova in European competitions. Afterwards, they reached the quarter-finals in the 1981–82 European Cup by eliminating Olympiacos and Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, being eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Bayern Munich. He made 10 appearances in the 1982–83 UEFA Cup campaign when they reached the semi-finals, being eliminated by Benfica on the away goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate.

In 1984, Donose joined Olt Scornicești where on 2 April 1986 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 home loss to Dinamo București, totaling 319 matches with 27 goals in the competition. On 13 May 2020, Gazeta Sporturilor included him in a first XI of best Romanian players who never played for the senior national team.

Honours Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Divizia B: 1973–74 Cupa României: 1972–73 Universitatea Craiova Divizia A: 1979–80, 1980–81 Cupa României: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83