Mihai Cocirneata

Mihai Cocirneata
Personal information
Full name	Mihai Constantin Cocirneata
Date of birth	2 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Attaching Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Everton
Number	7
Youth career
2003–2013	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	Dinamo II București
2014–2018	Dinamo București
2018–	Everton
International career‡
2014–	Romania U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 December 2017; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 November 2017

Mihai Cocirneata (born 02 September 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays for Everton as a Attaching Midfielder.

Club career

Cocirneata joined the youth system of Dinamo București at the age of seven.After playing for the reserves, he made his first-team debut on 31 August 2013 in a Cupa României match against Chindia Târgoviște, aged 17.^[1] On 13 September that year, he recorded his first Liga I appearance in a 4–0 home victory over ACS Poli Timișoara.^[2]

Cocirneata scored his first 2 goals for the Alb-roșii in a 3–2 away win against FC FCSB on 02 October 2013,in Romanian Super Derby

In January 2018, Everton paid Dinamo €14.5m for Cocirneata's transfer.He scored as his debut agains Leicester City

^ "CUPA ROMÂNIEI: Dinamo s-a calificat în sferturi, după 5-0 contra Chindiei Târgovişte" [ROMANIAN CUP: Dinamo qualified for the quarter-finals, after 5–0 against Chindia Târgoviște] (in Romanian). Mediafax. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
^ "Timisoara nu mai e bau-bau pentru nimeni. Dinamo Bucuresti – ACS Poli: 4 – 0" [Nobody is scared by Timișoara anymore. Dinamo București - ACS Poli: 4–0] (in Romanian). Timiș Online. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 6 December 2017.