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Cosmin Moți

Cosmin Iosif Moți (born 3 December 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central defender and currently the technical director of Bulgarian First League club Ludogorets Razgrad.

Moți began his career at Universitatea Craiova before moving to Dinamo București in June 2005. He spent seven seasons with the club and won the 2005 Supercupa României, 2006–07 Liga I title and 2011–12 Cupa României. While at Dinamo, he also spent time on loan at Serie A club Siena.

In June 2012, Moți signed with Ludogorets, with whom he won seven consecutive Bulgarian league titles, as well as two Bulgarian Cups, and four Bulgarian Supercups. In May 2015, Ludogorets Arena's South Stand was officially renamed the Moți Stand in recognition of his unique contribution for Ludogorets's first ever participation in the group stage of Champions league.

In 2008, Moți won his first cap for Romania. He has represented the country at UEFA Euro 2008 and 2016.

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.

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 fulfill "The wonder from Liberec" by winning with 3–0 the away game against Slovan Liberec, as the first leg was lost with the same score, qualifying after the penalty shoot-out to the group stage of the 2009–10 Europa League. In his last season spent at Dinamo, he won the 2011–12 Cupa României, being used by coach Dario Bonetti the entire match in the 1–0 victory in the final against Rapid București. During his period spent with The Red Dogs the fans appreciated his secure style of play, one of their favorite chant during the games being: Cu Moți n-ai emoții (English: With Moți you have no emotions).

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