Costel Pantalon
Costel Pantalon, the Romania goalkeeper, made 49 appearances for Sunderland. He kept goal across 49 recorded appearances.
Costel Fane Pantilimon ( Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈtel pantiliˈmon] ; born 1 February 1987) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper . As a player, Pantilimon began his career at Politehnica Timișoara . In 2011, he signed for Premier League team Manchester City on an initial loan, serving as a backup to Joe Hart . Pantilimon was first choice for City in their 2013–14 League Cup conquest, after which he promptly moved to Sunderland . He transferred to Watford in 2016, but only made two Premier League appearances before being loaned to Deportivo La Coruña and Nottingham Forest . Pantilimon signed a permanent deal with Forest in 2018, and spent his later years at Omonia and Denizlispor before retiring. Pantilimon was an international for Romania from 2008 to 2017, being capped 27 times during the period. He was selected by the country in their UEFA Euro 2016 squad, but did not play in any game. — Wikipedia
- Position
- GK
- Nationality
- Romania
- Birthplace
- Bacău
- Born
- 1 Feb 1987
- Height
- 203 cm
On 16 June 2014, Pantilimon joined Sunderland on a free transfer from Manchester City. [ 21 ] On 27 August, he made his first appearance for the club in the second round of the League Cup second round against Birmingham City, keeping a clean sheet in a 3–0 win at St Andrew's . [ 22 ] Pantilimon started the season as back-up for Vito Mannone , but after poor performances in an 8–0 loss to Southampton and a 2–0 loss to Arsenal, the Italian was subsequently dropped and Pantilimon made his Premier League debut for Sunderland in a 3–1 win at Crystal Palace on 3 November 2014, [ 23 ] thus becoming the club's first choice keeper for the rest of the season. He started the next season as first choice before losing his place to Mannone, eventually dropping to third choice behind Jordan Pickford . — Wikipedia
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