daniel ştefan costescu (born 14 july 1976) is a former romanian footballer who usually played as a striker. he scored 44 goals in 222 matches in the romanian first division and 21 goals in 67 matches in the romanian second division. his first match in divizia a (romanian first division) was olimpia satu mare - petrolul ploieşti 3-0 on 1 august 1998, while playing for petrolul ploieşti. he was selected once in the romanian divisionary national team (comprising players playing only in the romanian leagues).