Facts:   - clubs: sterom ploieşti argeş piteşti unirea urziceni ceahlăul piatra neamţ dacia mioveni câmpina progresul bucureşti delta tulcea poiana câmpina petrolul ploieşti astra ploieşti petrolul    - caps: 60 113 26 36 28 18 8 13 16    - position: forward    - years: -- -- 2003 2003 -- 2004 2004 -- 2006 2006 -- 1996 2007 2007 2007 2008 2009 1996 -- 1998 1998 -- 2002 2002    - height: 1.80      - birth date: 14 july 1976    - fullname: daniel Ştefan costescu    - name: daniel costescu    - birth place: câmpina , prahova county , romania    - goals: 15 27 10 9 2 2 0 2 6   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of daniel costescu .
daniel Ştefan costescu -lrb- born 14 july 1976 -rrb- 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 -lrb- romanian first division -rrb- 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 -lrb- comprising players playing only in the romanian leagues -rrb- .