Cosmin Contra

Cosmin Contra (born December 15, 1975 in Timişoara) is a Romanian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Getafe CF. He usually plays on the right wing.

The Romanian International started his footballing career at FCU Politehnica Timişoara where he played for three seasons before moving to arch-rivals Dinamo Bucharest. After four season with the Bucharest based team, he was transferred for 800.000 dollars to Alaves, where he was a vital player in the UEFA Cup campaign which saw Alaves come second in the competition. Contra then managed yet another excellent move, as Italian giants AC Milan bought him from the Spanish team, but his spell in Italy lasted only one season. He then changed clubs once more and went to Atlético Madrid where, once more, he only managed to play for one season at the club. After an unsuccessful loan spell at West Bromwich Albion, Contra returned to the Romanian first Division, at the club which brought him up as a player, Politehnica Timisoara. He managed to be recalled at the National side due to his good performances at Poli and the next season saw him move, on loan once more, at his current club, Getafe, where he managed to keep hold of a place in the first eleven.

Contra is known to be a rash player, his conflict with Juventus player Edgar Davids while he was in Italy being one of the reasons for his quick departure from Milano. Since September, 2006, he has a Spanish passport.

Contra has played for the Romania national football team national team over 50 times. He played for his country in 2000 European Football Championship.