Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu shows off incredible transformation after hair transplant - as Romania's all-time record scorer reveals flowing locks in new post

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Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has shown off the incredible transformation following a five-month hair transplant treatment in a new post. 

The ex-Romania international scored 167 goals in a glittering career and also had stints at Juventus and Fiorentina.

He is his national side's record scorer, finding the net 35 times for the Tricolorii in 77 matches.

Mutu was also known for his unique personality with legendary tales of failed drugs tests and even sucking the blood from a porn star adding to the mystique of the Romanian star.

But now the 45-year-old, normally known for his flowing style of attacking football, has posted a picture of his flowing locks after finishing his hair transplant treatment.

Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has shown off the incredible transformation following his hair transplant 

The 45-year-old posted a picture of his flowing locks after his hair transplant treatment

Mutu pictured before his five-month hair transplant treatment this year 

In contrast, another photo shows Mutu just five months prior with a shaved head and receding hairline.

The Instagram post has the caption: 'After 5 months , I'm very happy with the result thanks to one and only @dr.emrahcinik @drcinik.global'

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Mutu was most recently spotted managing Romanian side CFR Cluj, a job he resigned from in April, but his playing career was littered with controversy and chaos.

Quick, technically-gifted and a talented dribbler, Mutu first arrived in Europe's major leagues with Inter Milan, joining as a 20-year-old in January 2000, before finding himself at Parma three years later, via a year at Hellas Verona. 

He broke through with 22 goals in 36 games in 2002-03 before, once again, he was on the move, his iridescent rise bringing him to the Premier League, where Roman Abramovich and his cheque book had just taken over Chelsea.

Not before he had got married to his first wife, however, as Mutu tied the knot with Romanian TV presenter Alexandra Dinu - he would marry three times in total.

In the annals of great debut goals, Mutu has a case for the finest ever. The then-24-year-old's confident dig at goal from a free-kick went crashing into the wall but he then thundered the rebound into the bottom corner, first time on the half volley to open his Blues account in staggering style.

He bagged another three goals in the next two games and by the end of 2003 he had been nominated for the Ballon D'Or, receiving the same number of votes as Ronaldinho.

No Romanian has scored more goals for their country, with Mutu tied on 35 with legendary icon Gheorghe Hagi

The ex-striker's career was plagued with controversies off the field that punctuated his progress on it 

Mutu married his first wife Alexandra Dinu (left) in 2001 and the couple would have one child before their divorce in 2004

Mutu was the first name on Claudio Ranieri's shopping list after Roman Abramovich took charge of the club

Unfortunately, it was not to last and he would only score two more goals in the league in the following 22 games, quickly turning from Premier League sensation, to disappointing Chelsea flop.

In May 2004, just as Jose Mourinho was arriving, reports emerged that he was secretly filmed by a Romanian tabloid in an encounter with adult film star Laura Andresan where Mutu allegedly sucked some of Andresan's blood.

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Despite Abramovich's insistence that Mutu was not for sale, the player was relegated to the depths of the bench after a reported bust-up in pre-season over suspicions that the player was using cocaine. 

Later in October he would fail a drugs test, which came back positive for cocaine, and he was duly sacked by Chelsea and banned by the FA for seven months.

He then moved to Juventus and would also marry his second wife, Consuelo Matos Gomez, a Dominican model with whom he would spend the next decade of his life.

The couple would welcome two children into the world; daughters Adriana (2006) and Maya Vega (2008). 

Mutu would really go on to show his full potential after a move to Fiorentina although he did pick up a second drugs ban of his career, testing positive for appetite-repressor Sibutramine in 2010 and spending six months out of the game. 

After 69 goals and 27 assists for La Viola in 143 appearances and five seasons, Mutu joined Ajaccio after one last year in Italy in 2012. 

He also picked up two separate bans from representing Romania in 2011 and 2013. The former came after he was caught drinking on the night of his side's clash with San Marino - which resulted in a life-time ban that lasted only three games - and the latter was a result of a post on Facebook likening his manager to Mr. Bean.

A 24-year-old Mutu opened his account for Chelsea in staggering fashion against Leicester in August 2003

The arrival of Jose Mourinho (right) at Chelsea spelled the end of his career in the Premier League

In 2005, he would marry his second wife, Consuelo Matos Gomez, a Dominican model with whom he has two children (Pictured in 2011)

At Fiorentina the striker enjoyed perhaps the most fruitful spell of his career with 69 goals in 143 appeareances

Despite playing 47 fewer games and twice being banned from representing Romania, Mutu ended his career with as many goals for Romania as their greatest ever player in Gheorghe Hagi (35).

Following his divorce from Gomez in 2015, he was married to former Miss Romania Sandra Bachici in 2016, their son Tiago Adrian being born in 2017, and eyeing up a return to the game as a coach.

His managerial career has seen him take the helm at a number of Romania club sides, as well as Romania under-21s, without spending a long spell in any one place.