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{{Infobox football biography
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Daniel Niculae
| name = Daniel Niculae
| image = 12-06-05-aut-rom-freundschaftsspiel-208.jpg
| image = 12-06-05-aut-rom-freundschaftsspiel-208.jpg
| image_size = 200
| image_size = 200
| caption = Niculae with [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in 2012
| caption = Niculae with [[Romania national football team|Romania]] in 2012
| fullname = Daniel George Niculae
| fullname = Daniel George Niculae
| height = 1.85m
| height = 1.85m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|10|6}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|10|6}}
| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania
| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania
| currentclub = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] (president)
| currentclub = [[FC Hermannstadt|Hermannstadt]] (president)
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1992–1995
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1992–1995 | youthclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| youthyears2 = 1996–2001 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| youthyears2 = 1996–2001
| youthclubs2 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| years1 = 2001–2006 | clubs1 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] | caps1 = 107 | goals1 = 33
| years1 = 2001–2006
| clubs1 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| caps1 = 107
| goals1 = 33
| years2 = 2001
| years2 = 2001–2002 | clubs2 = → [[FC Rapid II București|Electromagnetica București]] (loan) | caps2 = 7 | goals2 = 0
| clubs2 = → [[FC Rapid II București|Electromagnetica București]] (loan)
| years3 = 2006–2010 | clubs3 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]] | caps3 = 130 | goals3 = 19
| caps2 = 7
| years4 = 2010–2012 | clubs4 = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]] | caps4 = 17 | goals4 = 4
| goals2 = 0
| years5 = 2011–2012 | clubs5 = → [[AS Nancy|Nancy]] (loan) | caps5 = 31 | goals5 = 6
| years3 = 2006–2010
| years6 = 2012–2013 | clubs6 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]] | caps6 = 11 | goals6 = 2
| clubs3 = [[AJ Auxerre|Auxerre]]
| years7 = 2014 | clubs7 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] | caps7 = 15 | goals7 = 7
| caps3 = 130
| years8 = 2015 | clubs8 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] | caps8 = 14 | goals8 = 3
| goals3 = 19
| years9 = 2015–2017 | clubs9 = [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]] | caps9 = 41 | goals9 = 8
| years4 = 2010–2012
| years10 = 2017–2018 | clubs10= [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] | caps10= 31 | goals10= 40
| clubs4 = [[AS Monaco FC|Monaco]]
| caps4 = 17
| goals4 = 4
| years5 = 2011–2012
| clubs5 = → [[AS Nancy|Nancy]] (loan)
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 6
| years6 = 2012–2013
| clubs6 = [[FC Kuban Krasnodar|Kuban Krasnodar]]
| caps6 = 11
| goals6 = 2
| years7 = 2014
| clubs7 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| caps7 = 15
| goals7 = 7
| years8 = 2015
| clubs8 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| caps8 = 14
| goals8 = 3
| years9 = 2015–2017
| clubs9 = [[FC Astra Giurgiu|Astra Giurgiu]]
| caps9 = 41
| goals9 = 8
| years10 = 2017–2018
| clubs10 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| caps10 = 31
| goals10 = 40
| totalcaps = 404
| totalcaps = 404
| totalgoals = 122
| totalgoals = 122
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003
| nationalyears1 = 2002–2003
| nationalteam1 = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U-21]]
| nationalteam1 = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U21]]
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalcaps1 = 4
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2012
| nationalyears2 = 2003–2012
| nationalteam2 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalteam2 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps2 = 39
| nationalcaps2 = 39
| nationalgoals2 = 9
| nationalgoals2 = 9
| club-update = 17 July 2018
| club-update =
| nationalteam-update = 5 June 2012
| nationalteam-update =
| manageryears1 = 2021–
| manageryears1 = 2021–2024
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] (president)
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Rapid Bucuresti|Rapid București]] (president)
| manageryears2 = 2024–
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Hermannstadt|Hermannstadt]] (president)
}}
}}


'''Daniel George Niculae''' ({{IPA-ro|daniˈel ˈdʒe̯ordʒe nikuˈla.e}}; born 6 October 1982) is a Romanian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who last played for [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] mainly as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]].
'''Daniel George Niculae''' ({{IPA|ro|daniˈel ˈdʒe̯ordʒe nikuˈla.e}}; born 6 October 1982) is a former Romanian professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played mainly as a [[Forward (association football)#Striker|striker]], currently he is the president of [[Liga I]] club [[FC Hermannstadt|Hermannstadt]].


He has made 39 appearances for [[Romania national football team|Romania]] since his debut in 2003.<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15004|title=Daniel Niculae|publisher=European Football|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>
He has made 39 appearances for [[Romania national football team|Romania]] since his debut in 2003.<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15004|title=Daniel Niculae|publisher=European Football|access-date=13 November 2019}}</ref>
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===Rapid București===
===Rapid București===
Daniel "Nico" Niculae started his professional career at [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] in 2000. Despite a period playing for the B team in 2001, Nico proved he is one of the most gifted players of the club, and helped his club to win the championship in the 2002–03 season – his first as a first-team regular.
Daniel Niculae started his professional career at [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] in 2000. Despite a period playing for the B team in 2001, Nico proved he is one of the most gifted players of the club, and helped his club to win the championship in the 2002–03 season – his first as a first-team regular.


Niculae was Rapid's leading scorer in the 2004–05 season, with 14 goals – the third highest total in Romania's [[Liga I|Liga 1]].
Niculae was Rapid's leading scorer in the 2004–05 season, with 14 goals – the third highest total in Romania's [[Liga I|Liga 1]].
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===Monaco===
===Monaco===
After the expiration of his contract with AJ Auxerre on 15 June 2010, Niculae signed a three-year-deal with [[Ligue 1]] rivals [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]].<ref>[http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=11776 Daniel Niculae s’engage avec l’AS Monaco FC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726012755/http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=11776 |date=26 July 2011 }}</ref>
After the expiration of his contract with AJ Auxerre on 15 June 2010, Niculae signed a three-year deal with [[Ligue 1]] rivals [[AS Monaco FC|AS Monaco]].<ref>[http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=11776 Daniel Niculae s’engage avec l’AS Monaco FC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726012755/http://www.asm-fc.com/article.aspx?id=11776 |date=26 July 2011 }}</ref>


On 31 August 2011, Niculae signed for French side [[AS Nancy]] on a season-long loan. In a game against his former club, AJ Auxerre, on 30 January 2012, Nicuale scored a double giving his team the win.<ref>[http://www.gsp.ro/international/stranieri/video-daniel-niculae-si-el-dubla-seara-lui-nico-301798.html Niculae dubla]</ref> Although, before the game started, Auxerre's supporters booed him, at the end he got a [[standing ovation]] for his impressive performance.<ref>[http://www.digisport.ro/niculae-laudat-in-franta/ Niculae aplaudat]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
On 31 August 2011, Niculae signed for French side [[AS Nancy]] on a season-long loan. In a game against his former club, AJ Auxerre, on 30 January 2012, Nicuale scored a double giving his team the win.<ref>[http://www.gsp.ro/international/stranieri/video-daniel-niculae-si-el-dubla-seara-lui-nico-301798.html Niculae dubla]</ref> Although, before the game started, Auxerre's supporters booed him, at the end he got a [[standing ovation]] for his impressive performance.<ref>[http://www.digisport.ro/niculae-laudat-in-franta/ Niculae aplaudat]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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Other than the fact that they share birthplace, he has no connection with namesake and fellow international [[Marius Niculae]].
Other than the fact that they share birthplace, he has no connection with namesake and fellow international [[Marius Niculae]].


==Career statistics==
===International stats===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | [[Romania national football team|Romania national team]]
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
|-
!Year!!Apps!!Goals
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|-
|rowspan="10"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|2003||1||0
|2003||1||0
|-
|-
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|2012||3||0
|2012||3||0
|-
|-
!Total||39||9
!colspan="2"|Total!!39!!9
|}
|}


:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Niculae goal.''
===International goals===
:Source:<ref name=EU/><ref name="nft"/>


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Daniel Niculae<ref name=EU/><ref name="nft"/>
|-
|-
!scope="col"|No.
! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|-
| 1 || 16 November 2005 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{fb|Nigeria}} || '''1'''–0 || 3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 16 November 2005 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{fb|Nigeria}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
|-
| 2 || 26 May 2006 || [[Soldier Field]], [[Chicago]], United States || {{fb|Northern Ireland}} || '''2'''–0 || 2–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 26 May 2006 || [[Soldier Field]], [[Chicago]], United States || {{fb|Northern Ireland}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
| 3 || 21 November 2007 || [[Stadionul Național (1953)|Stadionul Lia Manoliu]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{fb|Albania}} || '''3'''–0 || 6–1 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
| style="text-align:center"|3 || rowspan="2"|21 November 2007 || rowspan="2"|[[Stadionul Național (1953)|Stadionul Lia Manoliu]], Bucharest, Romania || rowspan="2"|{{fb|Albania}} || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"|6–1 || rowspan="2"|[[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || style="text-align:center"|4–0
| 4 || 21 November 2007 || [[Stadionul Național (1953)|Stadionul Lia Manoliu]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{fb|Albania}} || '''4'''–0 || 6–1 || [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group G|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying]]
|-
|-
| 5 || 26 March 2008 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{fb|Russia}} || '''2'''–0 || 3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|5 || 26 March 2008 || Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania || {{fb|Russia}} || style="text-align:center"|2–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
| 6 || 14 November 2009 || [[Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]], Poland || {{fb|Poland}} || '''1'''–0 || 1–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|6 || 14 November 2009 || [[Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]], Poland || {{fb|Poland}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
| 7 || 29 May 2010 || [[Ukraina Stadium]], [[Lviv]], Ukraine || {{fb|Ukraine}} || '''2'''–1 || 2–3 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|7 || 29 May 2010 || [[Ukraina Stadium]], [[Lviv]], Ukraine || {{fb|Ukraine}} || style="text-align:center"|2–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–3 || Friendly
|-
|-
| 8 || 5 June 2010 || [[Jacques Lemans Arena]], [[Sankt Veit an der Glan]], [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]], Austria || {{fb|Honduras}} || '''1'''–0 || 3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|8 || 5 June 2010 || [[Jacques Lemans Arena]], [[Sankt Veit an der Glan]], [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]], Austria || {{fb|Honduras}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
|-
| 9 || 11 November 2011 || [[Stade Maurice Dufrasne]], [[Liège]], Belgium || {{fb|Belgium}} || '''1'''–2 || 1–2 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
| style="text-align:center"|9 || 11 November 2011 || [[Stade Maurice Dufrasne]], [[Liège]], Belgium || {{fb|Belgium}} || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–2 || Friendly
|}
|}


==Honours==
==Honours==

===Club===
'''Rapid București'''
'''Rapid București'''
*[[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[Divizia A 2002-03|2002–03]]
*[[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[Divizia A 2002-03|2002–03]]
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'''Auxerre'''
'''Auxerre'''
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]]
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[UEFA Intertoto Cup 2006|2006]]


'''Astra Giurgiu'''
'''Astra Giurgiu'''
*[[Liga I]]: [[2015–16 Liga I|2015–16]]
*[[Liga I]]: [[2015–16 Liga I|2015–16]]
*[[Cupa României]] runner-up: [[2016–17 Liga I|2016–17]]
*[[Supercupa României]]: [[2016 Supercupa României|2016]]
*[[Supercupa României]]: [[2016 Supercupa României|2016]]


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Latest revision as of 23:18, 14 November 2024

Daniel Niculae
Niculae with Romania in 2012
Personal information
Full name Daniel George Niculae
Date of birth (1982-10-06) 6 October 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Hermannstadt (president)
Youth career
1992–1995 Dinamo București
1996–2001 Rapid București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2006 Rapid București 107 (33)
2001Electromagnetica București (loan) 7 (0)
2006–2010 Auxerre 130 (19)
2010–2012 Monaco 17 (4)
2011–2012Nancy (loan) 31 (6)
2012–2013 Kuban Krasnodar 11 (2)
2014 Rapid București 15 (7)
2015 Rapid București 14 (3)
2015–2017 Astra Giurgiu 41 (8)
2017–2018 Rapid București 31 (40)
Total 404 (122)
International career
2002–2003 Romania U21 4 (0)
2003–2012 Romania 39 (9)
Managerial career
2021–2024 Rapid București (president)
2024– Hermannstadt (president)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel George Niculae (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel ˈdʒe̯ordʒe nikuˈla.e]; born 6 October 1982) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played mainly as a striker, currently he is the president of Liga I club Hermannstadt.

He has made 39 appearances for Romania since his debut in 2003.[1]

Club career

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Rapid București

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Daniel Niculae started his professional career at Rapid București in 2000. Despite a period playing for the B team in 2001, Nico proved he is one of the most gifted players of the club, and helped his club to win the championship in the 2002–03 season – his first as a first-team regular.

Niculae was Rapid's leading scorer in the 2004–05 season, with 14 goals – the third highest total in Romania's Liga 1.

In the 2005–06 UEFA Cup campaign, he and Mugurel Buga formed one of the most powerful striker pairs of the competition, with Niculae scoring 8 goals, as Rapid reached the Quarter-Finals of the competition. The season also saw Rapid claim the 2006 Romanian Cup, with Niculae scoring the winning goal in the first minute of extra-time, against Național București.

Auxerre

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Niculae was transferred to French club AJ Auxerre in the summer of 2006, for €3.3 million. His first season with the club saw him score 4 goals in the UEFA Cup, but he struggled for goals in Ligue 1. However, the following season his form improved, as he scored 11 goals to help keep the club in Ligue 1.

The 2008–09 season was one to forget for Niculae. He was deeply affected by the loss of his father, and despite threatening to score on several occasions, he failed to find the net in 32 games.

Things got back on track in 2009–10 however. Jean Fernandez initially wanted to loan out Niculae for the season, but the latest signing Alexandre Licata was ruled out for most of the season with a serious ankle injury. Daniel Niculae found a new role in the Auxerre side, as a creator of goals rather than a scorer of them. As of April 2010, he lies third in the table for assists in Ligue 1 with a total of 8. He has a brilliant entente with Polish goalscorer Ireneusz Jeleń and has helped the Burgundian side to reach second in the table and to thus push for the Champions League places.

Monaco

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After the expiration of his contract with AJ Auxerre on 15 June 2010, Niculae signed a three-year deal with Ligue 1 rivals AS Monaco.[2]

On 31 August 2011, Niculae signed for French side AS Nancy on a season-long loan. In a game against his former club, AJ Auxerre, on 30 January 2012, Nicuale scored a double giving his team the win.[3] Although, before the game started, Auxerre's supporters booed him, at the end he got a standing ovation for his impressive performance.[4]

Kuban Krasnodar

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On 6 June 2012, he joined the Russian club Kuban Krasnodar, on a two-year contract. Here he will be coached by Yuri Krasnozhan.[5]

International career

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Niculae won his first international cap for Romania in 2003, but did not become a regular squad member until the 2005–06 season.[1]

He was selected for Romania's Euro 2008 squad, and started his country's first two matches. He came on as a substitute for their final group game against the Netherlands, but could not help Romania to a win, which would have taken the country into the Quarter-Finals.[1][6]

Other than the fact that they share birthplace, he has no connection with namesake and fellow international Marius Niculae.

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania 2003 1 0
2004 1 0
2005 4 1
2006 7 1
2007 7 2
2008 6 1
2009 1 1
2010 8 2
2011 1 1
2012 3 0
Total 39 9
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Niculae goal.
List of international goals scored by Daniel Niculae[1][6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 November 2005 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania  Nigeria 1–0 3–0 Friendly
2 26 May 2006 Soldier Field, Chicago, United States  Northern Ireland 2–0 2–0 Friendly
3 21 November 2007 Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania  Albania 3–0 6–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
4 4–0
5 26 March 2008 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania  Russia 2–0 3–0 Friendly
6 14 November 2009 Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw, Poland  Poland 1–0 1–0 Friendly
7 29 May 2010 Ukraina Stadium, Lviv, Ukraine  Ukraine 2–1 2–3 Friendly
8 5 June 2010 Jacques Lemans Arena, Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria  Honduras 1–0 3–0 Friendly
9 11 November 2011 Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège, Belgium  Belgium 1–2 1–2 Friendly

Honours

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Rapid București

Auxerre

Astra Giurgiu

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Daniel Niculae". European Football. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  2. ^ Daniel Niculae s’engage avec l’AS Monaco FC Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Niculae dubla
  4. ^ Niculae aplaudat[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Niculae becomes Kuban". Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b Daniel Niculae at National-Football-Teams.com
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