Daniel Oprița
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Ionel Oprița | ||
Date of birth | 10 August 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Drăgănești-Olt, Romania | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker / Winger | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Steaua București (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | CSM Reșița | 33 | (7) |
2002–2003 | Steaua București | 14 | (1) |
2003–2007 | FCSB | 93 | (14) |
2007–2008 | Dinamo București | 5 | (0) |
2008 | → UTA Arad (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Lorca Deportiva | 3 | (0) |
2009 | → FC Aarau (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2009–2010 | FK Baku | 3 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Petrolul Ploiești | 89 | (26) |
2013 | Mordovia Saransk | 11 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | (1) |
2014 | Metalul Reșița | 13 | (1) |
Total | 293 | (52) | |
National team | |||
2003–2006 | Romania | 6 | (1) |
Teams managed | |||
2014–2015 | Metalul Reșița | ||
2015–2017 | Juventus București | ||
2017–2018 | CSMȘ Reşiţa | ||
2018 | Voluntari | ||
2019 | Mioveni | ||
2019– | Steaua București | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player.
Club career[]
Oprița began his career at FCM Reșița in 2000 in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to Liga I in the top tier of the Romanian football. Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the Divizia A in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the Supercupa României in 2005–06. He scored 14 goals in 93 appearances whilst at FCSB.
On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals FC Dinamo București on a four-year contract. His time at the club was not a success and he played just five games without scoring. Later in 2008, he signed for FCM UTA Arad based in Arad in the west of the country.
After one season with the club Oprița terminated his contract and moved to south-east Spain to play for Lorca Deportiva CF of the Segunda División B, the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Oprița failed to settle in Spain and returned to Romania after just one month and three games. Due to the Transfer window being closed he was unable to sign for a new team until the winter break. In January 2009, he signed a six-month loan contract with FC Aarau of the Swiss Super League.[1]
Style of play[]
Despite playing as a striker, Oprița does not score many goals, he is a more of a target man and his main ability is to create spaces for his teammates, where many goals are from. He is very committed while playing, and he is also technically gifted.
International career[]
For Romania, Oprița was capped six times and scoring one goal. He made his debut in 2003 against Ukraine.
International goals[]
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 February 2005 | Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours[]
Player[]
- FCSB
- Petrolul Ploiești
- CSU Craiova
Manager[]
- Juventus București
- Steaua București
References[]
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daniel Oprița. |
- Daniel Oprița at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Daniel Oprița – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Daniel Oprița at Soccerway
- Swiss Football League profile
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Drăgănești-Olt
- Romanian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Association football wingers
- CSM Reșița players
- FC Steaua București players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Lorca Deportiva CF footballers
- FC Aarau players
- FC Baku players
- FC Petrolul Ploiești players
- FC Mordovia Saransk players
- CS Universitatea Craiova players
- CS Sportul Snagov players
- Liga I players
- Segunda División B players
- Swiss Super League players
- Russian Premier League players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
- Romanian football managers
- CS Sportul Snagov managers
- ASC Daco-Getica București managers
- CSM Reșița managers
- FC Voluntari managers
- CS Mioveni managers
- CSA Steaua București managers