Ovidiu Herea

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Ovidiu Herea
FC Salzburg gegen FC Viitorul Constanța (24. August 2017) 02.jpg
Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Ovidiu Herea
Date of birth (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 36)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Metaloglobus București
Number 11
Youth career
1995–2003 Național București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Național București 66 (5)
2007–2013 Rapid București 165 (42)
2013–2015 Sion 46 (9)
2015–2016 Skoda Xanthi 19 (3)
2016 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 19 (3)
2017 Concordia Chiajna 19 (2)
2017 Viitorul Constanța 7 (1)
2018 Balotești 11 (5)
2018– Metaloglobus București 79 (37)
National team‡
2005–2007 Romania U-21 8 (2)
2010–2011 Romania 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 May 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 July 2014

Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Metaloglobus București.

Club career[]

Național București[]

Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems.[1] On 16 August 2003, he made his debut for the first team in the Divizia A in a game against FC Brașov.[2] He helped his side reach the 2005–06 Romanian Cup final. He played four years for Național București, becoming a regular in his last two seasons with the team, before he left for Rapid București.[3]

Rapid București[]

In 2007 Herea was transferred to Rapid București for €1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, Herea signed a new 4-year deal with Rapid București worth €1 million. In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides A.C. Milan and A.S. Bari. Later on, in 2013 due to his great league performance he received the award "Romanian midfielder of the year" and he received another offer from Belgian top of the table team Standard Liège but he refused the offer. In April 2013 he scored an important 20 m free kick goal in the Romanian derby against FC Steaua București.

Sion[]

On 3 July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion.[4]

International career[]

Between 2005 and 2007 Herea was a Romania U-21 international.

Herea made his national debut against Albania.[5] He scored his first goal on 10 August 2011 against San Marino.[5]

International goals[]

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 10 August 2011 Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino  San Marino 0–1 0–1 Friendly
Correct as of 17 September 2012

Statistics[]

Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Național București 2003–04 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2004–05 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
2005–06 21 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 27 1
2006–07 31 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 5
Total 66 5 10 1 0 0 0 0 76 6
Rapid București 2007–08 26 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
2008–09 25 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 28 3
2009–10 29 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 30 8
2010–11 31 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 33 11
2011–12 28 12 4 1 6 1 0 0 38 14
2012–13 26 9 2 0 1 1 0 0 28 11
Total 165 42 13 2 8 2 0 0 186 46
Sion 2013–14 29 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 31 5
2014–15 17 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 20 5
Total 46 9 5 1 0 0 0 0 51 10
Skoda Xanthi 2015–16 19 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 22 5
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2016–17 19 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 22 4
Concordia Chiajna 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 2
Viitorul Constanța 2017–18 7 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 11 1
Balotești 2017–18 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 5
Metaloglobus București 2018–19 33 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 11
2019–20 22 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 23 11
Total 55 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 56 22
Career total 407 92 33 6 13 3 1 0 454 101

Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2020[5][6][7]

Trivia[]

His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Metaloglobus București.[8][9]

Honours[]

Club[]

FC Sion[7]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti
  2. ^ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I
  3. ^ https://int.soccerway.com/players/nicolae-ovidiu-herea/71924/ Herea stats
  4. ^ "Herea c'est officiel et les frères Karel aussi!". fc-sion.ch (in French). 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Ovidiu Herea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  6. ^ Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Ovidiu Herea at Soccerway
  8. ^ "După ce Ovidiu Herea a semnat cu Viitorul și fratele acestuia și-a găsit echipă în Liga 1! Claudiu Herea va juca pentru Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe" [After Ovidiu Herea signed with Viitorul his brother also found a team in Liga 1! Claudiu Herea will play for Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe] (in Romanian). dolce-sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  9. ^ "INTERVIU Fratele lui Ovidiu Herea joaca fotbal in liga a doua si s-a apucat si de...KEMPO Ce planuri are" [INTERVIEW Ovidiu Herea's brother plays football in the second league and also started to train for ... KEMPO What are his plans] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

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