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Ovidiu Herea

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Ovidiu Herea
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Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Ovidiu Herea
Date of birth (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 41)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position Attacking midfielder
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)
2018–2022 Metaloglobus București 107 (47)
2024–2025 Nanov
Total 459 (117)
International career
2005–2007 Romania U21 8 (2)
2010–2011 Romania 2 (1)
Managerial career
2023 Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
2024–2025 Nanov (player/coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

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Național București

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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

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In 2007 Herea was transferred to Rapid București for €1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, he signed a new four-year deal with Rapid București worth €1 million.

In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides AC Milan and 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

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

International career

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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]

Personal life

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His younger brother, Claudiu was also a footballer.[6][7]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[5][8][9]
Club Season League National cup[a] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Național București 2003–04 Divizia A 7010——80
2004–05 Divizia A 7010——80
2005–06 Divizia A 21061——271
2006–07 Divizia A 31520——335
Total 665101——766
Rapid București 2007–08 Liga I 260200000280
2008–09 Liga I 252211[b]0—283
2009–10 Liga I 29810——308
2010–11 Liga I 311120——3311
2011–12 Liga I 2812416[b]1—3814
2012–13 Liga I 269201[b]1—2811
Total 16542132820018646
Sion 2013–14 Swiss Super League 29520——315
2014–15 Swiss Super League 17431——205
Total 46951——5110
Skoda Xanthi 2015–16 Super League Greece 19332——225
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2016–17 Liga I 193102[b]100224
Concordia Chiajna 2016–17 Liga I 192———192
Viitorul Constanța 2017–18 Liga I 71003[c]01[d]0111
Balotești 2017–18 Liga II 115———115
Metaloglobus București 2018–19 Liga II 331100——3311
2019–20 Liga II 221110——2311
2020–21 Liga II 231410——2414
2021–22 Liga II 22800——228
2022–23 Liga II 7300——73
Total 1074720——10947
Career total 45911734613310507126
  1. ↑ Includes Cupa României, Swiss Cup, Greek Cup
  2. 1 2 3 4 Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
  3. ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
201010
201211
Total21
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Herea goal.
List of international goals scored by Ovidiu Herea
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 August 2011Stadio Olimpico di San Marino, Serravalle, San MarinoImage San Marino1–01–0Friendly

Honours

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Player

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Național București[9]

Rapid București[9]

Sion[9]

Viitorul Constanța[9]

References

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  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. Retrieved 5 July 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  5. 1 2 3 Ovidiu Herea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "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.
  8. ↑ Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Ovidiu Herea at Soccerway
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