Ovidiu Herea
Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Metaloglobus București.
_02.jpg) Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolae Ovidiu Herea | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Metaloglobus București | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | 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) |
| 2016–2017 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 19 | (3) |
| 2017 | Concordia Chiajna | 19 | (2) |
| 2017 | Viitorul Constanța | 7 | (0) |
| 2018 | Balotești | 11 | (5) |
| 2018– | Metaloglobus București | 53 | (21) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Romania U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Romania | 2 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2019 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 July 2014 | |||
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 Liga I 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.
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 |  | 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 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | |
| Total | 41 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 19 | |
| Career total | 393 | 89 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 440 | 98 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2019[5][6][7]
Trivia
His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.[8][9]
Honours
References
- http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti
- http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I
- https://int.soccerway.com/players/nicolae-ovidiu-herea/71924/ Herea stats
- "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.
- Ovidiu Herea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
- Ovidiu Herea at Soccerway
- "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.
- "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.
External links
- FC Sion profile (in French)
- Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
- Ovidiu Herea – UEFA competition record
- Ovidiu Herea at National-Football-Teams.com