Radu Niculescu
| Radu Niculescu | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Radu Horia Niculescu | |
| birthday | March 2nd 1975 | |
| place of birth | Sibiu , Romania | |
| size | 183 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Șoimii IPA Sibiu | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1990-1994 | FC Inter Sibiu | 62 (16) |
| 1994 | Dinamo Bucharest | 3 (0) |
| 1995 | FC Universitatea Craiova | 9 (1) |
| 1995-2001 | FC National Bucharest | 125 (53) |
| 1999 | → Rapid Bucharest (loan) | 8 (2) |
| 2001 | → Steaua Bucharest (loan) | 10 (3) |
| 2002 | Galatasaray Istanbul | 9 (3) |
| 2002-2003 | MKE Ankaragücü | 7 (2) |
| 2003 | Steaua Bucharest | 1 (1) |
| 2004 | FC National Bucharest | 4 (0) |
| 2004 | Chongqing Lifan | 10 (3) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1994-2000 | Romania | 15 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Radu Horia Niculescu (born March 2, 1975 in Sibiu ) is a former Romanian football player . He played a total of 231 games in the Romanian Divizia A and the Turkish Süper Lig . As a national player, he took part in the 1998 World Cup.
Career
society
Niculescu's career began at the age of 16 with FC Inter Sibiu in his hometown. On June 16, 1991, he came to his first appearance in the first Romanian league, the Divizia A . At first he only came across a few missions. It was not until the 1992/93 season that he was able to earn a permanent place in the team. With Inter, he was always able to place himself in midfield. In August 1994 he left his hometown and moved to Dinamo Bucharest . There he could not assert himself and went to FC Universitatea Craiova during the winter break . With his new club he was able to complete the 1994/95 season as runner-up behind Steaua Bucharest .
In the summer of 1995, FC Național Bucharest signed Niculescu. It was there that his career took off. With FC Național he was able to complete both the 1995/96 and 1996/97 season as runner-up and achieve twelve and thirteen goals respectively. In the following years he could no longer build on these achievements and confirm his goal danger. In the second half of the 1998/99 season he was loaned to local rivals Rapid Bucharest , with whom he was able to win the Romanian championship. Back at Național he only played with the club in midfield of the league. In the second half of the 2000/01 season, a loan deal helped him win the title, this time with Steaua Bucharest.
In January 2002 Niculescu left Romania and joined Galatasaray Istanbul . He was only used irregularly in the second half of the season , but still won his third championship. He was then transferred to league competitor MKE Ankaragücü . After a year he returned to Romania and played first for Steaua and from January 2004 for Rapid Bucharest. He rarely got a chance at both stations. After another six months at the Chinese club Chongqing Lifan , with whom he was only able to end the season in last place, he ended his career.
National team
Niculescu played 15 games for the Romanian national team . He made his debut on February 13, 1994 in a friendly against the United States . In the following games he was also used, but was not considered by national coach Anghel Iordănescu for the 1994 World Cup in the USA. After being considered in two friendly matches in February 1995, it was three years before his next appointment. On March 18, 1998, he played half-time in the friendly against Israel . This time he was used in most of the preparation games for the 1998 World Cup . In contrast to four years earlier, Iordănescu called Niculescu to his squad for the tournament in France. In the first group game against Colombia , he came on for Viorel Moldovan shortly before the end . Niculescu was also sent onto the field half an hour before the end of the round of 16 against Croatia , but could no longer prevent his team from going out.
After the World Cup he was no longer considered by the new national coach Victor Pițurcă . It wasn't until Emerich Jenei took over the helm in early 2000 that Niculescu got a new chance. Jenei called him to his squad for a tournament in Cyprus in February 2000. There he came in the final game against the hosts for his last appearance.
successes
- World Cup participant: 1998
- Romanian champion: 1999, 2001
- Turkish champion: 2002
Web links
- Radu Niculescu in the database of weltfussball.de
- Radu Niculescu in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)
- Radu Niculescu in the Romanian Soccer database (Romanian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niculescu, Radu |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niculescu, Horia Radu (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2nd 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sibiu |