Nicolae Dică
Romanian footballer
Nicolae Dică (born 9 May 1980) is a former Romanian football player. He plays for Romania national team.
 Nicolae Dică playing for CFR Cluj | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolae Marius Dică | ||
| Date of birth | 9 May 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Piteşti, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder Forward | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Viitorul Constanța | ||
| Number | 20 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Dacia Piteşti | 50 | (19) |
| 2000–2004 | Argeş Piteşti | 89 | (34) |
| 2004–2008 | Steaua Bucureşti | 124 | (54) |
| 2008–2010 | Catania | 3 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | → Iraklis (loan) | 13 | (3) |
| 2010 | → CFR Cluj (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Manisaspor (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2011 | Steaua Bucureşti | 11 | (4) |
| 2011 | Mioveni | 15 | (1) |
| 2012– | Viitorul Constanța | 19 | (10) |
| National team‡ | |||
| Romania U-21 | |||
| 2003–2010 | Romania | 32 | (9) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2012 | |||
Honours change
Club change
- Romanian First League: 2004–05, 2005–06
- Romanian Cup: 2010–11
- Romanian Supercup: 2006
- UEFA Cup semi-finalist: 2005-06
Individual change
- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2006
- In the 2006–2007 season, Dică was voted by the fans across the whole of Europe as the third best football player in the UEFA Champions League after Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Club activity change
| Club | Season | League | Cup | International | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| F.C. Steaua Bucureşti | |||||||||
| 2010-2011 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |
| Total | 11 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | |
| Manisaspor | |||||||||
| 2010-2011 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| CFR Cluj | |||||||||
| 2009-2010 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Total | >11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Iraklis Salonic | |||||||||
| 2009-2010 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Total | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | |
| Catania Calcio | |||||||||
| 2008-2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 3 | v0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
| Steaua București | |||||||||
| 2007-2008 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2006-2007 | 23 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 15 | |
| 2005-2006 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 45 | 21 | |
| 2004-2005 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 13 | |
| 2003-2004 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 9 | |
| Total | 101 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 143 | 62 | |
| FC Argeș | 2003-2004 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 |
| 2002-2003 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 10 | |
| 2001-2002 | 27 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 11 | |
| 2000-2001 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | |
| Total | 89 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 98 | 36 | |
| Dacia Pitești | 1999-2000 | 33 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 14 |
| 1998-1999 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| Total | 50 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 19 | |
| Total carieră | 283 | 108 | 19 | 39 | 14 | 341 | 128 | ||
International goals change
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 August 2006 | Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania |  Cyprus |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 6 September 2006 | Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania |  Albania |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 3 | 22 August 2007 | Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania |  Turkey |
1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 4 | 8 September 2007 | Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus |  Belarus |
2–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 5 | 21 November 2007 | Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania | Albania |
1–0 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 6 | 21 November 2007 | Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania | Albania |
6–1 | 6–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying |
| 7 | 31 May 2008 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania |  Montenegro |
3–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 8 | 31 May 2008 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania | Montenegro |
4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 9 | 20 August 2008 | Stadionul Tineretului, Urziceni, Romania |  Latvia |
1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
References change
- ↑ "Nicolae Dica – Catania – Campionato di Serie A" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 10 June 2009.
Other websites change
- Nicolae Dica Fansite Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Nicolae Dica at National Soccer Teams Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- Nicolae Dică at Romaniansoccer.ro
- Nicolae Dică at UEFA.com