Nicolae Mitea
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Nicolae Mitea (born March 24, 1985 in Bucharest), is a Dutch football (soccer) forward, currently playing for Ajax.
Mitea started his professional carrier in the Romanian Divizia A, playing for Dinamo Bucureşti in the 2002/2003 season. After having played only 9 matches in the Romanian league, he was picked up by Dutch giants Ajax after impressing in a try out.
He enjoyed a great first season for Ajax, as he at the tender age of 18 played 23 matches and scored 7 goals in the league-winning 2003/2004 season. This period also saw him making his début on the Romania national football team on 20 August 2003. The 2004-2005 season proved more difficult, as Mitea struggled to find the back of the net and only scored twice in the league that whole season.
However, he performed very well on the Romanian youth team and was becoming increasingly interesting for the national team. 2005 saw something of a breakthrough for Mitea on the national side, as he played 4 matches that year (scoring twice) and was starting to establish himself on the team. Unfortunately for Mitea, he since suffered a knee injury that has sidelined him.
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