Claudiu Niculescu

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Claudiu Iulian Niculescu
Personal information
Full name Claudiu Iulian Niculescu
Date of birth June 23, 1976 (1976-06-23) (age 31)
Place of birth    Slatina, Romania
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club MSV Duisburg
Number 10
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1994-1995
1996-1998
1998-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2007
2008-
FC IELIF Craiova
Extensiv Craiova
Universitatea Craiova
FC Dinamo Bucuresti
Genoa C.F.C.
FC Dinamo Bucuresti
MSV Duisburg
29 (5)
48 (31)
93 (41)
30 (20)
11 (3)
123 (69)
15 (3)   
National team
2000- Romania 7 (0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of May 8, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Claudiu Iulian Niculescu (born June 23, 1976 in Slatina) is currently one of the best players of the MSV Duisburg soccer team. He has previously played for Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo Bucuresti and has also played at Genoa 1893 for a season.

He is a striker and is especially skilled in free-kicks.

In the 2006/2007 season, he became the goal-getter of the league scoring 18 goals, 4 of these in the match against rivals Rapid Bucuresti. He was also the second goal-scorer the UEFA Cup , scoring 8 goals. In total, he scored 18 goals for Dinamo Bucuresti in European matches, and he is the all-time top scorer in European competitions for Dinamo. In Romania, he played 223 games, scoring 159 goals.

He divorced his wife, Lidia, in 2007, (he has two children with her, Alex, 9, and Rebeca, 4). He is now married to Diana Munteanu, a beautiful blonde known in Romania for working at MTV Romania and currently at Antena 2.

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