Burcă warming up before the game |
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| Full name | Ovidiu Nicuşor Burcă | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Slatina, Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Centre-back | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Rapid Bucureşti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Football School Gica Popescu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Emelec | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | JEF United | 4 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Ventforet Kofu | 16 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Universitatea Craiova | 25 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 46 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Naţional Bucureşti | 39 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Energie Cottbus | 40 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | → Beijing Guoan (loan) | 15 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Politehnica Timişoara | 20 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Rapid Bucureşti | 10 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Romania U–21 | 6 | (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ovidiu Burcă (born 16 March 1980 in Slatina) is a Romanian footballer, currently playing for Romanian Liga I club Rapid Bucharest.
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Burcă began his youth career at Football School Gica Popescu.
He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six apparences.
A year later he got noticed by the Japanese club JEF United Ichihara and signed with them. He played there only four matches and impressed the scouts of Ventforet Kofu and he was transferred immediately.
Ovidiu plays sixteen matches and scored one goal for Ventforet.
After a short year in Ecuador and near two years in Japan, Ovidiu returned back in his country to play for FC Universitatea Craiova a total of 25 matches, which impressed FC Dinamo Bucureşti who took him.
He won with them the Romanian League during the 2003–04 season. After spending three years with Dinamo, Ovidiu signed a one-year and half contract with FC National.
In June 2007 Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus announced signing him a three-year contract deal. However in his first Bundesliga season on the club he did not make any apparence due a serious injury, which resulted a year break in the 2007–08 season. Ovidiu is one of the key players at Cottbus and they named him as captain in 2009. He was loaned out in 2008 to Chinese club Beijing Guoan.
After his contract expired with the German side, Burca returned in Romania, the former capitan of Energie Cottbus signed a one year contract with FC Politehnica Timişoara returning back in Liga 1 after three years, he was handed the number 25 shirt.[1] He made his debut in Europa League play-off against Manchester City in a 2–0 loss.
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