Claudiu Niculescu
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Claudiu Iulian Niculescu | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Slatina, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea (coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1994–1995 | IELIF Craiova | 29 | (5) |
| 1995–1996 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 20 | (15) |
| 1996–1998 | Electroputere Craiova | 48 | (31) |
| 1998–2001 | Universitatea Craiova | 93 | (41) |
| 2001–2002 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 30 | (20) |
| 2002–2003 | Genoa | 11 | (3) |
| 2003–2008 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 123 | (70) |
| 2008 | MSV Duisburg | 17 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Omonia | 8 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 38 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Universitatea Cluj | 42 | (18) |
| Total | 459 | (216) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2007 | Romania | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2012–2013 | FC Bihor Oradea | ||
| 2013 | Damila Măciuca | ||
| 2013– | CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Claudiu Iulian Niculescu (born 23 June 1976 in Slatina) is a Romanian football coach and former striker, who is the manager of Liga II team CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea. As a footballer, he played in Romania for Universitatea Craiova, FC Dinamo Bucureşti and U Cluj, and has also played abroad for Genoa 1893, MSV Duisburg and Omonia. He was a striker and was especially skilled in free-kicks. He is 11th in an all-time ranking for the goalscorers in Liga I, with 157 goals.[1]
Club career
At his first season with Dinamo Bucharest, Niculescu won the title in the First League and he became officially one of the best strikers from the internal competition.
The second season was not a brilliant one for Dinamo Bucharest and Niculescu was transferred to Genoa FC 1893 in the Italian Second Division at the middle of the season.
After only half of season, in 2003 Niculescu turned back to Dinamo Bucharest and he won another champion title with his team.
In the 2006–07 season, he became the goal-getter of the league scoring 18 goals, four of these in the match against rivals Rapid Bucureşti. He was also the second best goal-scorer the UEFA Cup, scoring eight goals. In total, he scored 18 goals for Dinamo Bucureşti in European matches, and he is the all-time top scorer in European competitions for Dinamo. In Romania, he played 351 games, scoring 173 goals.
On 25 July 2010, he scored on his debut for 'U' Cluj against his former fierce rivals, Steaua Bucureşti.
Head coach
His first experience as a coach came at Universitatea Cluj, where he was in the same time active player.[2] He was named head-coach in March 2012, and in 15 games under his command, the club won four games, draw in six and lost five. Niculescu resigned after the first game of the 2012–13 season, a drastic loss at Pandurii Târgu Jiu: 6–2.[3]
On 25 September 2012, Claudiu Niculescu was installed as the head coach of Liga II team FC Bihor Oradea with an objective to help the team promote to the first division.[4] In December, Niculescu ended his contract, after only eight games (two wins, three draws and three loses).[5]
In January 2013, Niculescu took over Damila Măciuca, in Liga II.[6]
Honours
Dinamo Bucureşti
- Romanian League: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07
- Romanian Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
- Romanian Supercup: 2005
As a manager
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | |||
| Universitatea Cluj | March 2012 | July 2012 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 26.67 |
| FC Bihor | September 2012 | January 2013 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 25.00 |
| Damila Măciuca | January 2013 | June 2013 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 7 | 66.67 |
| CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea | July 2013 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 42.86 | |
| Total | 42 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 66 | 49 | 40.48 | ||
References
- ↑ "S-a retras "Lunetistul" » 10 repere din cariera lui Claudiu Niculescu" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 24 September 2012.
- ↑ "Claudiu Niculescu este noul antrenor al lui „U” Cluj" (in Romanian). stirileprotv.ro. 14 March 2012.
- ↑ "Niculescu a demisionat de la U Cluj: "Am fost jignit"" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 23 July 2012.
- ↑ "Claudiu Niculescu a ajuns la Oradea şi a condus primul antrenament la FC Bihor" (in Romanian). fcbihor.ro. 25 September 2012.
- ↑ "FC Bihor s-a despărţit de antrenorul Claudiu Niculescu" (in Romanian). fcbihor.ro. 13 December 2012.
- ↑ "Claudiu Niculescu, antrenor principal" (in Romanian). fcdamila.ro. 3 January 2013.
External links
- Claudiu Niculescu career stats at RomanianSoccer.ro
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