Ovidiu Burcă
 Burcă warming up before a game | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ovidiu Nicușor Burcă | ||
| Date of birth | 16 March 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Slatina, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Oțelul Galați (Sporting director) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Football School Gică 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 București | 46 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Național București | 39 | (2) |
| 2007–2010 | Energie Cottbus | 40 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Beijing Guoan (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Politehnica Timișoara | 20 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Rapid București | 10 | (1) |
| Total | 221 | (5) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Romania U–21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ovidiu Burcă (born 16 March 1980 in Slatina) is a former Romanian football defender.
Club career
Early career
Burcă began his youth career at Football School Gică Popescu.
Emelec
He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six appearances.
JEF United
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.
Ventforet Kofu
Burcă played sixteen matches and scored one goal for Ventforet.
Universitatea Craiova
After a year in Ecuador and near two years in Japan, Burcă returned to Romania to play for FC Universitatea Craiova a total of 25 matches, which impressed FC Dinamo București who signed him.
Dinamo București
He won with them the Romanian League during the 2003–04 season. After spending three years with Dinamo, Burcă signed a one-and-a-half-year and contract with FC Național.
Energie Cottbus
In June 2007, Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus announced signing him a three-year contract deal. However in his first Bundesliga season at the club he did not make any appearance due a serious injury, which resulted a year break in the 2007–08 season. Burcă was 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.
Politehnica Timișoara
After his contract expired with the German side, Burcă signed a one-year contract with FC Politehnica Timișoara returning to Liga 1 after three years. He was handed the number 25 shirt.[1] He made his debut in a Europa League play-off against Manchester City in a 2–0 loss.
Honours
Club
- Dinamo Bucharest
- Romanian League: 2003–04
- Romanian Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
- Romanian Supercup:2004-05
References
- ↑ "Burcă signed with Poli". FC Timişoara. 10 August 2010.
External links
- Ovidiu Burcă at romaniansoccer.ro
- Ovidiu Burcă at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Ovidiu Burcă at worldfootball.net