Ovidiu Herea
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicolae Ovidiu Herea | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | FC Sion | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Național București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2003–2007 | Național București | 66 | (5) |
| 2007–2013 | Rapid București | 165 | (42) |
| 2013– | Sion | 42 | (8) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005–2007 | Romania U-21 | 7 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Romania | 2 | (1) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 8 June 2014. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Swiss Super League club Sion.
Club career
Național București
Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth sistems.[1] On 16 August 2003, he made his debut for the first team in the Liga I in a game against FC Brașov.[2] He helped his side reach the 2005–06 Romanian Cup final. He played four years for Național București, becoming a regular in his last two seasons with the team, before he left for Rapid București.[3]
Rapid București
In 2007 Herea was transferred to Rapid București for €1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, Herea signed a new 4-year deal with Rapid București worth €1 million. In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides A.C. Milan and A.S. Bari. Later on, in 2013 due to his great league performance he received the award "Romanian midfielder of the year" and he received another offer from Belgian top of the table team Standard Liège but he reffused the offer. In April 2013 he scored an important 20 m free kick goal in the Romanian derby against FC Steaua București.
Sion
On 3 July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion.[4]
International career
Between 2005 and 2007 Herea was a Romania U-21 international.
Herea made his national debut against Albania. He scored his first goal on 10 August 2011 against San Marino.
International goals
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 August 2011 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino |  San Marino | 0–1 | 0–1 | Friendly | |||||
| Correct as of 17 September 2012 | |||||||||||
Statistics
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Național București | 2003–04 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 2006–07 | 31 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 5 | |
| Total | 66 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 | 6 | |
| Rapid București | 2007–08 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | |
| 2009–10 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 8 | |
| 2010–11 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 | |
| 2011–12 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 14 | |
| 2012–13 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
| Total | Total | 165 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 46 |
| Sion | 2013–14 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| Total | Total | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
| Career total | 259 | 52 | 25 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 57 | |
Statistics accurate as of match played 8 June 2014
Trivia
His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Rapid Bucharest.
References
- ↑ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti
- ↑ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I
- ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/players/nicolae-ovidiu-herea/71924/ Herea stats
- ↑ "Herea c'est officiel et les frères Karel aussi!". fc-sion.ch (in French). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
External links
- FC Sion profile (French)
- Ovidiu Herea's career profile at RomanianSoccer.ro
- Profile at UEFA.com
- Career stats at Soccerway.com
- Career stats at national-football-teams.com
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