Ovidiu Herea

Ovidiu Herea

Herea playing for Sion
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Ovidiu Herea
Date of birth (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
Number 11
Youth career
2000–2003 Național București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2007 Național București 66 (5)
2007–2013 Rapid București 165 (42)
2013–2015 Sion 46 (9)
2015–2016 Skoda Xanthi 19 (3)
2016– Pandurii Târgu Jiu 1 (1)
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 11 July 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 June 2014

Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

Club career

Național București

Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems.[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 refused 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
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Național București 2003–04 7010000080
2004–05 7010000080
2005–06 210610000271
2006–07 315200000335
Total 6651010000766
Rapid București 2007–08 260200000280
2008–09 252211000283
2009–10 298100000308
2010–11 31112000003311
2011–12 28124161003814
2012–13 25102011002811
Total Total16542132820018646
Sion 2013–14 295200000315
2014–15 174310000205
Total Total4695100005110
Career total 27656284820030862

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 June 2015

Trivia

His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Rapid Bucharest.

Honours

Club

FC Sion

References

  1. ↑ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti
  2. ↑ http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I
  3. ↑ http://www.soccerway.com/players/nicolae-ovidiu-herea/71924/ Herea stats
  4. ↑ "Herea c'est officiel et les frères Karel aussi!". fc-sion.ch (in French). 3 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
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