Daniel Oprița
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Daniel Ionel Oprița | ||
Date of birth | 10 August 1981 | ||
Place of birth | Drăgănești-Olt, Romania | ||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker / Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Juventus București (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000–2002 | CSM Reșița | 33 | (7) |
2002–2007 | Steaua București | 107 | (15) |
2007–2008 | Dinamo București | 5 | (0) |
2008 | → UTA Arad (loan) | 6 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Lorca Deportiva | 3 | (0) |
2009 | → FC Aarau (loan) | 15 | (0) |
2009–2010 | FK Baku | 3 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Petrolul Ploiești | 89 | (26) |
2013 | Mordovia Saransk | 11 | (2) |
2013–2014 | Universitatea Craiova | 8 | (1) |
2014 | Metalul Reșița | 13 | (1) |
International career | |||
2003–2006 | Romania | 6 | (1) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | Metalul Reșița | ||
2015 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
2015– | Juventus București | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He is the manager of Liga I club Juventus București.
Club career
Oprița began his career at FCM Reșița in 2000 in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to Liga I in the top tier of the Romanian football. Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the Divizia A in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the Supercupa României in 2005–06. He scored 15 goals in 107 appearances whilst at Steaua București.
On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals FC Dinamo București on a four-year contract. His time at the club was not a success and he played just five games without scoring. Later in 2008, he signed for FCM UTA Arad based in Arad in the west of the country.
After one season with the club Oprița terminated his contract and moved to south-east Spain to play for Lorca Deportiva CF of the Segunda División B, the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Oprița failed to settle in Spain and returned to Romania after just one month and three games. Due to the Transfer window being closed he was unable to sign for a new team until the winter break. In January 2009, he signed a six-month loan contract with FC Aarau of the Swiss Super League.[1]
Style of play
Despite playing as a striker, Oprița does not score many goals, he is a more of a target man and his main ability is to create spaces for his team mates, where many goals are from. He is very committed while playing, and he is also technically gifted.
International career
For Romania, Oprița was capped six times and scoring one goal. He made his debut in 2003 against Ukraine.
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 9 February 2005 | Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus | Slovakia | 2–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours
Player
- Steaua Bucureşti
- Petrolul Ploiești
- CSU Craiova
Manager
- Juventus București
References
External links
- Daniel Opriţa's career @ RomanianSoccer.ro Template:En icon
- Daniel Opriţa's profile @ UEFA.com Template:En icon
- Daniel Oprița at Soccerway
- Swiss Football League profile
Template:SC Juventus Bucureşti squad Template:SC Juventus Bucureşti managers
- Use dmy dates from July 2013
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Drăgănești-Olt
- Romanian footballers
- Association football forwards
- Association football wingers
- CSM Școlar Reșița players
- FC Steaua București players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC UTA Arad players
- Lorca Deportiva footballers
- FC Aarau players
- FC Baku players
- FC Petrolul Ploiești players
- FC Mordovia Saransk players
- CS Universitatea Craiova players
- Liga I players
- Segunda División B players
- Swiss Super League players
- Russian Premier League players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Spain
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Azerbaijan
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriates in Azerbaijan
- Romanian football managers
- SC Juventus Bucureşti managers