Daniel Oprița

Daniel Oprița
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Ionel Oprița
Date of birth	10 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth	Drăgănești-Olt, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team	Steaua București (manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2002	CSM Reșița
2002–2003	Steaua București
2003–2007	FCSB
2007–2008	Dinamo București
2008	→ UTA Arad (loan)
2008–2009	Lorca Deportiva
2009	→ FC Aarau (loan)
2009–2010	FK Baku
2010–2013	Petrolul Ploiești
2013	Mordovia Saransk
2013–2014	Universitatea Craiova
2014	Metalul Reșița
Total
International career
2003–2006	Romania
Managerial career
2014–2015	Metalul Reșița
2015–2017	Juventus București
2017–2018	CSMȘ Reşiţa
2018	Voluntari
2019	Mioveni
2019–	Steaua București
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player.

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 14 goals in 93 appearances whilst at FCSB.

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 did not score many goals, he was a more of a target man and his main ability was to create spaces for his teammates, where many goals were from. He was very committed while playing, and he was 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
1	9 February 2005	Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Slovakia	2–2	2–2	Friendly

Honours

Player

FCSB

Petrolul Ploiești

Romanian Second League: 2010–11

CSU Craiova

Romanian Second League: 2013–14

Manager

Juventus București

Steaua București

References

^ "transfermarketweb article". Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

External links

Daniel Oprița at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
Daniel Oprița – UEFA competition record (archive)
Daniel Oprița at Soccerway
Swiss Football League profile

[1] "transfermarketweb article". Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.

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