Ovidiu Herea

Ovidiu Herea
	Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Ovidiu Herea
Date of birth	26 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Metaloglobus București
Number	11
Youth career
2000–2003	Național București
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	Național București
2007–2013	Rapid București
2013–2015	Sion
2015–2016	Skoda Xanthi
2016–2017	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2017	Concordia Chiajna
2017	Viitorul Constanța
2018	Balotești
2018–	Metaloglobus București
International career‡
2005–2007	Romania U-21
2010–2011	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2014

Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Metaloglobus București.

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
Club	Season	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
Sion	2014–15	17	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	20	5
Total	Total	46	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	51	10
Career total		276	56	28	4	8	2	0	0	308	62

Statistics accurate as of match played 9 June 2015

Trivia

His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Sepsi Sfântu Gheorghe.^[5]^[6]

Honours

Club

FC Sion

Swiss Cup: 2014–15

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
^ https://int.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.
^ "După ce Ovidiu Herea a semnat cu Viitorul și fratele acestuia și-a găsit echipă în Liga 1! Claudiu Herea va juca pentru Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe" [After Ovidiu Herea signed with Viitorul his brother also found a team in Liga 1! Claudiu Herea will play for Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe] (in Romanian). dolce-sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
^ "INTERVIU Fratele lui Ovidiu Herea joaca fotbal in liga a doua si s-a apucat si de...KEMPO Ce planuri are" [INTERVIEW Ovidiu Herea's brother plays football in the second league and also started to train for ... KEMPO What are his plans] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

External links

FC Sion profile Template:Fr icon
Ovidiu Herea at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
Ovidiu Herea – UEFA competition record (archive)
Ovidiu Herea at Soccerway
Ovidiu Herea at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] ttp://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti

[2] ttp://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I

[3] ttps://int.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.

[5] "După ce Ovidiu Herea a semnat cu Viitorul și fratele acestuia și-a găsit echipă în Liga 1! Claudiu Herea va juca pentru Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe" [After Ovidiu Herea signed with Viitorul his brother also found a team in Liga 1! Claudiu Herea will play for Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe] (in Romanian). dolce-sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[6] "INTERVIU Fratele lui Ovidiu Herea joaca fotbal in liga a doua si s-a apucat si de...KEMPO Ce planuri are" [INTERVIEW Ovidiu Herea's brother plays football in the second league and also started to train for ... KEMPO What are his plans] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

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