Ovidiu Herea

Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and currently a manager.

Ovidiu Herea
Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017
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)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
Youth career
1995–2003 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 19 (3)
2017 Concordia Chiajna 19 (2)
2017 Viitorul Constanța 7 (1)
2018 Balotești 11 (5)
2018–2022 Metaloglobus București 107 (47)
Total 459 (117)
International career‡
2005–2007 Romania U21 8 (2)
2010–2011 Romania 2 (1)
Managerial career
2023– Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:39, 20 January 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2014

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 Divizia A 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.[5] He scored his first goal on 10 August 2011 against San Marino.[5]

Statistics
Club Season League Cup Europe Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Național București 2003–04 7010——80
2004–05 7010——80
2005–06 21061——271
2006–07 31520——335
Total 665101——766
Rapid București 2007–08 260200000280
2008–09 2522110—283
2009–10 29810——308
2010–11 311120——3311
2011–12 28124161—3814
2012–13 2692011—2811
Total 16542132820018646
Sion 2013–14 29520——315
2014–15 17431——205
Total 46951——5110
Skoda Xanthi 2015–16 19332——225
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2016–17 193102100224
Concordia Chiajna 2016–17 192———192
Viitorul Constanța 2017–18 71003010111
Balotești 2017–18 115———115
Metaloglobus București 2018–19 331100——3311
2019–20 221110——2311
2020–21 231410——2414
2021–22 22800——228
2022–23 7300——73
Total 1074720——10947
Career total 45911734613310507126

Statistics accurate as of match played 26 September 2022[5][6][7]

International
Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
201010
201211
Total21

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
110 August 2011Stadio Olimpico di San Marino, Serravalle, San Marino San Marino0–10–1Friendly

Trivia

His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Metaloglobus București.[8][9]

Honours

Club

Național București[7]

Rapid București[7]

Sion[7]

Viitorul Constanța[7]

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. https://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. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  5. Ovidiu Herea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
  7. Ovidiu Herea at Soccerway
  8. "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.
  9. "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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