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Claudiu Niculescu Personal information Full name Claudiu Iulian Niculescu Date of birth 23 June 1976 Place of birth Slatina, Romania Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) Playing position Striker Club information Current club Universitatea Cluj Number 9 Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–1995 IELIF Craiova 29 (5) 1995–1996 Drobeta-Turnu Severin 20 (15) 1996–1998 Electroputere Craiova 48 (31) 1998–2001 Universitatea Craiova 93 (41) 2001–2002 Dinamo Bucureşti 30 (20) 2002–2003 Genoa 11 (3) 2003–2008 Dinamo Bucureşti 123 (70) 2008 MSV Duisburg 17 (4) 2008–2009 Omonia 8 (1) 2009–2010 Dinamo Bucureşti 38 (8) 2010– Universitatea Cluj 38 (16) National team‡ 2000–2007 Romania 8 (0) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 2007Claudiu Iulian Niculescu (born 23 June 1976 in Slatina) is currently playing for Universitatea Cluj soccer team. He has previously played for Universitatea Craiova and Dinamo Bucureşti and has also played at Genoa 1893 for a season.
He is a striker and is especially skilled in free-kicks.
At his first season with Dinamo Bucharest, Claudiu Iulian Niculescu won the title in the First League and he became officially one of the best strikers from the internal competition. The second season was not a brilliant one for Dinamo Bucharest and Niculescu was transferred to Genoa FC 1893 in the Italian Second Division at the middle of the season. After only half of season, in 2003 Claudiu Niculescu turned back to Dinamo Bucharest and he won another champion title with his team.
In the 2006/2007 season, he became the goal-getter of the league scoring 18 goals, 4 of these in the match against rivals Rapid Bucureşti. He was also the second goal-scorer the UEFA Cup, scoring 8 goals. In total, he scored 18 goals for Dinamo Bucureşti in European matches, and he is the all-time top scorer in European competitions for Dinamo. In Romania, he played 351 games, scoring 173 goals.
On 25 July 2010 he scored on his debut for 'U' Cluj against his former fierce rivals, Steaua Bucureşti
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Honours
Dinamo Bucureşti
- Romanian League: 2001–02, 2003–04, 2006–07
- Romanian Cup: 2002-03, 2003–04, 2004–05
- Romanian Supercup: 2005
External links
- Claudiu Niculescu career stats at RomanianSoccer.ro
- (Romanian) Claudiu Niculescu - About, statistics, video, wallpapers
References
Liga I top scorers 1933: Dobay | 1934: Dobay | 1935: Dobay | 1936 Barbu | 1937: Dobay / Iordache | 1938: Thierjung | 1939: Marksteiner | 1940: Avar | 1941: Bogdan / V. Niculescu | 1947: Bonyhádi | 1948: Bonyhádi | 1949: Váczi | 1950: Rădulescu | 1951: Váczi | 1952: Ozon | 1953: Ozon | 1954: Ene | 1955: Ciosescu | 1956: Alecsandrescu | 1958: Ciosescu | 1959: Ene | 1960: Constantin | 1961: Constantin | 1962: Constantin | 1963: Ionescu | 1964: Frăţilă / Pavlovici | 1965: Adam | 1966: Ionescu | 1967: Oblemenco | 1968: Adam | 1969: Dumitrache | 1970: Oblemenco | 1971: Dumitrache / Moldoveanu / Tătaru | 1972: Oblemenco | 1973: Oblemenco | 1974: Adam | 1975: Georgescu | 1976: Georgescu | 1977: Georgescu | 1978: Georgescu | 1979: Radu | 1980: Câmpeanu | 1981: Radu | 1982: Iordănescu | 1983: Grosu | 1984: Coraş | 1985: Hagi | 1986: Hagi | 1987: Cămătaru | 1988: Piţurcă | 1989: Mateuţ | 1990: Balint | 1991: Hanganu | 1992: Gerstenmájer | 1993: Dumitrescu | 1994: Craioveanu | 1995: Craioveanu | 1996: Vlădoiu | 1997: Ilie | 1998: Barbu / Oană | 1999: Ganea | 2000: Savu | 2001: Niculae | 2002: Cursaru | 2003: Răducanu | 2004: Dănciulescu | 2005: Bucur / C. Niculescu | 2006: Mazilu | 2007: C. Niculescu | 2008: Dănciulescu | 2009: Bucur / Costea | 2010: Cristea | 2011: ZicuFC Universitatea Cluj – current squad 1 Matache · 2 Szukała · 3 Mendy · 4 Szilágyi · 5 Pelé · 6 Abrudan · 7 Morar · 8 Menassel · 9 Niculescu · 10 Păcurar · 11 Machado · 12 M. Popa · 14 Bazzi · 17 Voican · 18 Unguruşan · 20 Cojocnean · 21 Cucui · 22 Boştină (c) · 23 Achim · 24 Baldé · 26 Tony · 27 Marinescu · 29 Grecu · 30 Ad. Cristea · 33 Boşneag · 77 Grozav · Coach: Badea
Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- People from Slatina, Romania
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- FC Universitatea Craiova players
- FC Dinamo Bucureşti players
- MSV Duisburg players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Cyprus
- Genoa C.F.C. players
- AC Omonia players
- CFM U Cluj players
- FC Universitatea Cluj
- Liga I players
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