Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder.
![]() Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicolae Ovidiu Herea | ||
Date of birth | (1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 37) | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
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) |
National team‡ | |||
2005–2007 | Romania U-21 | 8 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Romania | 2 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 07:53, 17 October 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 July 2014 |
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]
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.
On 3 July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion.[4]
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]
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | |||||
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1 | 10 August 2011 | Stadio Olimpico, Serravalle, San Marino | ![]() | 0–1 | 0–1 | Friendly | |||||
Correct as of 17 September 2012 |
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||
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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 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 11 | |
Total | 165 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 186 | 46 | |
Sion | 2013–14 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 5 |
2014–15 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 | |
Total | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 10 | |
Skoda Xanthi | 2015–16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 5 |
Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 2016–17 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 |
Concordia Chiajna | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |
Viitorul Constanța | 2017–18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
Balotești | 2017–18 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
Metaloglobus București | 2018–19 | 33 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 11 |
2019–20 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 11 | |
Total | 55 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 22 | |
Career total | 407 | 92 | 33 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 454 | 101 |
Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2020[5][6][7]
His younger brother, Claudiu is also a footballer who currently plays for Metaloglobus București.[8][9]