Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
Club career
Național București Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems.http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti On 16 August 2003, he made his debut for the first team in the Divizia A in a game against FC Brașov.http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I 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.https://int.soccerway.com/players/nicolae-ovidiu-herea/71924/ Herea stats
Rapid București In 2007 Herea was transferred to Rapid București for €1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, he signed a new four-year deal with Rapid București worth €1 million.
In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides AC Milan and 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, Herea signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion.
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.
Personal life His younger brother, Claudiu was also a footballer.
Career statistics + Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsNațional București2003–04Divizia A7010——802004–05Divizia A7010——802005–06Divizia A21061——2712006–07Divizia A31520——335Total665101——766Rapid București2007–08Liga I2602000002802008–09Liga I2522110—2832009–10Liga I29810——3082010–11Liga I311120——33112011–12Liga I28124161—38142012–13Liga I2692011—2811Total16542132820018646Sion2013–14Swiss Super League29520——3152014–15Swiss Super League17431——205Total46951——5110Skoda Xanthi 2015–16Super League Greece19332——225Pandurii Târgu Jiu 2016–17Liga I193102100224Concordia Chiajna 2016–17Liga I192———192Viitorul Constanța 2017–18Liga I71003010111Balotești2017–18Liga II115———115Metaloglobus București2018–19Liga II331100——33112019–20Liga II221110——23112020–21Liga II231410——24142021–22Liga II22800——2282022–23Liga II7300——73Total1074720——10947Career total45911734613310507126
International + Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsRomania201010201211Total21
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Herea goal.
+ List of international goals scored by Ovidiu Herea No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1 10 August 2011 Stadio Olimpico di San Marino, Serravalle, San Marino 1–0 1–0 Friendly
Honours Player Național București Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06
Rapid București Cupa României runner-up: 2011–12 Supercupa României: 2007
Sion Swiss Cup: 2014–15
Viitorul Constanța Supercupa României runner-up: 2017
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