Nicolae Dică

Nicolae Dică

Nicolae Dică playing for CFR Cluj
Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Marius Dică
Date of birth	(1980-05-09) 9 May 1980
Place of birth	Piteşti, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder Forward
Club information
Current team	Viitorul Constanța
Number	20
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Dacia Piteşti	50	(19)
2000–2004	Argeş Piteşti	89	(34)
2004–2008	Steaua Bucureşti	124	(54)
2008–2010	Catania	3	(0)
2009–2010	→ Iraklis (loan)	13	(3)
2010	→ CFR Cluj (loan)	13	(0)
2010	→ Manisaspor (loan)	5	(0)
2011	Steaua Bucureşti	11	(4)
2011	Mioveni	15	(1)
2012–	Viitorul Constanța	19	(10)
National team‡
	Romania U-21
2003–2010	Romania	32	(9)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 January 2012

Nicolae Dică (born 9 May 1980) is a former Romanian football player. He plays for Romania national team.

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucureşti

• Romanian First League: 2004–05, 2005–06
• Romanian Cup: 2010–11
• Romanian Supercup: 2006
• UEFA Cup semi-finalist: 2005-06

CFR Cluj

• Romanian First League: 2009–10
• Romanian Cup: 2009–10

Individual

• Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2006
• In the 2006–2007 season, Dică was voted by the fans across the whole of Europe as the third best football player in the UEFA Champions League after Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Club activity

Club Performance

Club	Season	League		Cup		International		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
F.C. Steaua Bucureşti
	2010-2011	11	4	3	2	0	0	14	6
	Total	11	4	3	1	0	0	14	6
Manisaspor
	2010-2011	5	0	2	1	0	0	7	1
	Total	5	0	2	1	0	0	7	1
CFR Cluj
	2009-2010	11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
	Total	>11	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
Iraklis Salonic
	2009-2010	13	3	1	0	0	0	14	3
	Total	13	3	1	0	0	0	14	3
Catania Calcio
	2008-2009	3	0	2	1	0	0	5	1
	Total	3	v0	2	1	0	0	5	1
Steaua București
	2007-2008	12	3	0	0	3	1	9	4
	2006-2007	23	10	0	0	10	5	35	15
	2005-2006	29	15	1	0	15	6	45	21
	2004-2005	29	11	0	0	11	2	40	13
	2003-2004	14	9	0	0	0	0	14	9
	Total	101	48	1	0	39	14	143	62
FC Argeș	2003-2004	14	9	3	2	0	0	17	11
	2002-2003	28	10	5	0	0	0	33	10
	2001-2002	27	11	2	0	0	0	29	11
	2000-2001	19	4	0	0	0	0	19	4
	Total	89	34	10	2	0	0	98	36
Dacia Pitești	1999-2000	33	14	0	0	0	0	33	14
	1998-1999	17	5	0	0	0	0	17	5
	Total	50	19	0	0	0	0	50	19
Total carieră		283	108	19		39	14	341	128

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 August 2006	Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania	Cyprus	1–0	2–0	Friendly
2	6 September 2006	Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania	Albania	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
3	22 August 2007	Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania	Turkey	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	8 September 2007	Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus	Belarus	2–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
5	21 November 2007	Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania	Albania	1–0	6–1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
6	21 November 2007	Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania	Albania	6–1	6–1	UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying
7	31 May 2008	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Montenegro	3–0	4–0	Friendly
8	31 May 2008	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Montenegro	4–0	4–0	Friendly
9	20 August 2008	Stadionul Tineretului, Urziceni, Romania	Latvia	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Other websites

• Nicolae Dica Fansite Archived 2008-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
• Nicolae Dica at National Soccer Teams Archived 2011-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
• Nicolae Dică at Romaniansoccer.ro
• Nicolae Dică at UEFA.com