Daniel Oprița

Daniel Oprița
Personal information
Full name Daniel Ionel Oprița
Date of birth (1981-08-10) 10 August 1981 (age 43)
Place of birth Drăgănești-Olt, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Striker / Winger
Team information
Current team
 Steaua București (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2000–2002 CSM Reșița 33 (7)
2002–2003 Steaua București 14 (1)
2003–2007 FCSB 93 (14)
2007–2008 Dinamo București 5 (0)
2008 → UTA Arad (loan) 6 (0)
2008–2009 Lorca Deportiva 3 (0)
2009 → FC Aarau (loan) 15 (0)
2009–2010 FK Baku 3 (0)
2010–2013 Petrolul Ploiești 89 (26)
2013 Mordovia Saransk 11 (2)
2013–2014 Universitatea Craiova 8 (1)
2014 Metalul Reșița 13 (1)
Total 293 (52)
International career
2003–2006 Romania 6 (1)
Managerial career
2014–2015 Metalul Reșița
2015–2017 Juventus București
2017–2018 CSMȘ Reşiţa
2018 Voluntari
2019 Mioveni
2019– Steaua București
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player.

Club career

Oprița began his career at FCM Reșița in 2000 in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to Liga I in the top tier of the Romanian football. Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the Divizia A in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the Supercupa României in 2005–06. He scored 14 goals in 93 appearances whilst at FCSB.

On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals FC Dinamo București on a four-year contract. His time at the club was not a success and he played just five games without scoring. Later, in 2008, he signed for FCM UTA Arad based in Arad in the west of the country.

After one season with the club, Oprița terminated his contract and moved to south-east Spain to play for Lorca Deportiva CF of the Segunda División B, the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Oprița failed to settle in Spain and returned to Romania after just one month and three games. Due to the Transfer window being closed, he was unable to sign for a new team until the winter break. In January 2009, he signed a six-month loan contract with FC Aarau of the Swiss Super League.[1]

Style of play

Despite playing as a striker, Oprița did not score many goals, he was a more of a target man and his main ability was to create spaces for his teammates, where many goals were from. He was very committed while playing, and he was also technically gifted.

International career

For Romania, Oprița was capped six times and scoring one goal. He made his debut in 2003 against Ukraine.

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 9 February 2005 Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus  Slovakia 2–2 2–2 Friendly

Honours

Player

FCSB
Petrolul Ploiești
CSU Craiova

Manager

Juventus București
Steaua București

References

  1. ^ "transfermarketweb article". Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
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