Daniel Niculae

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Daniel Niculae
Personal information
Full name Daniel George Niculae
Date of birth October 6, 1982 (1982-10-06) (age 25)
Place of birth    Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Auxerre
Number 21
Youth clubs
1996-2001 Rapid Bucureşti
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-2006
2006-		 Rapid Bucureşti
Auxerre		 095 0(33)
048 0(12)   
National team2
2003- Romania 023 0(5)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of June 9, 2008.
* Appearances (Goals)

Daniel George Niculae (born October 6, 1982 in Bucharest, Romania) is a football striker who currently plays for AJ Auxerre. Daniel "Nico" Niculae, started his professional career at Rapid Bucureşti in 2000. Despite a period playing for the B team in 2001, Nico proved he is one of most gifted players of the club. In the 2005-2006 UEFA Cup, he and Mugurel Buga formed one of the most powerful striker pairs of the competition. He was transferred to AJ Auxerre in the summer of 2006, for 3.3 million Euros.

Niculae has also won 21 caps for Romania's national team, scoring five goals.

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AJ Auxerre – current squad

1 Sorin • 3 Jaurès • 4 Grichting • 5 Thomas • 6 Marcos António • 7 Chafni • 8 Ba • 9 Munteanu • 10 Kahlenberg • 11 Quercia • 12 Mignot • 13 Lejeune • 14 Oliech • 15 Martin • 16 Riou • 17 Pedretti • 18 Tamaş • 19 Langil • 20 Genest • 21 Niculae • 22 Jeleń • 23 Itoua • 24 Kitambala • 25 Messiba • 26 Jasse • 27 A. Traoré • 28 Popov • 28 Oziemczuk • 29 S. Traoré • 30 Petrič • • Akakpo • Manager: Fernandez
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Romania squad - UEFA Euro 2008
1 Lobonţ • 2 Contra • 3 Raţ • 4 Tamaş • 5 Chivu • 6 Rădoi • 7 Petre • 8 Codrea • 9 Marica • 10 Mutu • 11 Cociş • 12 Popa • 13 Săpunaru • 14 Ghionea • 15 Goian • 16 Nicoliţă • 17 Moţi • 18 M. Niculae • 19 Cristea • 20 Dică • 21 D. Niculae • 22 Radu • 23 Stăncioiu • Coach: Piţurcă
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