Daniel Niculae

Rapid Bucarest
Chairman

Born on : October 06, 1982 (41 years) at Bucarest

Nationality : Romania

Height : 1m86

Weight : 76 kg

Number of international caps : 40 (9 goals)

First cap : vs Ukraine 20/08/2003

First international goal : vs Nigeria 16/11/2005

2014-2015
2013-2014
2011-2012
2010-2011
2009-2010
2008-2009
2007-2008

Other photos

Main position
Playmaker	15%
Striker	82%

Identities

Daniel Niculae

Daniel George Niculae

Niculae's career statisticsLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 17:06

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

2017/2018

2016/2017

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Astra Giurgiu	Liga I	22	6	2	239	24	7	1435	21	73%	9	61%	2	36%	18%	45%
Astra Giurgiu	Champions League	2				4		165	21	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%
Astra Giurgiu	(C3) Europa League	8		1		5	2	370	21	63%	3	80%		13%	50%	38%
Astra Giurgiu	Romanian Cup	2	1		146	2		146	21	50%	2	33%	1	100%	0%	0%

2015/2016

Astra Giurgiu

368

422

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Astra Giurgiu	Liga I	19	2	4	368	11	6	735	21	26%	14	90%	58%	32%	11%
Astra Giurgiu	Romanian Cup	1				1		19	21	0%	1	100%	0%	0%	100%
Astra Giurgiu	Cupa Ligii	1				2		90	21	100%		50%	0%	0%	100%

2014/2015

Rapid

403

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rapid	Liga I	14	3	1	403		17	5	1210	21	93%	1	82%	1		36%	14%	50%

2013/2014

Rapid

183

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rapid	Liga II	15	7		183		14	5	1283	0	93%	1	88%	1		47%	33%	20%

2012/2013

Kuban

266

358

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Kuban	Premier League	11	2		266		7	5	532	20	55%	5	37%	1		45%	27%	27%
Kuban	Russian Cup	2						2	183	20	100%		67%			50%	50%	0%

2011/2012

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Romania	Euro Qualifying	1					1	15	0	0%	1	25%	1	100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1	1		90	2		90	0	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%
Romania	Friendlies	3				1	2	186	0	100%		75%		33%	67%	0%
Nancy	Ligue 1	31	6	2	420	32	8	2520	20	90%	3	91%	2	32%	32%	35%

2011/2012

Monaco

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Monaco	Coupe de la Ligue	1					1		30	21	0%	1	100%			0%	0%	100%

2010/2011

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Monaco	Ligue 1	17	4	1	281	11	5	1122	21	76%	4	45%	3	18%	41%	41%
Monaco	Coupe de la Ligue	1	1		90		1	90	21	100%		33%		100%	0%	0%
Monaco	French Cup	1				1		120	21	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1				2		87	0	100%		50%		0%	0%	100%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	3					1	143	0	67%	1	50%		0%	67%	33%

2009/2010

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Auxerre	Ligue 1	33	4	9	611	15	18	2442	21	85%	5	87%	2	55%	30%	15%
Auxerre	Coupe de la Ligue	1				3		90	21	100%		100%		0%	0%	100%
Auxerre	French Cup	4				1	3	244	21	75%	1	100%		50%	50%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1	1		90		1	90	0	100%		50%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	4	2		114	4	1	227	0	75%	1	100%		25%	0%	75%

2008/2009

Auxerre

Club	Competition										V	D	L
Auxerre	Ligue 1	32	1	16	16	1519	44%	18	84%	2	41%	19%	41%
Auxerre	Coupe de la Ligue	2		2		152	100%		100%		0%	50%	50%
Auxerre	French Cup	1		1		104	100%		100%		0%	100%	0%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1		3		90	100%		17%		0%	0%	100%
Auxerre B	Championnat de France Amateur	1		1		90	100%				0%	0%	100%

2007/2008

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Auxerre	Ligue 1 Orange	35	11	3	246	38	14	2710	86%	5	92%	2	34%	23%	43%
Auxerre	Coupe de la Ligue	4				5	2	420	100%		100%		75%	0%	25%
Auxerre	French Cup	2	1		149	4		149	100%		100%		50%	0%	50%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	4	2		138	2	2	276	75%	1	80%		75%	0%	25%
Romania	Friendlies	2	1		90		2	90	0%	2	67%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Euro	3				2	1	211	67%	1	100%	1	0%	67%	33%

2006/2007

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Auxerre	Intertoto Cup	2				1		112	100%		100%			50%	0%	50%
Auxerre	Ligue 1 Orange	30	4	2	375	22	11	1500	57%	13	79%	1		33%	40%	27%
Auxerre	(C3) UEFA Cup	8	4		109	8		437	63%	3	100%			50%	13%	38%
Auxerre	Coupe de la Ligue	2					1	65	0%	2	100%			50%	0%	50%
Romania	Friendlies	2					2	118	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
Romania	Euro Qualifying	3					2	97	33%	2	43%		1	67%	33%	0%
Auxerre B	Championnat de France Amateur	2	2		90	3		180	100%			1		50%	0%	50%

2005/2006

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Rapid	Divizia A	28	8	276	16	16	2204	86%	4		1	61%	29%	11%
Rapid	(C3) UEFA Cup	12	3	351	7	8	1053	100%			2	58%	25%	17%
Romania	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	1				1	1	0%	1	33%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	2	1	81	1	1	81	50%	1	100%		50%	0%	50%
Romania	Cyprus Tournament	2				2	147	100%		100%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	3	1	180	1	2	180	67%	1	100%		33%	33%	33%

2004/2005

Rapid

100

105

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Rapid	Divizia A	20	14		100		16	6	1401	0	80%	4	67%	3		50%	35%	15%
Romania	Friendlies	1					2		69	0	100%		100%			0%	100%	0%

2003/2004

Club	Competition											V	D	L
Rapid	Champions League	2			3	1	147	100%		100%	1	0%	50%	50%
Rapid	Supercupa României	1				1	47	0%	1	100%		100%	0%	0%
Rapid	Divizia A	24	4	469	18	10	1875	83%	4	80%	1	58%	25%	17%
Romania	Friendlies	1				1	44	0%	1	33%		100%	0%	0%
Romania	Friendlies	1					5	0%	1	33%		0%	0%	100%
Romania B	Cyprus Tournament	2	1	125		2	125	50%	1			100%	0%	0%

2002/2003

Rapid

249

292

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Rapid	Supercupa României	1			1		89	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%
Rapid	(C3) UEFA Cup	4			1	1	169	50%	2	100%	1		50%	25%	25%
Rapid	Divizia A	29	6	249	14	12	1491	45%	16	97%	1	1	66%	10%	24%

2001/2002

2000/2001

Total

The data represented with this background color are not complete. The figures may not reflect reality.

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Liga I	1	2003
Supercupa României	2	20022003

Runner-ups

Liga I	1	2006
Liga II	1	2014
Romanian Cup	1	2017

Transfers

03/04/21 >	Rapid Bucarest	chai.

01/07/18 >	Retired
01/08/17 > 01/07/18	Rapid Bucarest	Free
29/10/15 > 01/07/17	Astra Giurgiu
27/01/15 > 01/07/15	Rapid Bucarest
06/03/14 > 01/07/14	Rapid Bucarest
06/07/12 > 01/07/13	Kuban	Free
29/08/11 > 30/06/12	Nancy	Loan
01/07/10 > 06/07/12	Monaco	Free
01/07/06 > 01/07/10	Auxerre	3.3 M€
01/07/00 > 01/07/06	Rapid Bucarest

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 17:06

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Astra Giurgiu	55	9	7	329	2960	3		55%30	40%22	33%18
Auxerre	156	24	15	414	9944	7		70%109	42%65	32%50
Auxerre B	3	2		135	270	1		100%3	33%1	67%2
Kuban	13	2		358	715	1		62%8	46%6	23%3
Monaco	20	5	1	272	1362	3		75%15	20%4	40%8
Nancy	31	6	2	420	2520	2		90%28	32%10	35%11
Rapid	150	45	1	244	10969	12	1	78%117	55%83	21%31
Romania	40	9		250	2247	2	1	65%26	48%19	30%12
Romania B	2	1		125	125			50%1	100%2	0%0

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
FCSB	18	6	1	0
Rennes	11	5	1	0
Lyon	11	2	0	0
Nice	10	6	5	1
Arges	8	5	3	0
Valenciennes	10	3	1	2
Marseille	9	3	3	1
Le Mans	8	5	1	0
Pandurii TJ	7	1	0	0
Monaco	7	3	0	2
Otelul	7	4	3	0
Progresul	5	4	2	0
Din. Bucarest	17	9	4	1
Paris SG	11	2	2	0
Bordeaux	11	2	1	1
Toulouse FC	10	3	1	2
Lorient	9	4	2	3
Poli Timisoara	7	4	1	0
Lens	7	2	2	1
Viitorul C	7	4	2	1

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
FCSB	18	7	19
Bordeaux	11	6	16
Lyon	11	6	14
Din. Bucarest	17	6	30
Paris SG	11	5	14
Marseille	9	4	10
Toulouse FC	10	4	10
Lens	7	3	7
Monaco	7	3	6
Rennes	11	3	8
Sochaux	8	3	6
Lille	8	3	10
Saint-Étienne	9	3	14
Nancy	6	3	5
Valenciennes	10	3	9
Farul	10	3	10
Cluj	7	3	14
FCM Bacau	6	3	7
Lorient	9	2	10
Sedan	5	2	12

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2017/2018	Rapid	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2016/2017	Astra Giurgiu	32%	41%	34	55%	27%	22	Negative
2015/2016	Astra Giurgiu	52%	19%	21	33%	33%	3	-
2014/2015	Rapid	36%	50%	14	33%	0%	3	-
2013/2014	Rapid	47%	20%	15	50%	0%	2	-
2012/2013	Kuban	46%	23%	13	50%	20%	20	Very slightly negative
2011/2012	Nancy	32%	35%	31	20%	60%	5	-
2011/2012	Monaco	0%	100%	1	0%	20%	5	-
2010/2011	Monaco	21%	37%	19	26%	26%	23	Slightly negative
2009/2010	Auxerre	53%	16%	38	40%	40%	5	-
2008/2009	Auxerre	37%	40%	35	50%	33%	6	-
2007/2008	Auxerre	39%	41%	41	0%	100%	3	-
2006/2007	Auxerre	38%	31%	42	33%	22%	9	Slightly positive
2005/2006	Rapid	60%	13%	40	50%	25%	4	-
2004/2005	Rapid	50%	15%	20	64%	18%	11	Slightly negative
2003/2004	Rapid	56%	19%	27	33%	50%	6	-
2002/2003	Rapid	65%	24%	34	100%	0%	1	-
2001/2002	Rapid	0%	0%	0	53%	25%	32	-
2000/2001	Rapid	0%	0%	0	41%	26%	34	-

Key figures

He hasn't scored at home in Liga I for 727 minutes.

Daniel Niculae hasn't won in Liga I any of the last 4 at home matches

Niculae has lost in Liga I the last 6 matches

Daniel Niculae hasn't won in Liga I any of the last 7 matches

Niculae hasn't scored at home all competitions included for 1087 minutes.

The player hasn't scored at home in non-league and non-national team competition for 818 minutes.

The player hasn't lost in non-league and non-national team competition any of the last 4 at home matches

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Rapid Bucarest
10/08/2002	SR	Rapid Bucarest - Din. Bucarest	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
01/09/2002	DA	FC Brașov - Rapid Bucarest	2 - 0	First loss
22/09/2002	DA	U Craiova - Rapid Bucarest	1 - 3	First goal, first time scoring 2 goals
17/11/2002	DA	Gloria Bistrita - Rapid Bucarest	0 - 3	First red card
06/11/2004	DA	Rapid Bucarest - Arges Pitesti	3 - 2	First time scoring 3 goals
Auxerre
15/07/2006		Auxerre - Farul	4 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory
22/07/2006		Farul - Auxerre	1 - 0	First loss
14/09/2006	C3UEFAC	Dinamo Zagreb - Auxerre	1 - 2	First goal
17/02/2007		Sedan - Auxerre	2 - 2	First time scoring 2 goals
Auxerre B
10/09/2006		Auxerre B - Rouen	4 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first victory, first goal, first time scoring 2 goals
10/02/2007		Ste-Geneviève - Auxerre B	2 - 1	First loss
Monaco
07/08/2010		Lyon - Monaco	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
21/08/2010		Lens - Monaco	2 - 2	First goal
29/08/2010		Monaco - Auxerre	2 - 0	First victory
25/09/2010		Lorient - Monaco	2 - 1	First loss
Nancy
11/09/2011		Nancy - Auxerre	0 - 0	First match with the club, first start
24/09/2011		Toulouse FC - Nancy	1 - 0	First loss
22/10/2011		Nancy - Nice	1 - 0	First victory, first goal
28/01/2012		Auxerre - Nancy	1 - 3	First time scoring 2 goals
Kuban Krasnodar
22/07/2012		Anzhi - Kuban	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
27/07/2012		Kuban - Mordovia	1 - 0	First victory
27/08/2012		Kuban - Volga NN	6 - 2	First goal
Astra Giurgiu
30/10/2015		Astra Giurgiu - CSU Craiova	1 - 0	First match with the club, first victory
06/11/2015		Viitorul C - Astra Giurgiu	1 - 2	First start, first goal
15/12/2015		Din. Bucarest - Astra Giurgiu	2 - 1	First loss

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 10/05/2024 at 17:06

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Ligue 1	Ligue 1	178	29	407	18	11813	73%130		37%66	30%53	33%59
French Cup	French Cup	8	1	617		617	88%7		38%3	50%4	13%1
Coupe de la Ligue	Coupe de la Ligue	11	1	847		847	73%8		45%5	9%1	45%5
National 2	National 2	3	2	135		270	100%3		33%1		67%2
Premier League	Premier League	11	2	266		532	55%6		45%5	27%3	27%3
Russian Cup	Russian Cup	2				183	100%2		50%1	50%1
Liga I	Liga I	156	43	241	7	10351	69%107	1	54%84	23%36	23%36
Romanian Cup	Romanian Cup	3	1	165		165	33%1		67%2		33%1
Supercupa României	Supercupa României	2				136	50%1		100%2
Cupa Ligii	Cupa Ligii	1				90	100%1				100%1
Liga II	Liga II	15	7	183		1283	93%14		47%7	33%5	20%3
Friendlies	Friendlies	22	7	181		1267	68%15		45%10	18%4	36%8
Euro	Euro	3				211	67%2			67%2	33%1
WCQEZ	World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone	2				91	50%1		50%1		50%1
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	11	2	266		531	55%6	1	55%6	27%3	18%2
Cyprus Tournament	Cyprus Tournament	4	1	272		272	75%3		100%4
Champions League	Champions League	4				312	100%4			50%2	50%2
Intertoto Cup	Intertoto Cup	2				112	100%2		50%1		50%1
Europa League	Europa League	32	7	290	1	2029	75%24		44%14	28%9	28%9

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2016/2017	Astra Giurgiu	1	3	44	26	13	5	8	32	28
2015/2016	Astra Giurgiu	1	1	48	10	7	1	2	20	9
2014/2015	Rapid	1	16	33	34	8	9	17	21	42
2013/2014	Rapid	2P	2	35	10	5	5	0	16	10
2013/2014	Rapid	2S	3	41	22	12	5	5	34	20
2012/2013	Kuban	1	4	51	30	14	9	7	48	28
2011/2012	Nancy	1	11	45	38	11	12	15	38	48
2011/2012	Monaco	2	16	4	5	0	4	1	5	6
2010/2011	Monaco	1	18	44	38	9	17	12	36	40
2009/2010	Auxerre	1	3	71	38	20	11	7	42	29
2008/2009	Auxerre	1	8	55	38	16	7	15	35	35
2007/2008	Auxerre	1	15	44	38	12	8	18	33	52
2006/2007	Auxerre	1	8	54	38	13	15	10	41	41
2005/2006	Rapid	1	2	59	30	17	8	5	47	23
2004/2005	Rapid	1	3	57	30	16	9	5	51	27
2003/2004	Rapid	1	3	55	30	16	7	7	51	32
2002/2003	Rapid	1	1	63	30	20	3	7	59	25
2001/2002	Rapid	1	3	50	30	15	6	9	50	31
2000/2001	Rapid	1	4	49	30	13	10	7	38	25

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 05, 2018	05/06		Europe	Romania	2 - 0	Finland	Absent
May 31, 2018	31/05		Intercontinental	Romania	3 - 2	Chile	Absent
March 27, 2018	27/03		Europe	Romania	1 - 0	Sweden	Absent
March 24, 2018	24/03		Europe	Israel	1 - 2	Romania	Absent
November 14, 2017	14/11	F	Europe	Romania	0 - 3	Netherlands	Absent
November 09, 2017	09/11	F	Europe	Romania	2 - 0	Turkey	Absent
October 08, 2017	08/10	WCQEZ	Round 10	Denmark	1 - 1	Romania	Absent
October 05, 2017	05/10	WCQEZ	Round 9	Romania	3 - 1	Kazakhstan	Absent
September 04, 2017	04/09	WCQEZ	Round 8	Montenegro	1 - 0	Romania	Absent
September 01, 2017	01/09	WCQEZ	Round 7	Romania	1 - 0	Armenia	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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Player's injuries

Major strain - Right thigh

Number of games missed : 3

April 30, 2010

28 Days of unavailability

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