Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional

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and former football player. He is the manager of Steaua București.

Club career

Oprița began his career at

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in 2000 in

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, the second tier of the

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pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to

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in the top tier of the

. Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the

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in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the

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in 2005–06. He scored 14 goals in 93 appearances whilst at Steaua București. On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals

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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

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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

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of the

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, 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

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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

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Style of play

Despite playing as a striker, Oprița did not score many goals, he was more of a

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and his main ability was to create spaces for his teammates, where many goals are from. He was very committed while playing, and he was also technically gifted.

International career

For

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

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International goals

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

Honours

Player

;Steaua București * Romanian League Championship: 2004–05, 2005–06 * Romanian Supercup:

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;Petrolul Ploiești *

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;CSU Craiova *

: 2013–14

Manager

;Juventus București *

: 2016–17 * Romanian Third League: 2015–16 ;CSA Steaua București * Romanian Third League:

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* Romanian Fourth League –

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: 2019–20

References

External links

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Swiss Football League profile
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