Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian

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who plays as an

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Club career

Național București

Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems. On 16 August 2003, he made his debut for the first team in the

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in a game against FC Brașov. He helped his side reach the 2005–06 Romanian Cup final. He played four years for Național București, becoming a regular in his last two seasons with the team, before he left for

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Rapid București

In 2007 Herea was transferred to

for

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1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, Herea signed a new 4-year deal with

worth

1 million. In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides

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and

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. Later on, in 2013 due to his great league performance he received the award "Romanian midfielder of the year" and he received another offer from Belgian top of the table team

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but he refused the offer. In April 2013 he scored an important 20 m free kick goal in the Romanian derby against

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Sion

On 3 July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with

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side

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International career

Between 2005 and 2007 Herea was a Romania U-21 international. Herea made his national debut against

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. He scored his first goal on 10 August 2011 against

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International goals

Statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 27 September 2020''

Trivia

His younger brother,

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is also a footballer who currently plays for Metaloglobus București.

Honours

Club

;FC Sion *

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: 2014–15

References

External links

FC Sion profile
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herea, Ovidiu 1985 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players Liga II players Swiss Super League players Super League Greece players FC Progresul București players FC Rapid București players FC Sion players Xanthi F.C. players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Viitorul Constanța players CS Balotești players FC Metaloglobus București players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece