Victor Niculescu (born 21 April 1949) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n former footballer who played as a

right defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned ...

. He was part of "U" Craiova's team that won the

1973–74 Divizia A The 1973–74 Divizia A was the fifty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Teams League table Results Top goalscorers Champion squad See also * 1973–74 Divizia B * 1973–74 Divizia C References ...

, which was the first trophy in the club's history. He won the Universiade gold medal with Romania's students football team in the 1974 edition that was held in

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, playing alongside László Bölöni, Gheorghe Mulțescu,

Dan Păltinișanu Dan Păltinișanu (23 March 1951 – 4 March 1995) was a Romanian footballer who played as a defender. Club career Dan Păltinișanu was born in Bucharest, he started playing football in the youth systems of TM București and Dinamo București. ...

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and Paul Cazan.

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: 1973–74 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

runner-up: 1974–75

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Victor Niculescu
at Labtof.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Niculescu, Victor 1949 births Living people Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players CS Universitatea Craiova players CSM Jiul Petroșani players CS Corvinul Hunedoara players Footballers from Craiova