Viorel Nicoară (born 27 September 1987) is a Romanian

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who plays as a midfielder.

Career

Viorel Nicoară, a product of

Unirea Urziceni Fotbal Club Unirea Urziceni, commonly known as Unirea Urziceni (), was a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County. Unirea became Divizia A Final Tables, national champions ...

academy, started his senior career at Tineretului Stadium, but he failed to make a single appearance. He was loaned to

CSM Râmnicu Sărat Club Sportiv Municipal Râmnicu Sărat (), commonly known as CSM Râmnicu Sărat or Râmnicu Sărat, is a Romanian professional football team based in Râmnicu Sărat, Buzău County, currently competes in Liga III, the third level of the Romanian ...

, and in 2008 sold to Victoria Brăneşti. He won the promotion to

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with Victoria Brăneşti at his team's first

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season. During the 2009–10 season, he was called by the

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coach

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to the under-23 squad, alongside his team-mate Vasile Olariu. He made his debut with the full Romanian team in August 2011, playing the last seven minutes of a friendly match against

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.UEFA
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10 August 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2013.

Honours

CFR Cluj

winner ( 2011–12)

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

runner-up (

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)

Victoria Brăneşti

winner ( 2009–10)

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* * 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players FC Unirea Urziceni players CS Brănești players CFR Cluj players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players FC Astra Giurgiu players ASC Daco-Getica București players ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu players CS Sportul Snagov players Romania men's international footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in Israel 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub