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

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and former player, currently in charge of

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

club

CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence of Romania, Ministry of National D ...

Club career

Oprița began his career at Minerul Moldova Nouă in 2000 in

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, the third tier of the Romanian football, being transferred to

CSM Reșița Asociația Club Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, which competes in the Liga II. The club was foun ...

in 2001 in

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

, the second tier of the Romanian football pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

in the top tier of the Romanian football. Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the

in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the

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in 2005–06. He scored 15 goals in 107 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

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

. After one season with the club, Oprița terminated his contract and moved to south-east Spain to play for Lorca Deportiva 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

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of the

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Style of play

Despite playing as a striker, Oprița did not score many goals, he was a more of a target man and his main ability was to create spaces for his teammates, where many goals were from. He was very committed while playing, and he was also technically gifted.

International career

For

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

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Career statistics

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Oprița goal.''

Honours

Player

Steaua București *

: 2004–05, 2005–06 *

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Petrolul Ploiești *

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Coach

Juventus București *

: 2016–17 *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: 2015–16 CSA Steaua București *

: 2020–21 * Liga IV – Bucharest: 2019–20

References

External links

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Swiss Football League profile
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