Robert Ionel Niţă (born 2 April 1977 in

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) is a retired

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player.

Career

Robert Niţă was born in

, and his first club was Steaua București in Romania. He later joined Corvinul Hunedoara, Cimentul Fieni and Oțelul Galați where he was one of the best players in the team. In 1999, he returned to Steaua for a short period. Next signed with Foresta Suceava and scored 9 goals in 15 matches. In 2000, he came to Rapid București, season 2000–01 he finished 3rd place in the top scores classification with 14 goals (9 scored for Foresta Suceava) in

Liga I 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 2004, he was bought by Israelian team Hapoel Be'er Sheva. Is next signed with Gloria Bistriţa and Pandurii Târgu-Jiu. In 2008, he joined

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from Vietnam and retired there.

International career

Robert Niţă has played 30 times for the Romania U-17 and he scored 12 goals. He played also for Romania U-21 9 games and he scored 2 goals.

Honours

; Rapid București *

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 ...

: 2002–03 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () 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. It is the Romania ...

: 2001–02 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

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