Claudiu Niculescu

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Claudiu Niculescu
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Personal information
Full name Claudiu Iulian Niculescu
Date of birth (1976-06-23) 23 June 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Slatina, Romania
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 CSM Slatina (head coach)
Youth career
1982–1994 CSȘ Slatina
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1995 Jiul IELIF Craiova 29 (5)
1995–1996 Drobeta-Turnu Severin 20 (15)
1996–1997 Electroputere Craiova 48 (31)
1998–2001 Universitatea Craiova 93 (41)
2001–2002 Dinamo București 30 (20)
2002–2003 Genoa 13 (3)
2003–2007 Dinamo București 123 (69)
2008 MSV Duisburg 17 (4)
2008 Omonia 8 (1)
2009–2010 Dinamo București 38 (8)
2010–2012 Universitatea Cluj 42 (18)
Total461(215)
International career
2000–2007 Romania 8 (0)
Managerial career
2010 Universitatea Cluj (caretaker)
2012 Universitatea Cluj (player/coach)
2012 Bihor Oradea
2013 Damila Măciuca
2013–2014 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2014–2015 Mioveni
2017–2018 Voluntari
2018 Dinamo București
2019 Al-Tai
2020 Mioveni
2021–2022 Concordia Chiajna
2022 Politehnica Iași
2022–2024 1599 Șelimbăr
2024 Voluntari
2024– CSM Slatina
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Claudiu Iulian Niculescu (born 23 June 1976) is a Romanian football coach and former striker, currently in charge of Liga II club CSM Slatina. [1]

Contents

Club career

"Claudiu is one of the strikers with the highest qualities I have ever met."

–José Ramón Alexanko, former Universitatea Craiova manager [1]

Early career

Niculescu was born in Slatina and started playing football at the youth club CSȘ Slatina, alongside Ionel Dănciulescu, Ionuț Luțu and Augustin Chiriță, being coached by Ion Pârvulescu. [2] [3] [4] He started his senior career playing at Jiul IELIF Craiova in Divizia B, after which he played for one season at Drobeta-Turnu Severin in Divizia C, returning for the following one season and a half to play in Divizia B at Electroputere Craiova. [1] [2] [5]

Universitatea Craiova

Niculescu made his Divizia A debut on 1 March 1998, playing for Universitatea Craiova under Spanish coach José Ramón Alexanko in a 2–1 victory against Petrolul Ploiești in which he scored one goal. [1] [2] [6] [7] [8] He spent three years and a half with The Blue Lions , scoring 41 goals in 93 Divizia A matches, appearing in two games without scoring from the 2000–01 UEFA Cup, also reaching two Cupa României finals. [2] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Dinamo București and Genoa

In 2001 he went to play for Dinamo București where in his first season he won the Divizia A title, being the second top-goalscorer of the league with 15 goals, as coaches Cornel Dinu and Marin Ion gave him 28 appearances. [2] [11] [12] In 2002, shortly after scoring a spectacular goal from about 30 meters against goalkeeper Iker Casillas in a friendly that ended with a 5–2 loss against Real Madrid, Niculescu was transferred to Genoa in Serie B for a fee estimated by the Romanian press between €700.000 and €1 million. [2] [5] [13] He spent only one year with The Griffin , being teammate with compatriots Adrian Mihalcea and Paul Codrea, making only 13 appearances in which he scored three goals as his stay there was affected by injuries, returning to Dinamo who agreed to pay the Genovese team €800.000 to get him back. [2] [14]

In the first season, following his return to The Red Dogs , he helped them win The Double, contributing with 16 goals scored in the 28 league matches in which he was used by coach Ioan Andone and netted the second goal of the 2–0 win over Oțelul Galați from the Cupa României final. [2] [11] [15] In the same season, he gave his contribution to the elimination of Shakhtar Donetsk by scoring a goal in each leg of the 5–2 victory on aggregate from the UEFA Cup. [2] [16] On 21 November 2004, Niculescu was in the center of a controversy when during an away game with his former team, Universitatea Craiova, a fan entered the field and threw a "U" Craiova scarf in his face, after which he screamed:"You are a stinking traitor!", shortly after, his teammate Adrian Mihalcea tackled the fan to the ground. [17] In the 2004–05 season he scored 21 goals, including all the goals in a 4–0 victory against CFR Cluj, sharing with Gheorghe Bucur the top-scorer of Divizia A title. [2] [12] [6] [7] [8] [18] He formed a couple in Dinamo's offence with Ionel Dănciulescu, the Romanian press calling them the "N&D couple", a nickname inspired from the first letters of their family name and the Romanian pop band "N&D". [19] Niculescu started the following season by scoring the final goal of the 3–2 victory against rivals Steaua București which helped the team earn for the first time in its history the Supercupa României. [2] [20] Then he played in the 2005–06 UEFA Cup campaign where they eliminated Omonia against whom he scored a goal, then they got past Everton against whom he also netted a goal in a historical 5–2 win on aggregate, reaching the group stage where he defeated goalkeeper Fabien Barthez by scoring a goal from a 20 meters free kick in a 2–1 away loss to Marseille. [2] [21]

In the 2006–07 season under the guidance of coach Mircea Rednic, Niculescu won another championship title with Dinamo and became the top-scorer of the league with 18 goals, four of these were scored in a 4–1 win over rivals Rapid București and two in a 4–2 victory in a derby against Steaua București. [2] [12] [6] [22] With eight goals scored in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, of which four were in the group stage against Beşiktaş, Club Brugge and a double in the 2–1 victory against Bayer Leverkusen for which he received a 10 in the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper, Niculescu was the second best top-scorer of the competition, having three less than Espanyol's Walter Pandiani, helping The Red Dogs reach the sixteenths-finals where they were eliminated by Benfica. [23] In the following season, Dinamo aimed to reach the Champions League group stage, with Niculescu playing in both legs of the third qualifying round against Lazio Roma, which however was lost with 4–2 on aggregate. [2] [24]

MSV Duisburg and Omonia

In January 2008, Niculescu was transferred by Dinamo at MSV Duisburg for 700.000€, where he was wanted by coach Rudi Bommer, being teammate with fellow Romanians Mihai Tararache and Iulian Filipescu. [2] [5] [25] He played 15 Bundesliga matches in which he scored four goals against VfL Wolfsburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum and Eintracht Frankfurt but at the end of the season he was transferred in Cyprus to Omonia for 200.000€. [2] [5] [26]

Dinamo and Universitatea Cluj

In 2009 he returned for a third spell at Dinamo which lasted one year and a half, a period in which he helped the club fulfill "The wonder from Liberec" after winning with 3–0 the away game against Slovan Liberec, as the first leg was lost with the same score, qualifying after the penalty shoot-out to the group stage of the 2009–10 Europa League. [2] [27] In the summer of 2010 he went to play for Universitatea Cluj, the highlights of this period being a brace in a 4–3 victory over his former team, Dinamo, then another goal against them in a 2–1 win, also he scored a goal directly from a corner kick in a 1–1 draw against Astra Ploiești. [2] [6] [7] [8] [28] He made his last Liga I appearance on 12 March 2012, playing for "U" Cluj in a 1–0 home loss to Steaua. [2] [6] [7] [8] Niculescu was a striker skilled in free kicks, being nicknamed "Lunetistul" (The Sniper) by the Romanian press and he is 11th in an all-time ranking for the top-scorers in Liga I with 156 goals scored in 326 matches played, also with 43 games and 18 goals scored for Dinamo in European matches, he is the player with the most appearances and top scorer in European competitions for the club. [2] [6] [7] [8]

International career

Niculescu played eight games at international level for Romania, making his debut when coach László Bölöni sent him on the field to replace Marius Niculae in the 81st minute of a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against FR Yugoslavia. [29] [30] He also played two games in the 2006 World Cup qualifiers and one in the Euro 2008 qualifiers. [29] Niculescu's last appearance for the national team took place on 22 August 2007 in a 2–0 home win in a friendly against Turkey. [29]

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year [29]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania
200010
200220
200520
200620
200710
Total80

Coaching career

Niculescu's first experience as a coach was in November 2010 for two matches at Universitatea Cluj, where he was at the same time an active player. [31] His second experience as a coach started in March 2012 which was also at "U" Cluj and also being in the same time an active player. [32] In 15 games under his command, the club won four games, draw in six and lost five. Niculescu resigned after the first game of the 2012–13 season, a loss 6–2 at Pandurii Târgu Jiu. [33]

On 25 September 2012, Niculescu was installed as the head coach of Liga II team Bihor Oradea with an objective to help the team promote to the first division. [34] In December, Niculescu ended his contract, after only eight games (two wins, three draws and three losses). [35]

In January 2013, Niculescu took over Damila Măciuca, in Liga II. [36]

September 2018, Niculescu was appointed coach of Dinamo București, following the dismissal of Florin Bratu. He signed a contract until 2020. [37]

On 7 January 2021, Niculescu signed a contract with Liga II side Concordia Chiajna. [38]

Managerial statistics

Updated as of 27 August 2025 [39]
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAWin %
Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj (caretaker)9 November 201018 November 2010201114000.00
Flag of Romania.svg Universitatea Cluj 5 March 201227 July 2012154652323026.67
Flag of Romania.svg Bihor Oradea 11 September 201213 December 2012113441820027.27
Flag of Romania.svg Damila Măciuca 10 January 201329 June 201312822227066.67
Flag of Romania.svg CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea 5 August 201327 April 20142510782923040.00
Flag of Romania.svg Mioveni 7 July 201419 October 2015452211126440048.89
Flag of Romania.svg Voluntari 3 April 201714 April 2018471613184857034.04
Flag of Romania.svg Dinamo Bucuresti 24 September 201813 October 2018311133033.33
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Tai 15 June 201930 October 2019115151311045.45
Flag of Romania.svg Mioveni 2 March 202027 October 2020175751110029.41
Flag of Romania.svg Concordia Chiajna 8 January 20211 March 20223116963522051.61
Flag of Romania.svg Politehnica Iași 7 June 202210 October 202210622148060.00
Flag of Romania.svg 1599 Șelimbăr 7 November 202212 May 2024432013105241046.51
Flag of Romania.svg Voluntari 6 June 202422 November 2024146441711042.86
Flag of Romania.svg CSM Slatina 2 December 2024present188552414044.44
Total3041308688370287042.76

Personal life

Niculescu's brothers Mihai and Dragoș and his cousin Ovidiu were footballers in the Romanian lower leagues. [3] [40] His father Marin was a football coach in the Romanian lower leagues. [3] [40] In 1998 he married Lidia and they had two kids together, Alexandru and Rebecca. [41] [42] They divorced in 2006. [41] [43] In June 2007, he married Diana Munteanu who was a TV host, their wedding was considered the wedding of the year by the Romanian press. [44] Together they had a son named David Cristian. [44] [45] He and Diana divorced in 2014. [46]

In 2025, he was named Honorary Citizen of Slatina. [47]

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova

Dinamo București

Individual

Coach

Voluntari

References

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  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Claudiu Niculescu dă din casă: "Să vă zic ce a pățit un coleg în cazino"" [Claudiu Niculescu tells from the house: "Let me tell you what happened to a colleague in the casino"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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    "Niculescu a semnat cu Genoa" [Niculescu signed with Genoa] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 2 September 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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    "Scena fularului aruncat de "Poștașul" către Claudiu Niculescu s-a repetat după 15 ani! Fiii celor doi, implicați de data asta" [The scene of the scarf thrown by the "Postman" to Claudiu Niculescu was repeated after 15 years! The sons of the two, involved this time] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 November 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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    "EXCLUSIV VIDEO Dezvăluiri la GSP Live. Care a fost secretul faimosului cuplu N&D: "Ne simțeam, nu trebuia să vorbim, nu trebuia să ridicăm privirea"" [VIDEO EXCLUSIVE GSP Live Disclosures. What was the secret of the famous N&D couple: "We felt each other, we didn't have to talk, we didn't have to look up at each other"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
    "Ce atac la CLUJ! N&D canta din nou: Danciulescu negociaza cu U Cluj!" [What an attack at CLUJ! N&D sings again: Danciulescu negotiates with U Cluj!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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    "15 ani de la o mare victorie europeană a lui Dinamo. Eroul meciului, nostalgic: "Și acum ne mândrim cu acea performanță!"" [15 years since Dinamo's great European victory. The hero of the match, nostalgic: "Even now we are proud of that performance!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
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    "Claudiu Niculescu: "La Duisburg a fost cea mai buna experienta a mea in strainatate, dar regret ca am plecat de la Dinamo"" [Claudiu Niculescu: "Duisburg was my best experience abroad, but I regret leaving Dinamo"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
    "30.000 de nemti i-au scandat numele lui Claudiu Niculescu" [30.000 Germans chanted Claudiu Niculescu's name] (in Romanian). Cancan.ro. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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  27. ↑ "Niculescu s-a întors: "Sînt fericit dar voi fi şi mai şi cînd voi semna cu echipa mea de suflet" :)" [Niculescu came back: "I am happy but I will be even more so when I sign with the team of my soul" :)] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 December 2008. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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    "Nouă ani de la "Minunea de la Liberec"! Povestea unei performanțe istorice și cum a reușit Florin Matache să intre în istorie" [Nine years since the "Miracle from Liberec"! The story of a historic performance and how Florin Matache managed to make history] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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  45. ↑ "S-au înţeles în privinţa copilului, nu şi la bani. Diana Munteanu și Claudiu Niculescu au probleme în a împărți averea EXCLUSIV" [They agreed upon the child, but upon not the money. Diana Munteanu and Claudiu Niculescu have trouble splitting their wealth EXCLUSIVELY] (in Romanian). Click.ro. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  46. ↑ "Claudiu Niculescu, despre despărţirea de Diana Munteanu: "Am divorţat pentru că..."" [Claudiu Niculescu, about the separation from Diana Munteanu: "We divorced because ..."] (in Romanian). Apropotv.ro. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  47. ↑ "Trei foști mari fotbaliști au fost făcuți cetățeni de onoare ai Slatinei. Fenomen meteo extrem în timpul evenimentului" [Three former football greats were made honorary citizens of Slatina. Extreme weather phenomenon during the event] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
    "Claudiu Niculescu, Ionel Dănciulescu și Gică Craioveanu au devenit cetățeni de onoare ai Slatinei" [Claudiu Niculescu, Ionel Dănciulescu and Gică Craioveanu became honorary citizens of Slatina] (in Romanian). Iamsport.ro. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
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