Constantin Nica

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Costi Nica
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Personal information
Full name Constantin Nica
Date of birth (1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Afumați, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1999–2012 Dinamo București
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Dinamo II București 8 (0)
2012–2013 Dinamo București 22 (0)
2013–2018 Atalanta 7 (0)
2014–2015 → Cesena (loan) 8 (0)
2015–2016 → Avellino (loan) 22 (0)
2016–2017 → Latina (loan) 13 (0)
2017–2018 → Dinamo București (loan) 3 (0)
2018–2019 Dunărea Călărași 0 (0)
2019 Voluntari 2 (0)
2019–2020 Vojvodina 0 (0)
2021–2022 Dinamo București 0 (0)
2022 Pistoiese 12 (0)
International career
2011–2012 Romania U-19 6 (0)
2012–2013 Romania U-21 5 (0)
2013 Romania 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2023

Constantin "Costi" Nica (born 18 March 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.

Contents

Club career

Dinamo București

He made his debut for the first team on 5 May 2012, in a 1–0 Liga I loss against CFR Cluj.

Atalanta Bergamo and loans

On 11 July 2013, Atalanta acquired 85% of the player's rights from Dinamo Bucharest for a reported €1.6 million. [1] [2] He made his first-team debut on 18 August 2013, in a 3–0 Coppa Italia win against Bari. He made his Serie A debut as an 82-minute substitute for Cristiano Del Grosso.

On 11 July 2014, Cesena signed Nica on a full-season loan. He made his debut in a 3–0 Serie A loss against Juventus, making his way in as a 77-minute substitute for Luigi Giorgi.

On 25 July 2015, Avellino signed Nica on a full-season loan. [3]

Nica joined Latina on loan for the 2016–17 season. [4]

On 2 September 2017, he returned for the first time to Dinamo Bucuresti. [5]

Several injuries and free agent

The following three years, he suffered several injuries that kept him away from football and played only 2 official matches for FC Voluntari.

Second return to Dinamo București

On 1 September 2021 he signed a two-year contract with Romanian club Dinamo București after 5 months in which he trained with the team. [6]

Pistoiese

On 28 January 2022, he returned to Italy and joined to Serie C club Pistoiese. [7]

International career

Nica played for Romania U-19 team. [8] In August 2012, he made his debut for the Romanian U-21 squad in a friendly game against Sweden. In August 2013 he made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Slovakia.

Honours

Club

Dinamo București

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References

  1. ↑ "Giulio Migliaccio e Constantin Nica all"Atalanta". atalanta.it (in Italian). 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "Ioan Becali a dezvăluit clauzele speciale din contractele lui Nica şi Alexe! Ce sume ar mai putea încasa Dinamo pe cei doi" (in Romanian). Prosport. 9 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Constantin Nica, împrumutat de Atalanta în Serie B la Avellino, prosport.ro, 25 July 2015
  4. ↑ Constantin Nica a fost împrumutat de Atalanta Bergamo la US Latina în Serie B (presă), news.ro, 23 August 2016
  5. ↑ FC Dinamo l-a împrumutat pe Nica de la Atalanta, news.ro, 2 September 2017
  6. ↑ Costi Nica a semnat cu Dinamo. „Câinii” au făcut primul transfer după ridicarea interdicției, prosport.ro, 1 September 2021
  7. ↑ "Pistoiese, in arrivo Nica e Di Massimo". Reportpistoia (in Italian). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "Player Profile – Constantin Nica". UEFA.com. 12 October 2011.


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