Nicolae Mitea

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Nicolae Mitea
Personal information
Date of birth (1985-03-24) 24 March 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1994–1997 FRB Titan București
1997–1998 Juventus București
1998–2001 Dinamo București
2001–2002 Rapid București
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2003 Dinamo București 9 (0)
2003–2008 Ajax 53 (12)
2008–2009 Dinamo București 12 (0)
2010–2011 Ionikos 0 (0)
2011–2012 Petrolul Ploieşti 2 (1)
2013–2014 Concordia Chiajna 0 (0)
Total76(13)
International career
2003–2006 Romania U–21 18 (6)
2003–2005 Romania 8 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Mitea (born 24 March 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a winger. Between 2003 and 2005, he made eight appearances for the Romania national team scoring two goals.

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Club career

In 1998, Mitea and Roberto Iancu were taken by coach Ionuț Chirilă on a one-week trial at FC Barcelona, but despite leaving a good impression, they did not sign a contract because of some problems with their sports agent. [1] [2]

Mitea started his professional career in the Romanian Divizia A, playing for FC Dinamo București in the 2002–03 season. After having played only nine matches in the Romanian league, he was picked up by Dutch club Ajax after he impressed on a trial.

Before he left he and Dinamo won the Cupa României. His first season at Ajax was a success as he, at the age of 18, played 23 matches and scored 7 goals in the Dutch Eredivisie and in the process winning the league title with Ajax.

This period also saw him making his debut for the Romania national team on 20 August 2003. The 2004–05 season proved more difficult, as Mitea struggled to find the back of the net and only scored twice during that season. He performed very well on the Romanian youth team and became more interesting for the national team.

2005 was his breakthrough year in the national team, as he played four matches that year in which he scored twice. He established himself as a more important player for the team as well. His development in his career was set on hold due to a knee injury which sidelined him for a long time, resulting in only one appearance for Ajax in the 2005–06 season. Also in the following season Mitea did not play regularly as manager Henk ten Cate choose to overlook him and he was no longer first choice for the left-wing position. Despite the lack of appearances in these two seasons he did add 2006–07 KNVB Cups to his list of trophies.

Due to minor injuries and still being out of favour with Henk Ten Cate, and then temporary replacement coach Adrie Koster, Mitea did not play a single game for Ajax during the 2007–08 season. He was not in new coach Marco van Basten's plans and was told to look for a new club.

Mitea returned to Dinamo București in August 2008 signing a four-year contract, but after only one season, in the summer of 2009 he left Dinamo and became a free agent.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupEuropeOtherTotalRef.
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo București 2002–03 Liga I 9010100 [3] [4]
Ajax 2003–04 Eredivisie 2371040287 [5]
2004–05 21261273 [5]
2005–06 1020001141 [5]
2006–07 82311040163 [5]
2007–08 0000000000 [5]
Total531161111517514–
Dinamo București 2008–09 Liga I1202010150 [6]
Ionikos 2010–11 Super League Greece 2 0000
Petrolul Ploiești 2011–12 Liga I211132 [5]
Concordia Chiajna 2013–14 0000
Total76131011215110316–

Honours

Dinamo București

Ajax

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References

  1. ↑ "Uite cu cine face minuni "Reghe". Roberto Iancu avea 82 de kilograme în urmă cu două luni" [Here's who "Reghe" works wonders. Roberto Iancu weighed 82 kilograms two months ago] (in Romanian). Gsp.com. 25 April 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fabulos! Află ce jucător, care a trecut pe la Barcelona, joacă în România şi e poreclit "KFC"" [Fabulous! Find out which player, who went to Barcelona, plays in Romania and is nicknamed "KFC"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 21 November 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  3. ↑ Nicolae Mitea at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ "Nicolae Mitea's 2002–03 Romanian Cup appearance". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Nicolae Mitea – Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Nicolae Mitea – Retired". footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
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