Ovidiu Herea

Ovidiu Herea

Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Ovidiu Herea
Date of birth	(1985-03-26) 26 March 1985 (age 40)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–2003	Național București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2003–2007	Național București	66	(5)
2007–2013	Rapid București	165	(42)
2013–2015	Sion	46	(9)
2015–2016	Skoda Xanthi	19	(3)
2016	Pandurii Târgu Jiu	19	(3)
2017	Concordia Chiajna	19	(2)
2017	Viitorul Constanța	7	(1)
2018	Balotești	11	(5)
2018–2022	Metaloglobus București	107	(47)
2024–2025	Nanov
Total		459	(117)
International career
2005–2007	Romania U21	8	(2)
2010–2011	Romania	2	(1)
Managerial career
2023	Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
2024–2025	Nanov (player/coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Național București

Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems. ^[1] On 16 August 2003, he made his debut for the first team in the Divizia A in a game against FC Brașov. ^[2] He helped his side reach the 2005–06 Romanian Cup final. He played four years for Național București, becoming a regular in his last two seasons with the team, before he left for Rapid București. ^[3]

Rapid București

In 2007 Herea was transferred to Rapid București for €1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, Herea signed a new 4-year deal with Rapid București worth €1 million. In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides A.C. Milan and A.S. Bari. Later on, in 2013 due to his great league performance he received the award "Romanian midfielder of the year" and he received another offer from Belgian top of the table team Standard Liège but he refused the offer. In April 2013 he scored an important 20 m free kick goal in the Romanian derby against FC Steaua București.

Sion

On 3 July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion. ^[4]

International career

Between 2005 and 2007 Herea was a Romania U-21 international.

Herea made his national debut against Albania. ^[5] He scored his first goal on 10 August 2011 against San Marino. ^[5]

Personal life

His younger brother, Claudiu was also a footballer. ^{[6] [7]}

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ^{[5] [8] [9]}

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Național București	2003–04	Divizia A	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
	2004–05	Divizia A	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
	2005–06	Divizia A	21	0	6	1	—		—		27	1
	2006–07	Divizia A	31	5	2	0	—		—		33	5
	Total		66	5	10	1	—		—		76	6
Rapid București	2007–08	Liga I	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2008–09	Liga I	25	2	2	1	1 [b]	0	—		28	3
	2009–10	Liga I	29	8	1	0	—		—		30	8
	2010–11	Liga I	31	11	2	0	—		—		33	11
	2011–12	Liga I	28	12	4	1	6 [b]	1	—		38	14
	2012–13	Liga I	26	9	2	0	1 [b]	1	—		28	11
	Total		165	42	13	2	8	2	0	0	186	46
Sion	2013–14	Swiss Super League	29	5	2	0	—		—		31	5
	2014–15	Swiss Super League	17	4	3	1	—		—		20	5
	Total		46	9	5	1	—		—		51	10
Skoda Xanthi	2015–16	Super League Greece	19	3	3	2	—		—		22	5
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2016–17	Liga I	19	3	1	0	2 [b]	1	0	0	22	4
Concordia Chiajna	2016–17	Liga I	19	2	—		—		—		19	2
Viitorul Constanța	2017–18	Liga I	7	1	0	0	3 [c]	0	1 [d]	0	11	1
Balotești	2017–18	Liga II	11	5	—		—		—		11	5
Metaloglobus București	2018–19	Liga II	33	11	0	0	—		—		33	11
	2019–20	Liga II	22	11	1	0	—		—		23	11
	2020–21	Liga II	23	14	1	0	—		—		24	14
	2021–22	Liga II	22	8	0	0	—		—		22	8
	2022–23	Liga II	7	3	0	0	—		—		7	3
	Total		107	47	2	0	—		—		109	47
Career total			459	117	34	6	13	3	1	0	507	126

1. Includes Cupa României, Swiss Cup, Greek Cup
2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League
3. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearance in Supercupa României

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
	2010	1	0
	2012	1	1
Total		2	1

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

List of international goals scored by Ovidiu Herea

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 August 2011	Stadio Olimpico di San Marino, Serravalle, San Marino	San Marino	1–0	1–0	Friendly

Honours

Player

Național București ^[9]

• Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06

Rapid București ^[9]

• Cupa României runner-up: 2011–12
• Supercupa României: 2007

Sion ^[9]

• Swiss Cup: 2014–15

Viitorul Constanța ^[9]

• Supercupa României runner-up: 2017

References

1. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea juniorat la National Bucuresti
2. http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/h/herea_nicolae.shtml Herea debut pentru in Liga I
3. https://int.soccerway.com/players/nicolae-ovidiu-herea/71924/ Herea stats
4. "Herea c'est officiel et les frères Karel aussi!". fc-sion.ch (in French). 3 July 2013. Archived from the original on 13 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
5. Ovidiu Herea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
6. "După ce Ovidiu Herea a semnat cu Viitorul și fratele acestuia și-a găsit echipă în Liga 1! Claudiu Herea va juca pentru Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe" [After Ovidiu Herea signed with Viitorul his brother also found a team in Liga 1! Claudiu Herea will play for Sepsi Sf. Gheorghe] (in Romanian). dolce-sport.ro. Archived from the original on 9 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
7. "INTERVIU Fratele lui Ovidiu Herea joaca fotbal in liga a doua si s-a apucat si de...KEMPO Ce planuri are" [INTERVIEW Ovidiu Herea's brother plays football in the second league and also started to train for ... KEMPO What are his plans] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
8. Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
9. Ovidiu Herea at Soccerway

External links

• FC Sion profile (in French)
• Ovidiu Herea at WorldFootball.net
• Ovidiu Herea – UEFA competition record ( archive )
• Ovidiu Herea at National-Football-Teams.com