Bănel Nicoliță
Nicoliță with Steaua București in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 7 January 1985 | ||
| Place of birth | Făurei, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Târgu Mureș / CS Făurei (owner) | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Unirea Făurei | ||
| 1993–2001 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2004 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | 75 | (23) |
| 2004 | Politehnica Timișoara | 15 | (3) |
| 2005–2011 | Steaua București | 188 | (23) |
| 2011–2014 | Saint-Étienne | 25 | (3) |
| 2013–2014 | → FC Nantes (loan) | 17 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | Viitorul Constanța | 37 | (6) |
| 2016–2017 | CS Făurei | ||
| 2017– | Târgu Mureș | 6 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2003 | Romania U-19 | 5 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Romania U-21 | 13 | (1) |
| 2005– | Romania | 37 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2016–2017 | CS Făurei | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 March 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2014 |
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Bănel Nicoliță (born 7 January 1985 in Făurei, Brăila County) is a Romanian professional footballer of Romani descent who plays for Târgu Mureș. Nicoliță is nicknamed Jardel after the famous Mário Jardel of Brazil. He can play as a right winger or left winger and has been used on occasion as a right back. He is known for his electrifying pace and very high work rate.
He made his debut in Romanian Liga II, playing for Dacia Unirea Brăila. After, he joined Politehnica Timișoara, making his Divizia A debut at the age of 19. However, he made only 15 league appearances for the club before moving to Steaua București, at the beginning of 2005, he signed a 5-year contract with Steaua.
Shortly after joining Steaua, Nicoliță won his first Liga I title upon his first season with the team. He is known as a humble and hard-working, though not very technical, speed and quickness are his strengths.
In the spring of 2006, he scored twice in the match against Real Betis, his goals opening Steaua's door to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Cup, and then he scored again in the quarterfinals, this time against Rapid București to help his team reach the semifinals.
On 1 November 2006, he scored an own goal against Real Madrid in a Champions League encounter. Unfortunately for him and the Romanian side, this turned out to be decisive in the outcome of the match. He claimed he couldn't sleep for 48 hours after scoring it. After a game with FC Argeș, Romanian newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor named him Bănelinho.
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