Claudiu Niculescu
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Claudiu Iulian Niculescu | ||
| Date of birth | 23 June 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Slatina, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Voluntari (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | IELIF Craiova | 29 | (5) |
| 1995–1996 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | 20 | (15) |
| 1996–1998 | Electroputere Craiova | 48 | (31) |
| 1998–2001 | Universitatea Craiova | 93 | (41) |
| 2001–2002 | Dinamo București | 30 | (20) |
| 2002–2003 | Genoa | 11 | (3) |
| 2003–2008 | Dinamo București | 123 | (70) |
| 2008 | MSV Duisburg | 17 | (4) |
| 2008–2009 | Omonia | 8 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Dinamo București | 38 | (8) |
| 2010–2012 | Universitatea Cluj | 42 | (18) |
| Total | 459 | (216) | |
| National team | |||
| 2000–2007 | Romania | 8 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2012–2013 | Bihor Oradea | ||
| 2013 | Damila Măciuca | ||
| 2013–2014 | CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| 2014–2015 | CS Mioveni | ||
| 2017– | Voluntari | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Claudiu Iulian Niculescu (born 23 June 1976 in Slatina) is a Romanian football coach and former striker. As a footballer, he played in Romania for Universitatea Craiova, Dinamo București and U Cluj, and has also played abroad for Genoa 1893, MSV Duisburg and Omonia. He was a striker and was especially skilled in free-kicks. He is 11th in an all-time ranking for the goalscorers in Liga I, with 157 goals. He is currently the manager of FC Voluntari.
At his first season with Dinamo Bucharest, Niculescu won the title in the First League and he became officially one of the best strikers from the internal competition.
The second season was not a brilliant one for Dinamo Bucharest and Niculescu was transferred to Genoa FC 1893 in the Italian Second Division at the middle of the season.
After only half of season, in 2003 Niculescu turned back to Dinamo Bucharest and he won another champion title with his team.
In the 2006–07 season, he became the goal-getter of the league scoring 18 goals, four of these in the match against rivals Rapid Bucharest. He was also the second best goal-scorer the UEFA Cup, scoring eight goals. In total, he scored 18 goals for Dinamo in European matches, and he is the all-time top scorer in European competitions for Dinamo. In Romania, he played 351 games, scoring 173 goals.
On 25 July 2010, he scored on his debut for 'U' Cluj against his former fierce rivals, Steaua Bucharest.
His first experience as a coach came at Universitatea Cluj, where he was in the same time active player. He was named head-coach in March 2012, and 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 drastic loss at Pandurii Târgu Jiu: 6–2.
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