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Football player Claudiu Niculescu

Claudiu Iulian Niculescu

Claudiu Niculescu

Born on 23 June 1976 (age 48)

National team appearances of Claudiu Niculescu

Team	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
Romania	2000 - 2007	8		5	1
Total:		8		5	1

Player stats by club

Clubs of footballer	Period	Caps	Capt.	Sub. in	Sub. off	Goals	Pen.	Goals/ Caps
FC Universitatea, Craiova	15 Nov 2000	1		1
FC Dinamo, Bucureşti	27 Mar 2002 - 22 Aug 2007	7		4	1

Player stats by competition

Competition

Played

Sub. in

Sub. off

European Championship qualifiers (QE)

World Cup qualifiers (QW)

Friendly matches and other tournaments

Total:

Career highlights

Match date	Opponent team	Event	Age
15 Nov 2000	Yugoslavia	debut	24 years 4 months 23 days
22 Aug 2007	Turkey	last appearance	31 years 1 month 30 days

Record of national team matches played by Claudiu Niculescu

National team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Winning Percentage
Romania national football team	8	7	0	1	16	6	87.5

Claudiu Niculescu's international caps

as player of FC Universitatea, Craiova:

debut age - 24 years 4 months 23 days

15 Nov 2000 19:00 (+2:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea)

2-1

Romania vs Yugoslavia

Friendly International

as player of FC Dinamo, Bucureşti:

27 Mar 2002 18:00 (+2:00)

Constanţa, Stadionul Gheorghe Hagi

4-1

Romania vs Ukraine

Friendly International

17 Apr 2002 17:30 (+2:00)

Bydgoszcz, Stadion Zawiszy

1-2

Poland vs Romania

Friendly International

04 Jun 2005 20:30 (+2:00)

Rotterdam, Stadion de Kuip (Feijenoord)

2-0

Netherlands vs Romania

2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

17 Aug 2005 21:30 (+3:00)

Constanţa, Stadionul Gheorghe Hagi

2-0

Romania vs Andorra

2006 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 1

07 Oct 2006 20:15 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul Steaua (Ghencea)

3-1

Romania vs Belarus

UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying, Group G

15 Nov 2006 22:00 (+2:00)

Cádiz, Estadio Ramón de Carranza

0-1

Spain vs Romania

Friendly International

22 Aug 2007 21:00 (+3:00)

Bucharest, Stadionul Naţional

2-0

Romania vs Turkey

Friendly International

Comments

Romanian international football players by name

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Radu Niculescu

1931 - 1931

10 May 1931

Radu Niculescu

02 Mar 1975

1994 - 2000

13 Feb 1994

06 Feb 2000

Valeriu Niculescu

23 Jan 1914

18 Nov 1986

1941 - 1942

01 Jun 1941

16 Aug 1942

Dan Nistor

06 May 1988

2012 - 2020

14 Nov 2012

18 Nov 2020

Florin Niţă

03 Jul 1987

2017 - 2024

09 Nov 2017

18 Nov 2024

Romanian international caps

Other international football players who were born on 23 June

Footballer

Born

Died

Team, period

Caps

First match

Last match

Patrick Vieira

23 Jun 1976

1997 - 2009

107

26 Feb 1997

02 Jun 2009

Savvas Poursaitidis

23 Jun 1976

2010 - 2011

03 Mar 2010

07 Oct 2011

Miguel Ángel Angulo

23 Jun 1977

2004 - 2007

17 Nov 2004

17 Oct 2007

Jovan Markoski

23 Jun 1980

2003 - 2004

30 Apr 2003

13 Jul 2004

Daniel Örlund

23 Jun 1980

2010 - 2010

20 Jan 2010

international footballers born on 23 June

Romania upcoming fixtures

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Romania vs Bosnia & Herzegovina

Friday 21 March 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

San Marino vs Romania

Monday 24 March 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Austria vs Romania

Saturday 7 June 2025

World Cup 2026 Qualification

Romania vs Cyprus

Tuesday 10 June 2025

Romania fixtures

Claudiu Niculescu's most often teammates

Adrian Mutu (2000 - 2007) - 7 games
Bogdan Lobonţ (2000 - 2007) - 6 games
Cristian Chivu (2002 - 2007) - 6 games
Dorinel Munteanu (2002 - 2007) - 5 games
Răzvan Raţ (2002 - 2007) - 5 games