Daniel Oprița Explained

Daniel Oprița
Fullname:Daniel Ionel Oprița
Birth Date:1981 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Drăgănești-Olt, Romania
Currentclub:Steaua București (manager)
Position:Striker / Winger
Years1:2000–2002
Clubs1:CSM Reșița
Caps1:33
Goals1:7
Years2:2002–2003
Clubs2:Steaua București
Caps2:14
Goals2:1
Years3:2003–2007
Clubs3:FCSB
Caps3:93
Goals3:14
Years4:2007–2008
Clubs4:Dinamo București
Caps4:5
Goals4:0
Years5:2008
Clubs5:UTA Arad (loan)
Caps5:6
Goals5:0
Years6:2008–2009
Clubs6:Lorca Deportiva
Caps6:3
Goals6:0
Years7:2009
Clubs7:FC Aarau (loan)
Caps7:15
Goals7:0
Years8:2009–2010
Clubs8:FK Baku
Caps8:3
Goals8:0
Years9:2010–2013
Caps9:89
Goals9:26
Years10:2013
Clubs10:Mordovia Saransk
Caps10:11
Goals10:2
Years11:2013–2014
Caps11:8
Goals11:1
Years12:2014
Clubs12:Metalul Reșița
Caps12:13
Goals12:1
Totalcaps:293
Totalgoals:52
Nationalyears1:2003–2006
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:2014–2015
Managerclubs1:Metalul Reșița
Manageryears2:2015–2017
Managerclubs2:Juventus București
Manageryears3:2017–2018
Managerclubs3:CSMȘ Reşiţa
Manageryears4:2018
Managerclubs4:Voluntari
Manageryears5:2019
Managerclubs5:Mioveni
Manageryears6:2019–
Managerclubs6:Steaua București

Daniel Ionel Oprița (born 10 August 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player.

Club career

Oprița began his career at FCM Reșița in 2000 in Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to Liga I in the top tier of the Romanian football. Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the Divizia A in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the Supercupa României in 2005–06. He scored 14 goals in 93 appearances whilst at FCSB.

On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals FC Dinamo București on a four-year contract. His time at the club was not a success and he played just five games without scoring. Later, in 2008, he signed for FCM UTA Arad based in Arad in the west of the country.

After one season with the club, Oprița terminated his contract and moved to south-east Spain to play for Lorca Deportiva CF of the Segunda División B, the third tier of the Spanish football league system. Oprița failed to settle in Spain and returned to Romania after just one month and three games. Due to the Transfer window being closed, he was unable to sign for a new team until the winter break. In January 2009, he signed a six-month loan contract with FC Aarau of the Swiss Super League.[1]

Style of play

Despite playing as a striker, Oprița did not score many goals, he was a more of a target man and his main ability was to create spaces for his teammates, where many goals were from. He was very committed while playing, and he was also technically gifted.

International career

For Romania, Oprița was capped six times and scoring one goal. He made his debut in 2003 against Ukraine.

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal.

Honours

Player

FCSB

2004–05, 2005–06

2006

Petrolul Ploiești

2010–11

CSU Craiova

2013–14

Manager

Juventus București

2016–17

2015–16

Steaua București

2020-21

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: transfermarketweb article . 18 January 2009 . 19 January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090119064105/http://transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=30295 . dead .