Daniel Opriţa

Daniel Opriţa

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Ionel Opriţa
Date of birth	10 August 1981 (1981-08-10) (age 30)
Place of birth	Drăgăneşti-Olt, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft  1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Striker / Winger
Club information
Current club	Petrolul Ploieşti
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2000–2002	CSM Reşiţa	33	(7)
2002–2007	Steaua Bucureşti	107	(15)
2007	Dinamo Bucureşti	5	(0)
2007–2008	UTA Arad	6	(0)
2008–2009	Lorca Deportiva	3	(0)
2009	→ FC Aarau (loan)	10	(0)
2009	FK Baku	3	(0)
2010–	Petrolul Ploieşti	46	(24)
National team‡
2003–2006	Romania	6	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 31 August 2006

Daniel Ionel Opriţa (born 10 August 1981 in Drăgăneşti-Olt) is a Romanian football striker who plays for Petrolul Ploieşti.

Club career

Opriţa began his career at FCM Reşiţa in 2000 in Liga II, the second tier of the Romianian football pyramid. In 2002, he moved on to Steaua Bucureşti, making the step up to Liga I in the top tier of the Romianian football. Opriţa 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 15 goals in 107 appearances whilst at Steaua Bucureşti.

On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals FC Dinamo Bucureşti 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 Opriţa 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. Opriţa 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, Opriţa does not score many goals, he is a more of a target man and his main ability is to create spaces for his team mates, where many goals are from. He is very committed while playing, and he is also technically gifted.

International career

For Romania, Oprita was capped 6 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.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 February 2005	Neo GSZ Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus	Slovakia	2–2	2–2	Friendly

References

1. ^ transfermarketweb article

External links

• Daniel Opriţa's career @ RomanianSoccer.ro (English)
• Daniel Opriţa's profile @ UEFA.com (English)
• Soccerway profile (English)
• Swiss Football League profile

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Oprita, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	10 August 1981
Place of birth	Drăgăneşti-Olt, Romania
Date of death
Place of death