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Ovidiu Burcă
Burcă warming up before the gamePersonal information Full name Ovidiu Nicuşor Burcă Date of birth 16 March 1980 Place of birth Slatina, Romania Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Playing position Centre-back Club information Current club Rapid Bucureşti Number 16 Youth career 1996–1998 Football School Gica Popescu Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1998–1999 Emelec 6 (0) 1999 JEF United 4 (0) 2000 Ventforet Kofu 16 (1) 2001–2002 Universitatea Craiova 25 (0) 2002–2005 Dinamo Bucureşti 46 (0) 2005–2007 Naţional Bucureşti 39 (2) 2007–2010 Energie Cottbus 40 (0) 2008 → Beijing Guoan (loan) 15 (1) 2010–2011 Politehnica Timişoara 20 (0) 2011– Rapid Bucureşti 9 (1) National team‡ 2001–2002 Romania U–21 6 (0) HonoursEmelec Runner-up Serie A 1998 Runner-up Seria A 1999 Dinamo Bucureşti Winner Romanian Cup 2003 Winner Romanian Cup 2004 Winner Romanian Cup 2005 Winner Liga I 2004 Runner-up Liga I 2005 Naţional Bucureşti Runner-up Romanian Cup 2006 Beijing Guoan Third Super League 2008 Politehnica Timişoara Runner-up Liga I 2011 * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 May 2011Ovidiu Burcă (born 16 March 1980 in Slatina) is a Romanian footballer, currently playing for Romanian Liga I club Rapid Bucharest.
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Club career
Early career
Burcă began his youth career at Football School Gica Popescu.
Emelec
He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six apparences.
JEF United
A year later he got noticed by the Japanese club JEF United Ichihara and signed with them. He played there only four matches and impressed the scouts of Ventforet Kofu and he was transferred immediately.
Ventforet Kofu
Ovidiu plays sixteen matches and scored one goal for Ventforet.
Universitatea Craiova
After a short year in Ecuador and near two years in Japan, Ovidiu returned back in his country to play for FC Universitatea Craiova a total of 25 matches, which impressed FC Dinamo Bucureşti who took him.
Dinamo Bucureşti
He won with them the Romanian League during the 2003–04 season. After spending three years with Dinamo, Ovidiu signed a one-year and half contract with FC National.
Energie Cottbus
In June 2007 Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus announced signing him a three-year contract deal. However in his first Bundesliga season on the club he did not make any apparence due a serious injury, which resulted a year break in the 2007–08 season. Ovidiu is one of the key players at Cottbus and they named him as captain in 2009. He was loaned out in 2008 to Chinese club Beijing Guoan.
Politehnica Timişoara
After his contract expired with the German side, Burca returned in Romania, the former capitan of Energie Cottbus signed a one year contract with FC Politehnica Timişoara returning back in Liga 1 after three years, he was handed the number 25 shirt.[1] He made his debut in Europa League play-off against Manchester City in a 2–0 loss.
Honours
Club
- Dinamo Bucharest
- Romanian League: 2003–04
- Romanian Cup: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
References
- ^ "Burcă signed with Poli". FC Timişoara. 10 August 2010. http://violamania.gsp.ro/stiri/12008/s-a-rezolvat-transferul-lui-burca-fundasul-va-semna-cu-poli.htm.
External links
- Ovidiu Burcă at romaniansoccer.ro
- Ovidiu Burcă at fussballdaten.de (German)
- Ovidiu Burcă at transfermarkt.de
- Ovidiu Burcă at worldfootball.net
FC Rapid Bucureşti – current squad 1 Coman · 2 Rui Duarte · 3 Ezequias · 4 Marcos António (c) · 5 Alexa · 7 Deac · 8 Grigore · 9 Cássio · 10 Herea · 11 Pancu · 14 Roman · 15 Oros · 16 Burcă · 17 Creţu · 19 Božović · 20 Grigorie · 21 Sburlea · 23 Constantin · 24 Surdu · 27 Gláuber · 32 Apostol · 80 F.Teixeira · 89 Straton · Coach: Lucescu
Categories:- 1980 births
- Living people
- People from Slatina, Romania
- Romanian footballers
- Emelec footballers
- JEF United Ichihara Chiba players
- Ventforet Kofu players
- FC Universitatea Craiova players
- FC Dinamo Bucureşti players
- FC Progresul Bucureşti players
- FC Energie Cottbus players
- FC Politehnica Timişoara players
- Liga I players
- J. League players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Ecuador
- Expatriate footballers in Japan
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Romanian expatriates in Japan
- Expatriate footballers in China
- Beijing Guoan players
- Romanian expatriates in China
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