Ovidiu Herea

Ovidiu Herea
	Herea with Viitorul Constanța in 2017
Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Ovidiu Herea
Date of birth	26 March 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1995–2003	Național București
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2007	Național București
2007–2013	Rapid București
2013–2015	Sion
2015–2016	Skoda Xanthi
2016	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2017	Concordia Chiajna
2017	Viitorul Constanța
2018	Balotești
2018–2022	Metaloglobus București
Total
International career
2005–2007	Romania U21
2010–2011	Romania
Managerial career
2023	Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Ovidiu Herea (born 26 March 1985) is a Romanian former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Național București

Herea started his career at Național București, where he went through the youth systems.^[1] On 16 August 2003, he made his debut for the first team in the Divizia A in a game against FC Brașov.^[2] He helped his side reach the 2005–06 Romanian Cup final. He played four years for Național București, becoming a regular in his last two seasons with the team, before he left for Rapid București.^[3]

Rapid București

In 2007 Herea was transferred to Rapid București for €1 million. In November 2011, after two months of negotiations, Herea signed a new 4-year deal with Rapid București worth €1 million. In 2012 Herea had offers from Italian sides A.C. Milan and A.S. Bari. Later on, in 2013 due to his great league performance he received the award "Romanian midfielder of the year" and he received another offer from Belgian top of the table team Standard Liège but he refused the offer. In April 2013 he scored an important 20 m free kick goal in the Romanian derby against FC Steaua București.

Sion

On 3 July 2013, he signed a three-year contract with Swiss side FC Sion.^[4]

International career

Between 2005 and 2007 Herea was a Romania U-21 international.

Herea made his national debut against Albania.^[5] He scored his first goal on 10 August 2011 against San Marino.^[5]

Statistics

Club	Season	League		Cup		Europe		Other		Total
Club	Season	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Național București	2003–04	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
	2004–05	7	0	1	0	—		—		8	0
	2005–06	21	0	6	1	—		—		27	1
	2006–07	31	5	2	0	—		—		33	5
	Total	66	5	10	1	—		—		76	6
Rapid București	2007–08	26	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	0
	2008–09	25	2	2	1	1	0	—		28	3
	2009–10	29	8	1	0	—		—		30	8
	2010–11	31	11	2	0	—		—		33	11
	2011–12	28	12	4	1	6	1	—		38	14
	2012–13	26	9	2	0	1	1	—		28	11
	Total	165	42	13	2	8	2	0	0	186	46
Sion	2013–14	29	5	2	0	—		—		31	5
	2014–15	17	4	3	1	—		—		20	5
	Total	46	9	5	1	—		—		51	10
Skoda Xanthi	2015–16	19	3	3	2	—		—		22	5
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	2016–17	19	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	22	4
Concordia Chiajna	2016–17	19	2	—		—		—		19	2
Viitorul Constanța	2017–18	7	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	11	1
Balotești	2017–18	11	5	—		—		—		11	5
Metaloglobus București	2018–19	33	11	0	0	—		—		33	11
	2019–20	22	11	1	0	—		—		23	11
	2020–21	23	14	1	0	—		—		24	14
	2021–22	22	8	0	0	—		—		22	8
	2022–23	7	3	0	0	—		—		7	3
	Total	107	47	2	0	—		—		109	47
Career total		459	117	34	6	13	3	1	0	507	126