Constantin "Costi" Nica (born 18 March 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right-back.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Constantin Nica | ||
| Date of birth | 18 March 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Afumați, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1999–2012 | Dinamo București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Dinamo II București | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Dinamo București | 22 | (0) |
| 2013–2018 | Atalanta | 7 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | → Cesena (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Avellino (loan) | 22 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | → Latina (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | → Dinamo București (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | Dunărea Călărași | 0 | (0) |
| 2019 | Voluntari | 2 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Vojvodina | 0 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Dinamo București | 0 | (0) |
| 2022 | Pistoiese | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 97 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Romania U-19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Romania U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 2013 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 May 2023 | |||
Club career
editDinamo București
editHe made his debut for the first team on 5 May 2012, in a 1–0 Liga I loss against CFR Cluj.
Atalanta Bergamo and loans
editOn 11 July 2013, Atalanta acquired 85% of the player's rights from Dinamo Bucharest for a reported €1.6 million.[1][2] He made his first-team debut on 18 August 2013, in a 3–0 Coppa Italia win against Bari. He made his Serie A debut as an 82-minute substitute for Cristiano Del Grosso.
On 11 July 2014, Cesena signed Nica on a full-season loan. He made his debut in a 3–0 Serie A loss against Juventus, making his way in as a 77-minute substitute for Luigi Giorgi.
On 25 July 2015, Avellino signed Nica on a full-season loan.[3]
Nica joined Latina on loan for the 2016–17 season.[4]
On 2 September 2017, he returned for the first time to Dinamo Bucuresti.[5]
Several injuries and free agent
editThe following three years, he suffered several injuries that kept him away from football and played only 2 official matches for FC Voluntari.
Second return to Dinamo București
editOn 1 September 2021 he signed a two-year contract with Romanian club Dinamo București after 5 months in which he trained with the team.[6]
Pistoiese
editOn 28 January 2022, he returned to Italy and joined to Serie C club Pistoiese.[7]
International career
editNica played for Romania U-19 team.[8] In August 2012, he made his debut for the Romanian U-21 squad in a friendly game against Sweden. In August 2013 he made his debut for the senior team in a friendly match against Slovakia.
Honours
editClub
editDinamo București
References
edit- ^ "Giulio Migliaccio e Constantin Nica all"Atalanta". atalanta.it (in Italian). 11 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
- ^ "Ioan Becali a dezvăluit clauzele speciale din contractele lui Nica şi Alexe! Ce sume ar mai putea încasa Dinamo pe cei doi" (in Romanian). Prosport. 9 July 2013.
- ^ Constantin Nica, împrumutat de Atalanta în Serie B la Avellino, prosport.ro, 25 July 2015
- ^ Constantin Nica a fost împrumutat de Atalanta Bergamo la US Latina în Serie B (presă), news.ro, 23 August 2016
- ^ FC Dinamo l-a împrumutat pe Nica de la Atalanta, news.ro, 2 September 2017
- ^ Costi Nica a semnat cu Dinamo. „Câinii” au făcut primul transfer după ridicarea interdicției, prosport.ro, 1 September 2021
- ^ "Pistoiese, in arrivo Nica e Di Massimo". Reportpistoia (in Italian). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Player Profile – Constantin Nica". UEFA.com. 12 October 2011.
External links
edit- Constantin Nica at National-Football-Teams.com
- Profile at UEFA.com
- Constantin Nica at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Constantin Nica at Soccerway