Nicolae Daniel Balauru (born 6 December 1980) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n former footballer who played as a

midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in t ...

for teams such as Rulmentul Alexandria, Poli AEK Timişoara, Oțelul Galați or

CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea CSM may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Cantigas de Santa Maria'', a collection of medieval Galician-Portuguese vernacular songs and poems in praise of the Virgin Mary * Chaos Space Marines, in the ''Warhammer 40,000'' fictional universe * C ...

, among others. His brother,

Dragoș Balauru Dragoş Balauru (born 11 November 1989) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Liga II club CSM Alexandria, which he captains. Personal life His brother, Dan Balauru is also a footballer. Hono ...

is also a footballer.

References

External links

* 1980 births Living people People from Alexandria, Romania Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players CSM Alexandria footballers AFC Rocar București players FC Politehnica Timișoara players CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players ASC Oțelul Galați players FCM Bacău players FC Unirea Urziceni players CS Mioveni players CS Otopeni players SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea players FC Metaloglobus București players ACS Olimpic Snagov players Footballers from Teleorman County 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub