Flavius David Daniliuc (born 27 April 2001) is an Austrian professional

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who plays as a defender for club

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, on loan from club

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, and the Austria national team.

Club career

Early years and Bayern Munich

Daniliuc began his youth career with Admira Wacker Mödling, before moving to

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in 2010. The following year, he joined the junior academy of Spanish club

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, where he won a youth league title. His international transfer was one of the cases which resulted in the transfer ban imposed on Real Madrid by

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in 2016. After being bullied by his colleagues in Spain, Daniliuc moved to Germany in 2014 on the advice of

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defender and fellow countryman

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, who Daniliuc's father had met. He first entered the DFI Bad Aibling youth team, before joining the Bayern Munich youth academy in January 2015. In October 2018, Daniliuc was included in ''

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''s "Next Generation 2018", which listed the 60 most talented footballers born in 2001. He made his professional debut for

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in the

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on 26 July 2019, starting in a home match with

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Nice

On 18 June 2020, French club

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debut on 20 September that year, entering the field in the 65th minute of a 3–0 home defeat to

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, and his first

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game on 5 November, in a 3–2

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away loss to

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. Daniliuc scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 victory over

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at the

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, on 26 February 2021.

Salernitana

On 29 August 2022, Daniliuc signed a four-year contract with

in Italy. On 31 January 2024, Daniliuc joined

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club Red Bull Salzburg on loan for the remainder of the season. On 30 August 2024, Daniliuc moved on a new loan to

International career

Daniliuc began his international youth career with the under-15 team of Austria in October 2015 against Montenegro. He advanced through the under-16 and under-17 teams in 2016 and 2017. On 19 November 2018, he debuted for

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in a 1–0 friendly loss against the

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. On 27 March 2023, Daniliuc debuted for the Austrian senior squad during a

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match against

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Personal life

Daniliuc was born in Vienna, Austria, to Romanian parents from

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who fled their home country before the

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. His older

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brothers, Daniel and Manuel, are also footballers.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Nice *

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runner-up: 2021–22

References

External links

Flavius Daniliuc
at the U.S. Salernitana 1919 website
Flavius Daniliuc
at DFB.de *
Profile
at kicker.de * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniliuc, Flavius 2001 births Living people Footballers from Vienna Austrian men's footballers Austria men's youth international footballers Austria men's under-21 international footballers Austria men's international footballers Austrian people of Romanian descent Men's association football central defenders FC Bayern Munich II players OGC Nice players US Salernitana 1919 players FC Red Bull Salzburg players Hellas Verona FC players 3. Liga players Ligue 1 players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Serie A players Serie B players Austrian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in France Austrian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy UEFA Euro 2024 players 21st-century Austrian sportsmen Austrian twins