Vladimir Niculescu (born 26 September 1987,

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

) is a

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n professional football player, who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. He is a

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Career

Niculescu started his career in 2006, at Sportul Studențesc. Four years later he promoted with his team and on 20 August 2010, Niculescu made his

Liga I Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

debut in a match against

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

. At the beginning of 2012, Niculescu moved to the transylvanian team Gloria Bistrița. Later that year he was transferred to

Damila Măciuca Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov, Ilfov County, founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Li ...

for whom he played only one match. In November 2012 Niculescu terminated the contract with

by mutual agreement, the reason beyng his desire to play and not to be a reserve. In April 2013 was brought at

Universitatea Cluj Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the L ...

by the manager of the team at that time,

Ioan Viorel Ganea Ioan Viorel "Ionel" Ganea (born 10 August 1973) is a Romanian professional association football, football coach and former player who played as a Forward (association football), striker. Club career Early career Ionel Ganea was born on 10 Augus ...

, and made the debut for his new team on 5 April 2013 in a victory against

Astra Ploiești Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club last based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ' ...

References

External links

Profile on Universitatea Cluj official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Niculescu, Vladimir 1987 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Sportul Studențesc București players CS Sportul Snagov players FC Universitatea Cluj players Liga I players Liga II players 21st-century Romanian sportsmen