Nicolae Dică

**Nicolae Dică** (born 9 May 1980) is a former Romanian football player. He plays for Romania national team.

### Club

- Steaua Bucureşti
- Romanian First League: 2004–05, 2005–06
- Romanian Cup: 2010–11
- Romanian Supercup: 2006
- UEFA Cup semi-finalist: 2005-06

- CFR Cluj
- Romanian First League: 2009–10
- Romanian Cup: 2009–10

### Individual

- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2006
- In the 2006–2007 season, Dică was voted by the fans across the whole of Europe as the third best football player in the UEFA Champions League after Kaká and Cristiano Ronaldo.

### Club activity

|rowspan="2"  style="text-align:center;"|Club|rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Season|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|League|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Cup|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|International|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Total|||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|**F.C. Steaua Bucureşti**|||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|2010-2011|align="center"|11|align="center"|4|align="center"|3|align="center"|2|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|14|align="center"|6|||
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|**Manisaspor**|||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|2010-2011|align="center"|5|align="center"|0|align="center"|2|align="center"|1|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|7|align="center"|1|||
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|**CFR Cluj**|||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|2009-2010|align="center"|11|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|11|align="center"|0|||
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|**Iraklis Salonic**|||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|2009-2010|align="center"|13|align="center"|3|align="center"|1|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|14|align="center"|3|||
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|**Catania Calcio**|||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|2008-2009|align="center"|3|align="center"|0|align="center"|2|align="center"|1|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|5|align="center"|1|||
|rowspan="7" align=center valign=center|**Steaua București**|||||||||||||||||||
|align="center"|2007-2008|align="center"|12|align="center"|3|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|3|align="center"|1|align="center"|9|align="center"|4|||
|align="center"|2006-2007|align="center"|23|align="center"|10|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|10|align="center"|5|align="center"|35|align="center"|15|||
|align="center"|2005-2006|align="center"|29|align="center"|15|align="center"|1|align="center"|0|align="center"|15|align="center"|6|align="center"|45|align="center"|21|||
|align="center"|2004-2005|align="center"|29|align="center"|11|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|11|align="center"|2|align="center"|40|align="center"|13|||
|align="center"|2003-2004|align="center"|14|align="center"|9|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|14|align="center"|9|||
|rowspan="5" align=center valign=center|**FC Argeș**|align="center"|2003-2004|align="center"|14|align="center"|9|align="center"|3|align="center"|2|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|17|align="center"|11|
|align="center"|2002-2003|align="center"|28|align="center"|10|align="center"|5|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|33|align="center"|10|||
|align="center"|2001-2002|align="center"|27|align="center"|11|align="center"|2|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|29|align="center"|11|||
|align="center"|2000-2001|align="center"|19|align="center"|4|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|19|align="center"|4|||
|rowspan="3" align=center valign=center|**Dacia Pitești**|align="center"|1999-2000|align="center"|33|align="center"|14|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|33|align="center"|14|
|align="center"|1998-1999|align="center"|17|align="center"|5|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|0|align="center"|17|align="center"|5|||

### International goals

- _Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after the player's goal._

|#|Date|Venue|Opponent|Score|Result|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|16 August 2006|Stadionul Farul, Constanţa, Romania||**1**–0|2–0|Friendly|
|2|6 September 2006|Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania||**1**–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying|
|3|22 August 2007|Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania||**1**–0|2–0|Friendly|
|4|8 September 2007|Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus||**2**–1|3–1|UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying|
|5|21 November 2007|Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania||**1**–0|6–1|UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying|
|6|21 November 2007|Stadionul Lia Manoliu, Bucharest, Romania||**6**–1|6–1|UEFA Euro 2008 Qualifying|
|7|31 May 2008|Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania||**3**–0|4–0|Friendly|
|8|31 May 2008|Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania||**4**–0|4–0|Friendly|
|9|20 August 2008|Stadionul Tineretului, Urziceni, Romania||**1**–0|1–0|Friendly|

## Other websites

- Nicolae Dica Fansite
- Nicolae Dica at National Soccer Teams
- Nicolae Dică at Romaniansoccer.ro
- Nicolae Dică at UEFA.com

## Infobox (football biography)

- **playername**: Nicolae Dică
- **image**: Nicolae Dică.jpg
- **image size**: 240px
- **caption**: Nicolae Dică playing for CFR Cluj
- **fullname**: Nicolae Marius Dică
- **birth place**: Piteşti, Romania
- **currentclub**: FC Viitorul Constanța, Viitorul Constanța
- **clubnumber**: 20
- **position**: Midfielder (football), Attacking midfielder
Forward (association football), Forward
- **years1**: 1998–2000
- **caps1**: 50
- **goals1**: 19
- **clubs1**: CS Dacia Mioveni, Dacia Piteşti
- **years2**: 2000–2004
- **caps2**: 89
- **goals2**: 34
- **clubs2**: FC Argeş Piteşti, Argeş Piteşti
- **years3**: 2004–2008
- **caps3**: 124
- **goals3**: 54
- **clubs3**: FC Steaua Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti
- **years4**: 2008–2010
- **caps4**: 3
- **goals4**: 0
- **clubs4**: Calcio Catania, Catania
- **years5**: 2009–2010
- **caps5**: 13
- **goals5**: 3
- **clubs5**: → Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C., Iraklis (loan)
- **years6**: 2010
- **caps6**: 13
- **goals6**: 0
- **clubs6**: → CFR Cluj (loan)
- **years7**: 2010
- **caps7**: 5
- **goals7**: 0
- **clubs7**: → Manisaspor (loan)
- **years8**: 2011
- **caps8**: 11
- **goals8**: 4
- **clubs8**: FC Steaua Bucureşti, Steaua Bucureşti
- **years9**: 2011
- **caps9**: 15
- **goals9**: 1
- **clubs9**: CS Mioveni, Mioveni
- **years10**: 2012–
- **caps10**: 19
- **goals10**: 10
- **clubs10**: FC Viitorul Constanța, Viitorul Constanța
- **nationalteam1**: Romania national under-21 football team, Romania U-21
- **nationalyears2**: 2003–2010
- **nationalcaps2**: 32
- **nationalgoals2**: 9
- **nationalteam2**: Romania national football team, Romania