Nicolae Grigore
Nicolae Grigore ( born July 19, 1983 in Buftea, Ilfov County ) is a Romanian football player. The midfielder has played 216 matches in Liga 1, the highest Romanian league. Since summer 2013 he is in al - Ettifaq in Saudi Arabia under contract.
Career
At the age of 17 years Grigore came into the squad for the first team of Rapid Bucharest, where he (now League 1) was born on 16 May 2001 on its first use in Divizia A in 2001. At the start of the new season he was loaned to Electromagnetica Bucharest in the Divizia B to play matches. Even in the winter break, he returned to Rapid, but also came in the second half almost to the course. The 2002/03 season brought him more inserts and a larger share of winning the championship, but he could not claim as master players.
After Grigore had been borrowed in the second half 2003/ 04 to FC Braşov, he admittedly came to more appearances for Rapid, but could not defend for a long period his place in the team. He won the Romanian Cup in 2006 and 2007. In 2009, Grigore Rapid left and moved permanently to Brasov, where he was able to fight for a regular place. However, he returned after a year to Rapid and qualified with the team at the end of the season for the Europa League. He repeated a year later this success. At the same time he moved into the Cup final in 2012, but it lost to Dinamo Bucharest 0-1.
In the summer of 2013, Romania Grigore left and joined the Saudi Arabian club Al- Ettifaq.
National
Grigore played his first game for the Romanian national football team, when he came in the World Cup qualifier on 14 October 2009 against the Faroe Islands for use. In November 2011 he returned to the circle of the national team, as a coach Victor Piţurcă nominated him for two friendlies against Belgium and Greece. Against Belgium, he made his comeback when he came on in the 86th minute for Ionut Neagu.
Achievements
- Romanian champions: 2003
- Romanian Cup Winners: 2002, 2006, 2007