Viorel Nicoară

Viorel Nicoară ( born September 27, 1987 in Bucharest ) is a Romanian football player. He stands at Pandurii Târgu Jiu in Liga 1, the top division of his homeland, under contract since January 2013.

Career

Nicoară began at the age of eight years with the football in his home town of Bucharest. In 2005 he moved to the youth of Unirea Urziceni, from where he moved a year later to Olimpia Râmnicu Sarat in the League III. In summer 2008 it the League rival FC Victoria Brăneşti took them under contract. This change proved to be a stroke of luck. With Brăneşti he succeeded in two years of the walkover of the League III in the League 1 Nicoară was able to hold in all three leagues as a regular force. In the 2010/11 season he struggled from the start against relegation. During the winter break, signed him the reigning Romanian champions CFR Cluj, which in turn lagged behind its season goals and only found again in midfield. In the following season his club tied back at past successes and won again the championship. However, it Nicoară was rarely used. Early 2013 he left Cluj to league rivals Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

National

In August 2011, the Romania coach Victor Piţurcă Nicoară convened for the first time in the national team squad for a friendly against San Marino. On 10 August 2011, he made ​​his so far the only international match when he came on in the 83rd minute for Costin Curelea.

Achievements

• Romanian champions: 2012
• Promotion to League 1: 2010