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Marius Niculae

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Marius Constantin Niculae (born 16 May 1981) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently he is the sporting director of the Romania national under-21 team. Niculae started his career with Dinamo București, progressing through their youth system to the first team squad. He made his first team debut in 1996 while he was still 15 years old and finished his time at the club having scored 44 goals in 100 Divizia A appearances. He joined Primeira Liga club Sporting CP in 2001 after signing for a reported transfer fee of $3 million. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Marius Niculae is the 9,330th most popular soccer player (down from 8,502nd in 2024), the 689th most popular biography from Romania (down from 629th in 2019) and the 129th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Marius Niculae ranks 9,330 out of 21,273. Before him are Kodai Enomoto, Aleksandr Anyukov, Nigel Clough, Antônio Wagner de Moraes, Adam Davies, and Ethan Mbappé. After him are Georges-Kévin Nkoudou, Dragoje Leković, Raymond Kalla, Yusuf Demir, Ronnie Whelan, and Juan Foyth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Marius Niculae ranks 565. Before him are Anis Boussaïdi, Nabil Baha, Urška Žolnir, Russell Tovey, Sun Tiantian, and Ermal Meta. After him are Esther Vergeer, Vildan Atasever, Guo Jingjing, JerryC, Momir Ilić, and Mariana Ximenes.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Marius Niculae ranks 689 out of 844. Before him are Cosmin Moți (1984), Cristieana Cojocaru (1962), Lavinia Agache (1968), Alina Dumitru (1982), Dănuț Dobre (1967), and Viorica Susanu (1975). After him are Vilmoș Szabo (1964), Iulian Chiriță (1967), Georgeta Damian (1976), Camelia Diaconescu (1963), Ovidiu Hoban (1982), and Delia Grigore (1972).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Marius Niculae ranks 129. Before him are Claudiu Keșerü (1986), Ion Vlădoiu (1968), Daniel Pancu (1977), Răzvan Cociș (1983), Dănuț Lupu (1967), and Cosmin Moți (1984). After him are Iulian Chiriță (1967), Ovidiu Hoban (1982), Basarab Panduru (1970), Daniel Niculae (1982), Alexandru Maxim (1990), and Florentin Petre (1976).

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