Nicolae Constantin

Nicolae Constantin
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-12-09) 9 December 1973
Place of birth Filipeștii de Târg, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Victoria Floreşti
1996–1999 Petrolul Ploieşti 69 (7)
1996–1997 → AS Ploieşti (loan) 21 (6)
2000–2006 Rapid Bucureşti 76 (7)
2001 → Electromagnetica (loan) 2 (0)
2002 → Astra Ploieşti (loan) 11 (1)
2004 → Petrolul Ploieşti (loan) 7 (0)
2007 Digenis Akritas Morphou 6 (0)
2007–2010 FC Braşov 54 (2)
2010–2011 Chimia Brazi 0 (0)
Teams managed
2014 Petrolul Ploiești
2016 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant coach)
2017–2018 Romania U-21 (assistant)
2018- Al-Hazem (assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nicolae Constantin (born 9 December 1973 in Bucureşti) is a retired Romanian footballer. He spent most of his playing career with his childhood club, Petrolul Ploiesti, and also at FC Rapid Bucuresti. He played mainly as a central defender, but could also go as a center forward. Although uncapped by Romania, he has been regarded as one of the best Romanian central defenders of his generation, since he was a very determined and hard-working man. Nae Constantin retired at the end of the 2010-2011 season, last playing for second tier club Chimia Brazi.

Career

Nae Constantin started his playing career with Victoria Florești, a local club in his home county of Prahova. After one season he made the big step to Prahova's biggest club, Petrolul Ploiesti. Despite being a central defender, he would go often up front and score goals for his team, as he proved so while loaned at AS Ploiești, where he scored 6 goals in 21 games. He continued his good goalscoring statistics at Petrolul, where he managed 7 goals in 69 matches. In 2000, he switched to Romanian giants FC Rapid BucurestiÂRapid Bucuresti. Despite being loaned out several times to Electromagnetica, Astra Ploiesti and his previous club Petrolul Ploiesti, he was a main figure in his later years in Bucharest. Following Răzvan Lucescu's resignation at Rapid, with whom he had a great partnership, he secured a transfer to Cypriot club Digenis Akritas Morphou. He only wore Digenis' jersey 7 times, as he returned quickly to his home country to join Lucescu and many more ex-Rapid players at FC Brașov, following a mass exodus from the Bucharest club. Reunited with his former coach and teammates, he enjoyed playing 3 seasons with in Brasov, before joining for the 2010-11 season what proved to be his last club, Chimia Brazi. Nae Constantin was an important figure for the club, who missed out promotion to Liga II by only two points.

Honours

Club

Rapid București
FC Braşov

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