Ovidiu Burcă Explained

Ovidiu Burcă
Fullname:Ovidiu Nicușor Burcă
Height:1.83 m
Birth Date:16 March 1980
Birth Place:Slatina, Romania
Position:Centre-back
Youthyears1:1986–1996
Youthclubs1:Olt Scornicești
Youthyears2:1996–1998
Youthclubs2:Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu
Years1:1998–1999
Clubs1:Emelec
Caps1:6
Goals1:0
Years2:1999[1]
Clubs2:JEF United Ichihara
Caps2:4
Goals2:0
Years3:2000
Clubs3:Ventforet Kofu
Caps3:16
Goals3:1
Years4:2001–2002
Clubs4:Universitatea Craiova
Caps4:25
Goals4:0
Years5:2002–2005
Clubs5:Dinamo București
Caps5:48
Goals5:0
Years6:2005–2007
Clubs6:Național București
Caps6:39
Goals6:2
Years7:2007–2010
Clubs7:Energie Cottbus
Caps7:39
Goals7:0
Years8:2008
Clubs8:Beijing Guoan (loan)
Caps8:15
Goals8:1
Years9:2010–2011
Clubs9:Politehnica Timișoara
Caps9:20
Goals9:0
Years10:2011–2012
Clubs10:Rapid București
Caps10:24
Goals10:1
Totalcaps:236
Totalgoals:5
Nationalyears1:2001
Nationalteam1:Romania U21
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:0
Manageryears1:2014–2015
Managerclubs1:Oțelul Galați (sporting director)
Manageryears2:2015–2020
Managerclubs2:Rapid București (president)
Manageryears3:2020
Managerclubs3:Rapid București (sporting director)
Manageryears4:2020–2021
Managerclubs4:Rapid București U19
Manageryears5:2021
Managerclubs5:Rapid II București
Manageryears6:2021–2022
Managerclubs6:CSM Slatina
Manageryears7:2022–2023
Managerclubs7:Dinamo București

Ovidiu Nicușor Burcă (born 16 March 1980) is a Romanian football manager.

Club career

Early career

Born in Slatina, Burcă began his youth career at Școala de Fotbal Gheorghe Popescu.

Emelec

He began his professional career in Ecuador at Club Sport Emelec in the Primera Categoría Serie A league making six appearances.

JEF United Ichihara

A year later he got noticed by the Japanese club JEF United Ichihara and signed with them. He played there only four matches and impressed the scouts of Ventforet Kofu and he was transferred immediately.

Ventforet Kofu

Burcă played sixteen matches and scored one goal for Ventforet.

Universitatea Craiova

After a year in Ecuador and near two years in Japan, Burcă returned to Romania to play for FC Universitatea Craiova a total of 25 matches, which impressed FC Dinamo București who signed him.

Dinamo București

He won with them the Romanian League during the 2003–04 season. After spending three years with Dinamo, Burcă signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with FC Național.

Energie Cottbus

In June 2007, Bundesliga side Energie Cottbus announced signing him a three-year contract. However, in his first Bundesliga season at the club he did not make any appearance due a serious injury, which resulted a year break in the 2007–08 season. Burcă was one of the key players at Cottbus and they named him as captain in 2009. He was loaned out in 2008 to Chinese club Beijing Guoan.

Politehnica Timișoara

After his contract expired with the German side, Burcă signed a one-year contract with FC Politehnica Timișoara returning to Liga 1 after three years. He was handed the number 25 shirt.[2] He made his debut in a Europa League play-off against Manchester City in a 2–0 loss.

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

2003–04

2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05

2005Național București

Rapid București

Coach

CSM Slatina

2021–22

Notes and References

  1. https://data.j-league.or.jp/SFIX04/?player_id=6128 J.League
  2. Web site: Burcă signed with Poli . 10 August 2010 . FC Timişoara .