Nicolae Constantin

Nicolae "Nae" Constantin (born 9 December 1973 in Filipeștii de Târg) 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 CS Brazi.

Nae Constantin
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-12-09) 9 December 1973
Place of birth Filipeștii de Târg, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Victoria Floreşti ? (?)
1996–1999 Petrolul Ploieşti 69 (7)
1996–1997 → Danubiana Ploieşti (loan) 21 (6)
1999–2006 Rapid Bucureşti 76 (7)
2002 → Astra Ploiești (loan) 11 (1)
2004 → Petrolul Ploieşti (loan) 7 (0)
2007 Digenis Akritas Morphou 6 (0)
2007–2010 FC Braşov 54 (2)
2010–2011 CS Brazi ? (?)
Total 244 (23)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Sportul Studentesc (assistant)
2012–2013 FCM Targu Mures (assistant)
2014 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2016 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2017–2018 Romania U-21 (assistant)
2018–2019 Al-Hazem (assistant)
2020 CSO Filiași
2020 Comuna Recea
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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 Rapid București. 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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