Maximilian Nicu

Maximilian Nicu
Personal information

Full name	Maximilian Johannes Ştefan Nicu
Date of birth	(1982-11-25) 25 November 1982
Place of birth	Prien am Chiemsee, West Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	SpVgg Unterhaching
Number	10
Youth career
1988–1994	TuS Prien
1994–1997	TSV 1860 Rosenheim
1997–2002	SpVgg Unterhaching
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2002–2004	SpVgg Unterhaching	23	(2)
2004	Rot-Weiss Erfurt	13	(0)
2005–2006	Wehen Wiesbaden	48	(20)
2006–2007	Wacker Burghausen	31	(6)
2007–2008	Wehen Wiesbaden	32	(6)
2008–2010	Hertha BSC	43	(3)
2010–2012	SC Freiburg	27	(0)
2012–2013	1860 Munich	25	(0)
2014	Universitatea Cluj	8	(2)
2014–2015	Aris Limassol	7	(0)
2015	SV Elversberg	18	(1)
2015–	SpVgg Unterhaching	9	(0)
National team
2009	Romania	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 October 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Maximilian Nicu (born 25 November 1982) is a German-born Romanian footballer who plays for SpVgg Unterhaching. Thus far he has spent most of his career in Germany, apart from two short spells in Romania and on Cyprus.

Club career

Hertha BSC

Nicu made his first appearance with Hertha BSC on 31 July 2008 in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup first qualifying round second leg against FC Nistru Otaci. Nicu made his Bundesliga debut on 17 August 2008 in Hertha's opening fixture against Eintracht Frankfurt. Nicu came on in the 71st minute as a substitute, replacing Patrick Ebert. After two seasons with Hertha, the club chose not to renew Nicu's contract following their relegation to the 2. Bundesliga.

SC Freiburg

On 1 July 2010, Nicu signed for SC Freiburg.^[1]

1860 Munich

On 31 January 2012, Nicu signed for 2. Bundesliga side 1860 Munich.

Universitatea Cluj

On January 14, 2014 he signed a contract with Universitatea Cluj making it the first Romanian club in his career.

Aris Limassol

On 29 July 2014, Maximilian Nicu signed one-year contract with Cypriot Second Division club Aris Limassol.^[2]

SV Elversberg

In January 2015, after a year abroad, he returned to his native Germany and signed for fourth tier Regionalliga Südwest side SV Elversberg until 2016.^[3]

International career

Nicu elected to play for the country of his parents, rather than his country of birth. In 2009, he requested a Romanian passport.^[4] Nicu was called up for matches against Serbia and Austria. At first it appeared he would not be able to play, since he had not received his Romanian citizenship yet,^[5] but on 17 March it was announced that Nicu had been granted citizenship and would be permitted to play.

On 20 March 2009, he pledged his vow to become a Romanian citizen.^[6] He made his debut for Romania on 1 April 2009 against Austria.

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 25 January 2015

Club performance			League		Cup		Continental		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Europe		Total
2002–03	SpVgg Unterhaching	Regionalliga Süd	23	2	3	0	0	0	26	2
2003–04	SpVgg Unterhaching	2. Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003–04	Rot-Weiß Erfurt	Regionalliga Süd	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
2004–05	Wehen Wiesbaden		14	4	0	0	0	0	14	4
2005–06	Wehen Wiesbaden		34	16	0	0	0	0	34	16
2006–07	Wacker Burghausen	2. Bundesliga	31	6	3	1	0	0	34	7
2007–08	Wehen Wiesbaden	2. Bundesliga	32	6	1	0	0	0	33	6
2008–09	Hertha BSC	Bundesliga	28	2	2	0	7	1	37	3
2009–10	Hertha BSC		15	1	2	0	9	0	26	1
2010–11	SC Freiburg		23	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
2011–12	SC Freiburg		4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
2011–12	1860 München	2. Bundesliga	15	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
2012–13	1860 München	2. Bundesliga	10	0	2	0	0	0	12	0
2013–14	Universitatea Cluj	Liga I	8	2	0	0	0	0	8	2
2014–15	Aris Limassol	Second Division	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2014–15	SV Elversberg	Regionalliga Südwest	14	1	0	0	0	0	14	1
Career total			271	40	15	1	16	1	302	42

References

↑ "Freiburg verpflichtet Nicu" (in German). DFL. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
↑ "Ανακοίνωση: Ποιότητα στην μεσαία γραμμή με… Maximilian Nicu" (in Greek). Aris Limassol FC. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
↑ "SVE verpflichtet Nicu und Nagel" [SVE signs Nicu and Nagel] (in German). SV Elversberg. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
↑ "Maximilian Nicu beantragt Pass für Rumänien" (in German). Berliner Morgenpost. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
↑ ""STRANIERII" PENTRU JOCURILE CU SERBIA ŞI AUSTRIA" (in Romanian). 13 March 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
↑ "VIDEO » Max Nicu a depus jurămîntul". Archived from the original on 21 March 2009.

External links

SpVgg Unterhaching – current squad

1 Marinovic 2 Bauer 3 Koch 4 Winkler 5 Welzmüller 6 Taffertshofer 7 Sieghart 8 Dombrowka 9 Reisner 10 Nicu 12 Einsiedler 13 Krabler 14 Clarke 15 Wolf 16 Friedrich 17 Hummels 18 Steinherr 19 Piller 21 Bigalke 22 Hehn 23 Markmüller 24 Möhrle 27 Lux 28 Hinterseer 29 Rathmann 30 Marseiler 31 Kiomourtzoglou 32 Schels 34 Wiesböck 38 Rosenzweig Manager: Schromm

Regionalliga top scorers

Bayern	2012–13: Neumeyer 2013–14: Görtler 2014–15: Stolz

Nord	1994–95: Claaßen 1995–96: Cengiz 1996–97: Cengiz 1997–98: Erdmann 1998–99: Bärwolf 1999–2000: Bärwolf / Bester 2000–01: Teixeira 2001–02: Gerov / Teixeira 2002–03: Guščinas 2003–04: Feldhoff 2004–05: Kuru 2005–06: Reichenberger 2006–07: Cannizzaro / Reichenberger 2007–08: Sağlık 2008–09: Pollok 2009–10: Frahn 2010–11: Förster 2011–12: Frahn 2012–13: Krohne 2013–14: Menga 2014–15: Arslan

Nordost	1994–95: Adler / Markov 1995–96: Irrgang 1996–97: Weißhaupt 1997–98: Wiedemann 1998–99: Wiedemann 1999–2000: Lau 2000–12: No competition 2012–13: Frahn 2013–14: Beck 2014–15: Beck

Südwest	2012–13: Assauer 2013–14: Slišković 2014–15: Weißenfels

West	2008–09: Mölders 2009–10: Aydogmus / Knappmann 2010–11: Mainka 2011–12: Knappmann 2012–13: Michel 2013–14: Bouhaddouz 2014–15: Gabriele

Süd (defunct)	1994–95: Akpoborie 1995–96: Trkulja 1996–97: Türr 1997–98: Eckstein 1998–99: Marić 1999–2000: Djappa 2000–01: Barlecaj 2001–02: Ben Neticha 2002–03: Copado 2003–04: Guerrero / Misimović 2004–05: Helmes 2005–06: Nicu / Okpala 2006–07: Jäger / Mešić 2007–08: Bauer 2008–09: Bauer 2009–10: Krasniqi / Tunjić 2010–11: Herdling 2011–12: Lappe

West/Südwest (defunct)	1994–95: Beyel 1995–96: Van der Ven 1996–97: Deffke / Feinbier 1997–98: Zibert 1998–99: Graf 1999–00: Ebbers

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