Nicolae Grigore

For footballer born in 1975, see Nicolae Grigore (footballer, born 1975).

Nicolae Adrian Grigore (born 19 July 1983) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder for clubs such as: Rapid București, FC Brașov, Al-Ettifaq or Dinamo București, among others.^[1] He was recently the manager of Metaloglobus București.^[2]

Nicolae Grigore

Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Adrian Grigore
Date of birth	(1983-07-19) 19 July 1983 (age 42)
Place of birth	Buftea, Romania
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1993–2001	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2001–2009	Rapid București	116	(12)
2001	Electromagnetica	15	(0)
2004	→ Brașov (loan)	11	(0)
2009–2010	Brașov	30	(1)
2010–2013	Rapid București	72	(11)
2013–2014	Al-Ettifaq	21	(5)
2014	Apollon Limassol	1	(0)
2015	Dinamo București	12	(0)
2015–2017	Voluntari	13	(0)
Total		291	(29)
International career‡
2002–2003	Romania U-21	6	(0)
2009–2013	Romania	4	(0)
Managerial career
2018–2020	Rapid București U17
2018–2020	Rapid București (assistant)
2020	Romania U21 (assistant)
2020–2021	Rapid București
2021	FC U Craiova (assistant)
2021–2022	Metaloglobus București
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 June 2013

International career

Nicolae Grigore played four games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 14 October 2009 under coach Răzvan Lucescu in a 3–1 victory against Faroe Islands at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers.^[3][4] His following three games were friendlies which also ended up with victories, a 3–1 against Greece, a 1–0 against Switzerland and a 4–0 against Trinidad and Tobago.^[3]

International stats

Romania national team[3]
Year	Apps	Goals
2009	1	0
2010	0	0
2011	1	0
2012	1	0
2013	1	0
Total	4	0

Honours

Rapid București

• Divizia A: 2002–03^[5]
• Cupa României: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2006–07^[5]
• Supercupa României: 2002, 2003, 2007^[5]