Roland Niczuly

The native form of this personal name is Niczuly Roland Csaba. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Roland Csaba Niczuly (born 21 September 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Liga I club Sepsi OSK.

Roland Niczuly

Niczuly playing for Sepsi OSK in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Roland Csaba Niczuly
Date of birth	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth	Târgu Secuiesc, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sepsi OSK
Number	33
Youth career
2004–2010	KSE Târgu Secuiesc
2010–2014	Universitatea Cluj
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2014–2016	Universitatea Cluj	18	(0)
2014–2015	→ Unirea Tărlungeni (loan)	26	(0)
2016–	Sepsi OSK	269	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 May 2025

Career

A youth product of KSE Târgu Secuiesc and Universitatea Cluj, Niczuly was sent out on loan by the latter to Unirea Tărlungeni for the 2014–15 season. He made his senior debut on 30 August 2014, at age 19, in a 2–1 Liga II win over Olt Slatina. Niczuly was an undisputed starter during his stint in Brașov County, with the club finishing fourth in its series.

After his loan deal expired, Niczuly totaled 19 appearances in all competitions for Universitatea Cluj in the 2015–16 campaign. In the summer of 2016, he moved to Sepsi OSK, which immediately gained promotion to the Liga I by finishing second in the league.^[1] He went on to record his debut in the top tier on 16 July 2017, in a 0–1 loss to Astra Giurgiu.^[2]

On 22 July 2020, Niczuly was a starter in the 0–1 loss to FCSB in the Cupa României final.^[3] Two years later, he again played a Cupa României final, this time resulting in a 2–1 victory over Voluntari.^[4] On 24 May 2023, he won his second successive Cupa României final, saving three penalties in the 5–4 shoot-out win against Universitatea Cluj.^[5]

Personal life

Born in Târgu Secuiesc, Niczuly is of Hungarian ethnicity, which has been the source of at least one xenophobic incident with spectators in games that he appeared in.^[6] In 2019, he married his partner Tania Alexia, a native of Cluj-Napoca with whom he has a son.^[7]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 18 May 2025^[8]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Universitatea Cluj	2015–16	Liga II	18	0	1	0	—		—		19	0
Unirea Tărlungeni (loan)	2014–15	Liga II	26	0	0	0	—		—		26	0
Sepsi OSK	2016–17	Liga II	31	0	1	0	—		—		32	0
	2017–18	Liga I	21	0	1	0	—		—		22	0
	2018–19	Liga I	24	0	0	0	—		—		24	0
	2019–20	Liga I	29	0	5	0	—		—		34	0
	2020–21	Liga I	30	0	1	0	—		1[a]	0	32	0
	2021–22	Liga I	35	0	6	0	2[b]	0	—		43	0
	2022–23	Liga I	36	0	4	0	4[b]	0	1[c]	0	45	0
	2023–24	Liga I	35	0	2	0	6[b]	0	1[c]	0	44	0
	2024–25	Liga I	28	0	0	0	—		—		28	0
	Total		269	0	20	0	12	0	3	0	304	0
Career total			313	0	21	0	12	0	3	0	349	0

1. Appearance in Liga I European play-offs
2. Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
3. Appearance in Supercupa României

Honours

Sepsi OSK^[8]

• Cupa României: 2021–22, 2022–23
• Supercupa României: 2022, 2023