Claudiu Niculescu is pictured above during the World Cup 2006 qualifier against Holland.
NETHERLANDS 2:0 ROMANIA (1:0) (04.06.05, Rotterdam - 47,000)
1-Bogdan Lobont, 2-Cosmin Contra, 3-Pompiliu Stoica, 4-Gabriel Tamas, 5-Cristian Chivu,
6-Nicolae Mitea (14-Marius Niculae 65), 7-Florentin Petre, 8-Dorinel Munteanu, 9-Claudiu Niculescu,
10-Adrian Mutu (15-Gigel Coman 85), 11-Daniel Pancu
ROMANIA 2:0 ANDORRA (2:0) Mutu (29, 41). (17.08.05, Constanta - 8,200)
1-Bogdan Lobont, 2-Cosmin Contra, 3-Razvan Rat (13-Mihai Pascovici 79), 4-Gabriel Tamas,
5-Cristian Chivu, 6-Razvan Cocis, 7-Florentin Petre (15-Tiberiu Balan 76),
8-Dorinel Munteanu (14-Mihai Tararache), 9-Claudiu Niculescu, 10-Adrian Mutu, 11-Nicolae Dica.
CLUB CAREER:
1994–1995 IELIF Craiova 29 (5)
1995–1996 Drobeta-Turnu Severin 20 (15)
1996–1998 Electroputere Craiova (ro) 48 (31)
1998–2001 Universitatea Craiova 93 (41)
2001–2002 Dinamo București 30 (20)
2002–2003 Genoa 11 (3)
2003–2008 Dinamo București 123 (70)
2008 MSV Duisburg 17 (4)
2008–2009 Omonia 8 (1)
2009–2010 Dinamo București 38 (8)
2010–2012 Universitatea Cluj 42 (18)
Total 459 games (216 goals)