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{{Short description|Romanian footballer (born 1975)}}
{{distinguish|Radu Niculescu (footballer, born 1909)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name                = Radu Niculescu
| image               =
| fullname            = Horia Radu Niculescu
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|3|2}}
| birth_place         = [[Sibiu]], Romania
| height              = {{height|m=1.84}} 
| position            = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub         = 
| youthyears1         = {{0|0000}}–1989
| youthclubs1         = [[Șoimii Sibiu|Șoimii IPA Sibiu]]
| years1              = 1989–1990
| years2              = 1990–1994
| years3              = 1994
| years4              = 1994
| years5              = 1995
| years6              = 1995–2002
| years7              = 1998
| years8              = 2001
| years9              = 2002
| years10             = 2002–2003
| years11             = 2003
| years12             = 2003
| years13             = 2004
| clubs1              = [[Șoimii Sibiu|Șoimii IPA Sibiu]]
| clubs2              = [[FC Inter Sibiu|Inter Sibiu]]
| clubs3              = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| clubs4              = [[FC Inter Sibiu|Inter Sibiu]]
| clubs5              = [[FC U Craiova 1948|Universitatea Craiova]]
| clubs6              = [[FC Progresul București|Naţional București]]
| clubs7              = → [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] (loan)
| clubs8              = → [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] (loan)
| clubs9              = → [[Galatasaray S.K. (football team)|Galatasaray]] (loan)
| clubs10             = [[MKE Ankaragücü|Ankaragücü]]
| clubs11             = [[FCSB|Steaua București]]
| clubs12             = [[FC Naţional București|Naţional București]]
| clubs13             = [[Changchun Yatai]]
| caps1        =   | goals1        =  
| caps2        = 54 | goals2        = 14
| caps3        = 3 | goals3        = 0
| caps4        = 8 | goals4        = 2
| caps5        = 9 | goals5        = 1
| caps6        = 125 | goals6        = 53
| caps7        = 8 | goals7        = 2
| caps8        = 10 | goals8        = 3
| caps9        = 9 | goals9        = 3
| caps10       = 7 | goals10       = 2
| caps11       = 1 | goals11       = 1
| caps12       = 4 | goals12       = 0
| caps13       = 10 | goals13       = 3
| totalcaps    = 248 | totalgoals    = 84
| nationalyears1 = 1993
| nationalteam1 = [[Romania national under-19 football team|Romania U18]]
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalyears2 = 1993–1994
| nationalteam2 = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U21]]
| nationalcaps2 = 2
| nationalgoals2 = 1
| nationalyears3 = 1994–2000
| nationalteam3  = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps3 = 15 
| nationalgoals3= 2
| pcupdate       =
| ntupdate       =
}}

'''Radu Horia Niculescu''' (born 2 March 1975) is a former Romanian profesional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]].

==International career==

Niculescu won 15 caps for Romania,<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.frf.ro/echipa-nationala/player/3916|title = Horia Radu Niculescu|publisher = Romanian Football Federation|access-date = 2013-09-17|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130917134339/http://www.frf.ro/echipa-nationala/player/3916|archive-date = 17 September 2013}}</ref> scoring twice, between 1994 and 2000. He played at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]] as a substitute against [[Colombia national football team|Colombia]] and [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]].

===International stats===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name=EU>{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15008 |title=Radu Niculescu |publisher=European Football |access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|1994||5||1
|-
|1995||2||0
|-
|1998||6||1
|-
|1999||0||0
|-
|2000||2||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!15!!2
|}

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Niculescu goal''.<ref name=EU/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Radu Niculescu
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 20 April 1994 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{Fb|BOL}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[Friendly match|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 6 June 1998 || [[Ilie Oană Stadium (1937)|Stadionul Ilie Oană]], [[Ploieşti]], Romania || {{Fb|MDA}} || align="center"|5–0 || align="center"|5–1 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==

'''Șoimii IPA Sibiu'''
*[[Liga III|Divizia C]]: 1989–90

'''Inter Sibiu'''
*[[Balkans Cup]]: [[1990–91 Balkans Cup|1990–91]]

'''Național București'''
*[[Cupa României]] runner-up: [[1996–97 Cupa României|1996–97]]

'''Steaua București'''
*[[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[2000–01 Divizia A|2000–01]]

'''Galatasaray'''
*[[Süper Lig]]: [[2001–02 Süper Lig|2001–02]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{RomanianSoccer|1407/radu-horia-niculescu}}
* {{NFT}}

{{Romania Squad 1998 World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Niculescu, Radu}}
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[[Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players]]
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[[Category:FC Progresul București players]]
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[[Category:China League One players]]
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[[Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen]]

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