Romanian international Marius Niculae will play in Turkey

The Romanian striker Marius Niculae (aged 33) fled from Hoverla Uzhhorod because of the war in Ukraine  and signed with a second division team in Turkey.

Romanian international has signed a contract for two seasons with the anonymous team Sanliurfa Spor Kulübü (11th last season). The deal was announced by the Turkish group on the official site.

Marius Niculae has played at Dinamo, Sporting Lisbon, Standard Liege, FSV Mainz, FC Vaslui, Inverness and Shandong Luneng.

Marius Niculae is presented as a king of his new club. It has 43 selections and 15 goals in the national team and was a colleague of Cristiano Ronaldo from Sporting Lisbon. Niculae played at Euro 2008 and last performed for the first representative in the playoff against Greece for CM 2014.