Florin Niță
Florin Constantin Niță is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Czech club Sparta Prague.Club career
Early years
Born in Bucharest, Niță started playing football at the age of seven for Steaua București. In 2001, he moved to local rivals Rapid București, where he stayed for four years. He spent his last season as a junior at Astra Ploiești.In 2006, at the age of 19, Niță joined Concordia Chiajna and played his first senior matches in the Liga III, the third level of the Romanian football league system.
He made his debut in the first division in a 1–2 home loss to Sportul Studențesc on 25 July 2011.FCSB (Steaua)
In December 2012, it was announced that Niță signed a contract with FC Steaua București, with the player due to join the team in the summer of the following year.
On 16 August 2016, he saved one of the two penalty kicks missed by Sergio Agüero in a 0–5 Champions League play-off defeat to Manchester City. In May 2017, he agreed to a new deal with Steaua that would have kept him at the club until 2021.Sparta Prague
On 1 February 2018, Niță was transferred to Czech team Sparta Prague for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be €2 million plus €500,000 in bonuses.International career
On 18 March 2017, following Silviu Lung Jr.'s injury, Niță was picked by manager Christoph Daum in Romania's squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Denmark. Later that year, former Romanian internationals Helmuth Duckadam, Gheorghe Hagi and Laurențiu Reghecampf claimed that Niță's omissal from the squad was "unjust"; Hagi even went as far as to say that the goalkeeper should claim the starting spot of Ciprian Tătărușanu.
He made his debut for the full side on 9 November 2017, entering as a 71st-minute substitute for Costel Pantilimon in a 2–0 friendly win over Turkey in Cluj-Napoca.Career statistics
Club
International
Honours
Club
Steaua Bucureşti
