Florin Niță

Early career and Concordia Chiajna

Born in Bucharest, Niță started playing football at the age of seven with Steaua București. In 2001, he moved to local rivals Rapid București, where he stayed for four years. He then spent his last season as a junior at Astra Ploiești. In 2006, aged 19, Niță joined Concordia Chiajna and played his first senior matches in the Liga III, the third level of the Romanian league system. He made his Liga I debut for the team on 25 July 2011, in a 1–2 home loss to Sportul Studențesc.

Steaua București

In December 2012, it was announced that Niță would return to his boyhood club Steaua București in the summer of the following year. He started to appear frequently for the Roș-albaștrii in the 2015–16 season, in which he recorded 32 matches in all competitions. On 16 August 2016, Niță saved one of the two penalty kicks missed by Sergio Agüero in the 0–5 UEFA Champions League play-off loss to Manchester City. In May 2017, he agreed to a new deal at the team, now named FCSB, which would have kept him in Bucharest until 2021. Niță's performances in 2017 earned him third place in Gazeta Sporturilor's Romanian Footballer of the Year award, which he shared with Ștefan Radu.

Sparta Prague

Niță transferred to Czech team Sparta Prague on 1 February 2018 for an undisclosed fee, rumoured to be in the region of €2 million plus €500,000 in bonuses. In December 2021, he was named the Romanian Footballer of the Year by both the CSJ…

On 18 March 2017, following the injury of Silviu Lung Jr., Niță was picked by manager Christoph Daum in Romania's squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Denmark. Days before his call-up, former Romanian internationals Helmut Duckadam, Gheorghe Hagi, and Laurențiu Reghecampf stated that his omissal from the squad was "unjust". Niță 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. After Ciprian Tătărușanu announced his retirement from the national team at the end of 2020, Niță played the full 90 minutes in all three 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against North Macedonia, Germany, and Armenia in March 2021. Romania lost against the latter two opponents, but his saves were praised by media and fans alike. On 7 June 2024, Niță was named in the squad for Euro 2024. Although he did not feature in the qualifiers, he started in all four matches his country played during the final tournament. Romania topped their group but were subsequently eliminated by the Netherlands in the round of 16.

Club

As of match played 22 May 2025

International

As of match played 21 March 2025

Steaua București

Liga I: 2013–14, 2014–15 Cupa României: 2014–15 Cupa Ligii: 2014–15, 2015–16 Supercupa României: 2013 Sparta Prague

Czech First League: 2022–23 Czech Cup: 2019–20 Individual

Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2021, third place: 2017 (shared with Ștefan Radu) CSJ Gala Fotbalului Românesc Romanian Footballer of the Year: 2021 Liga I Best Goalkeeper: 2016–17 (shared with Branko Grahovac) Liga I Team of the Season: 2016–17