Flavius Daniliuc

Flavius David Daniliuc (born 27 April 2001) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Nice.

Club Career

Early years / Bayern Munich

Daniliuc began his youth career with Admira Wacker Modling, before moving to Rapid Wien in 2010. The following year, he joined the junior academy of Spanish club Real Madrid, where he won a youth league title. His international transfer was one of the cases which resulted in the transfer ban imposed on Real Madrid by FIFA in 2016.

After being bullied by his colleagues in Spain, he moved to Germany in 2014 on the advice of Bayern Munich defender and fellow countryman David Alaba, who Daniliuc's father had met. He first entered the DFI Bad Aibling youth team, before joining the Bayern Munich youth academy in January 2015. In October 2018, Daniliuc was included in The Guardian's "Next Generation 2018", which listed the 60 most talented footballers born in 2001. Daniliuc made his professional debut for Bayern Munich II in the 3. Liga on 26 July 2019, starting in a home match with KFC Uerdingen.

Nice

On 18 June 2020, French club Nice announced the signing of 19-year-old Daniliuc from Bayern Munich. He recorded his Ligue 1 debut on 20 September that year, entering the field in the 65th minute of a 0–3 home defeat to Paris Saint-Germain, and his first European game on 5 November, in a 2–3 UEFA Europa League away loss to Slavia Prague.

Daniliuc scored his first senior goal in a 2–1 victory over Rennes at the Roazhon Park, on 26 February 2021.

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