Domestic-league season · Akron.
| Competition | Apps | G | A | Min | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Premier League | 27 | 1 | 1 | 2218 | 6.5 |
 Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
Nedelcearu's current-season form is up 45% on last season (Season 11→16), while his Rating held around 20. His peak season for form remains 2022/23 (Season 34).
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Match | RTG | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | Akron · 13th | 27 | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 20 | 16 |
| 2024/25 | Akron · 9th | 11 | 0 | 0 | 6.83 | 21 | 11 |
| 2023/24 | Palermo · 6th | 21 | 2 | 0 | 6.83 | 48 | 16 |
| 2022/23 | Palermo · 9th | 35 | 0 | 3 | 6.78 | 60 | 34 |
| 2021/22 | Crotone · 19th | 34 | 2 | 0 | 6.63 | 58 | 14 |
| 2020/21 | AEK Athens FC · 4th | 25 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 14 |
Domestic-league totals per season. RTG = Field Insider Rating (potential / ceiling); Season = age-blind form that year.
I. Nedelcearu is a 30-year-old central defender at Akron, rated 19.7 overall by Field Insider's model, ranking 212th of 274 in the Premier League. An experienced operator, he has been an ever-present this season (85% of available minutes). His defensive output reads 2.11 tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90. Below: strengths, watch-points, market-value outlook and the latest transfer news on Nedelcearu.
Judged on this season alone, Nedelcearu graded 16 — a workmanlike campaign that ranks 33rd of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League, on 4 clean sheets and 2.11 defensive actions per 90.
Year-on-year, that's a clear step up on last season (Season 11 → 16). Over the 6 seasons on record his form has held fairly steady, peaking in 2022/23.
On long-term talent our Rating reads 20, 34th of 48 of the 48 centre-backs in the Premier League. At 30 Nedelcearu is into the veteran stage, where the age curve weighs on the projection, and a market index of 3 reflects that trajectory.
Below his 2022/23 peak but holding a solid level — the platform for a return is there.
2.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90 — moderate defensive volume, with 4 clean sheets across 27 appearances. Doing that for a lower-table side (13th of 16) is harder than the bare numbers suggest: a back line under more pressure has to defend more often and protects fewer leads, so the volume — and any clean sheets — carry real weight. Going forward he chipped in 1 goal and 1 assist — a useful bonus from the back.
With a Rating of 19.7, Nedelcearu carries the 34th-highest potential of the centre-backs in the Premier League of 48, and he is posting that for a lower-table side (Akron finished 13th of 16) — individual numbers are harder to earn on a struggling team, so his underlying level likely sits a touch above the ranking. Defensively he reads as moderate defensive volume (2.11 tackles, blocks & interceptions per 90). Experienced and reliable, but the value curve is easing (1× now → 0.7× projected in three years).
Generated from Field Insider's rating model · AI-written analysis to follow.
The gold line is market value — an index (not €) blending rating, age and league. It climbs through the early 20s, peaks around ages 23–27 (~6), then tapers with age. At 30, Nedelcearu sits on 3, past its peak and easing. The blue line is Nedelcearu's projected Rating — 19.7 today — recomputed at each age, so it follows the same rise-and-fall as a career matures and declines. Solid = up to today; dashed = projected.
€1.3M total transfer fees · 2 moves
No transfer news found for this player.
