In 2002, he moved on to Steaua București, making the step up to Liga I in the top tier of the Romanian football.

Oprița spent the next seven years of his career in Bucharest winning the Divizia A in 2004–05 and 2005–06 and also the Supercupa României in 2005–06.

On 12 April 2007, he moved across Bucharest to play for city rivals FC Dinamo București on a four-year contract.

After one season with the club, Oprița terminated his contract and moved to south-east Spain to play for Lorca Deportiva CF of the Segunda División B, the third tier of the Spanish football league system.

In January 2009, he signed a six-month loan contract with FC Aarau of the Swiss Super League.