Nicolae Manea

Nicolae Manea (11 March 1954 – 15 December 2014) was a Romanian football player and manager.[3][4][5]

Nicolae Manea
Personal information
Date of birth (1954-03-11)11 March 1954
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 15 December 2014(2014-12-15) (aged 60)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position(s) Striker
Youth career
1967–1973 Rapid București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1980 Rapid București[lower-alpha 1] 108 (32)
1980–1981 Steaua București 9 (1)
1981–1987 Rapid București[lower-alpha 2] 113 (17)
1987–1991 Gloria Bistrița[lower-alpha 3] 40 (14)
Total 270 (64)
National team
1975–1976 Romania Olympic[1][2] 11 (2)
1976 Romania 1 (0)
Teams managed
1991–1992 Drobeta-Turnu Severin
1992–1996 Unirea Dej
1996–1997 Bihor Oradea
1997 Rapid București
1998 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
1999 Romania U-21
2002–2005 Romania U-21
2005 FC Brașov
2009–2010 Rapid București
2010–2013 Gloria Bistrița
2013 Corona Brașov
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Life and career

Manea was born in Bucharest.[1][3][6] He joined Rapid București at the age of 12 and played there professionally from 1973 to 1980 and again from 1981 to 1987. He had a short stint with Steaua București in 1980 and ended his career playing for Gloria Bistrița in the late 80s.[1][3][4] He scored both of Rapid's goals in the 2–1 victory against Universitatea Craiova in the 1975 Cupa României final.[5][7][8]

International career

Nicolae Manea played one game for Romania in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Iran on Aryamehr Stadium from Tehran.[9][10]

Coaching career

He coached Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Unirea Dej, Bihor Oradea, Rapid București (several times), Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, FC Brașov, Gloria Bistrița, Corona Brașov and the Romanian national under-21 football team.[3][5][4]

Death

He was diagnosed with liver cancer at the beginning of 2014. He died on 15 December 2014, in Bucharest.[5][4][11]

Honours

Player

Rapid București

Gloria Bistrița

Notes
  1. The statistics for the 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1979–80 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  2. The statistics for the 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  3. The statistics for the 1989–90 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References
  1. Nicolae Manea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. "Nicolae Manea profile". 11v11. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  3. Nicolae Manea at WorldFootball.net
  4. "Nicolae Manea a fost înmormântat" [Nicolae Manea was buried] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  5. "Doliu în fotbalul românesc! Nicolae Manea a decedat în această dimineaţă" [Mourning in Romanian football! Nicolae Manea passed away this morning] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  6. Nicolae Manea at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. "Cea mai frumoasă poveste cu regretatul Nicolae Manea. Cum a bătut, în 1975, Craiova lui Balaci de unul singur în finala Cupei României. "Lumea spunea că ne vor da o căruță de goluri"" [The most beautiful story with the late Nicolae Manea. How he beat, in 1975, Balaci's Craiova alone in the final of the Romanian Cup. "People said they would give us a cart of goals"]. Prosport.ro. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  8. "Romanian Cup - Season 1974 - 1975". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. "Nicolae Manea profile". EU Football. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  10. "Iran - Romania 2:2". EU Football. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  11. "Dramă în fotbalul românesc. Nae Manea a murit după o luptă de cinci luni cu o boală incurabilă. Mesaj de condoleanțe de la Steaua" [Drama in Romanian football. Nae Manea died after a five-month battle with an incurable disease. Message of condolences from Steaua] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2020.


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