Nicolae Manea
Romanian football player and manager
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Nicolae Manea (11 March 1954 – 15 December 2014) was a Romanian football player and manager.[3][4][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 11 March 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 15 December 2014 (aged 60) | ||
| Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1967–1973 | Rapid București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1980 | Rapid București[a] | 108 | (32) |
| 1980–1981 | Steaua București | 9 | (1) |
| 1981–1987 | Rapid București[b] | 113 | (17) |
| 1987–1991 | Gloria Bistrița[c] | 70 | (28) |
| Total | 300 | (78) | |
| International career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Romania Olympic[1][2] | 11 | (2) |
| 1976 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Drobeta-Turnu Severin | ||
| 1992–1996 | Unirea Dej | ||
| 1996–1997 | Bihor Oradea | ||
| 1997 | Rapid București | ||
| 1998 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
| 1999 | Rapid București | ||
| 1999 | Romania U-21 | ||
| 2002–2005 | Romania U-21 | ||
| 2005 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2009–2010 | Rapid București | ||
| 2010–2013 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| 2013 | Corona Brașov | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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 when coach Ștefan Kovács used him in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Iran, played 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
Notes
- The statistics for the 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1979–80 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
- The statistics for the 1980–81, 1981–82 and 1982–83 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
- The statistics for the 1989–90 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]
