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Gheorghe Ene
Romanian footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gheorghe Ene (also known as Gheorghe Ene II; 27 January 1937 – 6 April 2009) was a Romanian football striker and coach.
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Ene was born on 27 January 1937 in București, Romania, and began playing junior-level football in 1952, aged 14 at Progresul ICAS București.[1][2][3] In 1954, he started his senior career at Voința București, moving after one season to Progresul CPCS București.[1][4][5] On 18 March 1956 he made his Divizia A debut, playing for Rapid București in a 1–1 draw against Minerul Petroșani.[1] During his four seasons spent with The Railwaymen, Ene became the top-scorer of the 1958–59 Divizia A with 17 goals scored.[1][2][3][4][5]
Ene went to play for Dinamo București where from 1962 until 1965 he helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles.[1][2][3][5][6] In the first one he worked with three coaches, Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 20 appearances in which he scored 19 goals.[1][6] In the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 19 matches in which he netted seven times in the first and in 14 with five goals scored in the second.[1][6] In the last one he played 23 games, scoring 15 times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[1][6] Ene also won the 1963–64 Cupa României with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu used him for the entire match in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București from the final.[1][7] He would score two goals in the league in the derby against Steaua, including one in a 3–2 victory.[8] Ene played in 11 European Cup matches in which he scored two goals.[1][2][3][5] In the 1963–64 edition they got past East Germany champion Motor Jena, but were eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid.[1][9] In the 1965–66 campaign, he scored two goals against Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 which helped Dinamo advance to the next phase.[1][10] There, they were eliminated by Inter Milan, winners of the previous two seasons of the competition Inter Milan but earned a historical 2–1 victory in the first leg.[1][10][11]
Ene spent the last season of his career at Dinamo Bacău, making his last Divizia A appearance on 9 June 1968 in a 4–1 victory against Farul Constanța, having a total of 227 matches with 116 goals in the competition.[1][2][3][5]
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International career
Ene played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu on 15 June 1955 in a friendly that ended with a 4–1 loss to Sweden.[12][13] His second game was a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers and his last appearance was on 8 October 1961 in a friendly that ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey.[12]
Managerial career
Ene started coaching after he ended his playing career at Dinamo București's children and juniors center.[2][3][5] Afterwards he coached senior teams Jiul Petroșani, Unirea Slobozia, Muscelul Câmpulung, CS Târgoviște and Corvinul Hunedoara, mostly in the Romanian lower leagues, having only short spells in Divizia A at Jiul and Corvinul.[2][3][5][14]
Personal life
His brother, Daniel, was also a footballer who played for SC Bacău and Rapid București.[15] Ene died on 6 April 2009 at age 72.[1][2][3][4][5]
Honours
Club
Dinamo București
Individual
Notes
- The statistics for the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not taken into consideration.[1]
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