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)
Position(s)	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

Player

Rapid București

• Divizia B (2): 1974–75, 1982–83^[1]
• Cupa României (1): 1974–75^[1][5][8]

Gloria Bistrița

• Divizia B (1): 1989–90^[1]

Manager

Rapid București

• Divizia A (1): 1998–99^[12]

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]