Nicolae Manea

Nicolae Manea

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)
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1967–1973	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1973–1980	Rapid București	108	(32)
1980–1981	Steaua București	9	(1)
1981–1987	Rapid București	113	(17)
1987–1991	Gloria Bistrița	40	(14)
Total		270	(64)
National team
	Romania Olympic	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. † Appearances (goals)

Nicolae Manea (11 March 1954 – 15 December 2014) was a Romanian football player and manager.

Life and career

Manea was born in Bucharest. 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.

Coaching career

He coached Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Unirea Dej, FC Bihor, Rapid București (several times), Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț and the Romanian national under-21 football team.

Death

He was diagnosed with liver cancer at the beginning of 2014. He died on 15 December 2014, in Bucharest.

Honours

Club

Rapid București

• Romanian Cup: 1974–75

External links

• Profile at RomanianSoccer.ro