Nicolae Manea

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 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.


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

Romania Rapid București

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