Nicolae Ungureanu

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Nicolae Ungureanu
Personal information
Date of birth (1956-10-11) 11 October 1956 (age 67)
Place of birth Craiova, Romania
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1973–1975 CSŞ Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1977 Electroputere Craiova
1977–1987 Universitatea Craiova 284 (17)
1987–1992 Steaua București 136 (10)
1992–1993 Rapid București 17 (2)
Total 437 (29)
International career
1981–1989 Romania[a] 57 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Ungureanu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career[edit]

He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1977.[3] He spent ten seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981. In 1987, he was transferred to Steaua București, where he helped win the league in 1988 and 1989.[3] He played in the 1988/89 European Cup Final against AC Milan, when Steaua lost 4–0.[4] His last Divizia A match came for Rapid București in 1993.[3] The game ended in a 0–5 loss against Universitatea Craiova.[3]

Ungureanu got 56 caps and scored 1 goal for the Romania national team, and represented his country at Euro 1984.[1] He played in 71 European Cup matches, scoring one goal.[3]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Universitatea Craiova

Steaua București

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nicolae Ungureanu". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ Nicolae Ungureanu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Nicolae Ungureanu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ a b "Steaua – Ac Milan 1988". Uefa.com. Retrieved 28 January 2021.

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