Nicolae Dumitrescu

Nicolae "Coco" Dumitrescu (8 December 1921 – 17 March 1999) was a Romanian footballer and manager. As a footballer, he played mainly as a forward and throughout his career, he won 4 titles with UTA Arad. As a manager, he won 2 Romanian titles with the same team and in 1970–71 European Cup season eliminated Feyenoord, European champions at that time, with the same UTA Arad. As an active participant in all 6 UTA Arad titles either as a coach or as a player and as the manager who obtained the club's highest European performance, he entered in the history of this club as a symbol.[1][2] His stepbrother is Ion Pârcălab who was also an International footballer.[3][4]

Nicolae Dumitrescu
Nicolae Dumitrescu (left) arriving on Zestienhoven on September 14, 1970.
Personal information
Date of birth (1921-12-08)8 December 1921
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 17 March 1999(1999-03-17) (aged 77)
Place of death Arad, Romania
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
Suter București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1941–1946 Sportul Studențesc 43 (11)
1946–1955 ITA Arad 164 (41)
Total 207 (52)
National team‡
1947–1948 Romania 10 (2)
Teams managed
1965–1973 UTA Arad
1975–1976 UTA Arad
1979 UTA Arad
1985–1986 UTA Arad
1993–1994 UTA Arad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 August 2017
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 August 2017

Honours

Player
UTA Arad

Coach
UTA Arad

References
  1. "Audio | 45 de ani de la a opta minune a lumii. Feyenoord era eliminată de UTA". Radio Timișoara. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  2. "A opta minune a lumii, UTA o elimina pe Feyenoord – Banca de rezerva". bancaderezerva.wordpress.com. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. "Cinci decenii şi jumătate de la primul campionat de juniori câştigat de UTA. Pe când juniorii creșteau ocrotiţi de fotbaliştii legendari" [Five decades and a half from the first junior championship won by UTA. From the time when juniors grew protected by legendary footballers] (in Romanian). glsa.ro. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  4. "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 6 October 2017.


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