Nicolae Pantea

Nicolae Pantea (born 12 February 1946) is a Romanian former footballer and manager, a glory of Steaua Bucureşti. He used to play as a midfielder.

Nicolae Pantea
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Pantea
Date of birth (1946-02-12) 12 February 1946
Place of birth Beliu, Arad County
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1964 Rapid Arad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1964–1966 UTA Arad 49 (6)
1966–1975 Steaua Bucureşti 196 (24)
1975–1977 Petrolul Ploieşti 1 (0)
National team
1971–1973 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 3 (1)
Teams managed
1981–1983 Steaua Bucureşti (assistant)
1984 UTA Arad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Nicolae Pantea started his career in 1961, playing for the youth team of Rapid, a team from Arad. Three years later, Pantea moved to UTA Arad. He spent two years playing for UTA, making also his debut in Divizia A.

In 1966, Pantea is sold to Steaua Bucureşti, where he plays for a period of nine years, making 196 appearances in Divizia A and scoring 24 goals. He won four times the Romanian Cup and once the Romanian championship.

In the last two years of his career, Nicolae Pantea played for Petrolul Ploieşti in Divizia B, winning the promotion to Divizia A in 1977. After a short period, Pantea announced his retirement.

International career

Nicolae Pantea made his debut for Romania in a friendly which took place April 1972 against Peru.[1][3] In his last match for the national team, he scored his first and only goal for The Tricolours, it was the fifth goal of a 9–0 victory against Finland at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers.[1][4]

International goals
Nicolae Pantea: International Goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
114 October 1973August 23 Stadium, Bucharest, Romania Finland9–0WinFIFA World Cup 1974 qualifying

Honours

Club
Steaua Bucureşti
Petrolul Ploieşti

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

References
  1. "Nicolae Pantea". eu-football.info. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. Nicolae Pantea at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "Romania - Peru 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. "Romania - Finland 9:0". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

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