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Nicolae Simatoc (also known as Miklós Szegedi; 1 May 1920 – 2 December 1979) was a Romanian association football manager and midfielder who played for a number of clubs throughout Europe, including Ripensia Timişoara and Carmen București in Romania, Nagyváradi AC in Hungary, Inter Milan and Brescia in Italy, and Barcelona and Real Oviedo in Spain. After retiring as a player he became a coach, and managed Spanish side UE Lleida between 1959 and 1960, and CE Sabadell FC between 1960 and 1961.[4] He then coached Budapest Sydney and Polonia Western Eagles.[5]

Nicolae Simatoc

Simatoc in 1950
Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Simatoc
Date of birth	(1920-05-01)1 May 1920[1]
Place of birth	Briceni, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	2 December 1979(1979-12-02) (aged 59)[2]
Place of death	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1934–1938	Ripensia Timişoara
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1938–1941	Ripensia Timişoara	44	(3)
1941–1942	Carmen București	3	(0)
1942–1944	Nagyváradi AC	32	(3)
1945	Vasas	9	(3)
1945–1947	Carmen București	12	(0)
1947–1949	Inter Milan	17	(3)
1949–1950	Brescia	30	(8)
1950	Hungaria FbC Roma	–	(–)
1950–1952	Barcelona	34	(2)
1952–1953	Real Oviedo	5	(0)
Total		186	(22)
National team
1940–1946	Romania	8	(0)
Teams managed
1959–1960	UE Lleida
1960–1961	Sabadell
1962–1963	AEL Limassol
1963–1968	Budapest Sydney
1969–1972	Polonia Western Eagles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Simatoc was born to Romanian parents in Briceni, present-day Moldova. He was raised Romanian Orthodox by his family. He was also known as Miklós Szegedi while playing in Hungary. Simatoc was married to a Hungarian woman named Etelka Stolárcsik, with whom he had two sons. One of them, Silvio, born in 1950, had followed his father's footsteps and played in lower leagues in Spain and Australia.[6]

Honours

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Nagyváradi

• Hungarian League: 1943–44

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1951–52
• Copa del Rey: 1951, 1952

References

External links

• Nicolae Simatoc at eu-football.info
• RSSSF – "Apolides" in Italy
• Nicolae Simatoc at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com

На других языках

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- [en] Nicolae Simatoc

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[es] Nicolae Simatoc

Nicolae Simatoc (nacido el 1 de mayo de 1920 en Briceni, Reino de Rumania - fallecido el 1 de enero de 1978 en Sídney, Australia) fue un futbolista rumano. Jugaba de centrocampista y su primer club fue el Ripensia Timișoara.

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[fr] Nicolae Simatoc

Nicolae Simatoc, né le 1er mai 1920 à Briceni (Roumanie, aujourd'hui territoire de la Republique de Moldavie) et mort le 11 décembre 1979 à Sydney (Australie), est un footballeur international roumain qui jouait au poste de milieu de terrain.

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[it] Nicolae Simatoc

Nicolae Simatoc (Grimăncăuți, 1º maggio 1920 – Sydney, 1º maggio 1978) è stato un calciatore e allenatore di calcio romeno.

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