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Ion Nunweiller (9 January 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a Romanian football defender and manager.[4]

Ion Nunweiller

Ion Nunweiller in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth	(1936-01-09)9 January 1936
Place of birth	Piatra Neamţ, Romania
Date of death	3 February 2015(2015-02-03) (aged 79)
Place of death	Pitești, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1950–1951	Progresul ICAB București
1951–1955	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1956	Dinamo 6 București
1956–1968	Dinamo București[lower-alpha 1]	244	(19)
1968–1970	Fenerbahçe	57	(6)
1970–1972	Dinamo București	35	(0)
Total		336	(25)
National team
1958–1967	Romania	40[lower-alpha 2]	(0)
Teams managed
1972–1975	Dinamo București
1976–1979	Dinamo București
1979–1981	Romania U21
1981–1983	Gloria Bistrița
1984–1985	Corvinul Hunedoara
1985–1986	Victoria București
1986–1989	Flacăra Moreni
1990	Argeș Pitești
1990–1991	Bursaspor
1991–1992	Argeș Pitești (technical director)
1992–1993	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
1996–1998	Romania (women)
1998–1999	FC Baia Mare
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Ion Nunweiller was born in Piatra Neamț on 9 January 1936.[1][5] He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War II where he met his wife, Rozina, later they moved from Piatra Neamț to Bucharest.[6] He had six brothers, the oldest one of them, Constantin was a water polo player and the other five: Dumitru, Lică, Victor, Radu and Eduard were footballers, each of them having at least one spell at Dinamo București, they are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs".[6][7] Ion made his Divizia A debut, playing for Dinamo București on 12 August 1956 in a 2–0 victory against Dinamo Bacău.[1][5] Throughout his two spells at Dinamo București he won five Divizia A titles and three Cupa României, also appearing in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1957–58 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray, helping the team go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, playing for Dinamo in a total of 19 European Cup matches in which he scored two goals in the 1963–64 edition, one in a 2–0 victory against East Germany champion, Motor Jena which helped the club advance to the next phase where they were eliminated by Real Madrid, scoring in a 5–3 loss and made one appearance in an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup match.[1][5][8][9][10][11] Nunweiller spent two seasons in Turkey at Fenerbahçe from 1968 until 1970, making him one of the first Romanians to play professional football in Turkey.[8][12] During his period spent in Turkey, Nunweiller won a Turkish Super League title, a TSYD Cup in which he scored the only goal from the final against Beşiktaş, played four games in the 1968–69 European Cup where he helped Fenerbahçe eliminate the champion of England, Manchester City, was elected the best foreign player of the Turkish league in the 1969–70 season and in his second season spent at the club he was coached by Traian Ionescu and was teammate with Ilie Datcu, all of them previously working together at Dinamo.[1][8][12][13]

International career

Ion Nunweiller played 26 games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 26 October 1958 under coach Augustin Botescu in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Hungary.[2][14] He played four games at the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifiers as Romania reached the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Czechoslovakia, who advanced to the final tournament.[2] Nunweiller played two games at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers, one game at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and four at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[2] He also played for Romania's Olympic team, appearing in four games at the 1964 Summer Olympics, helping Romania finish 5th in the competition.[4][15]

Managerial career

After ending his playing career in 1972, Ion Nunweiller became the head coach of Dinamo București, managing to win the title in his first season.[5][8][15][16][17] He won two more titles with Dinamo, qualified Flacăra Moreni in the UEFA Cup, had an experience in Turkey at Bursaspor and obtained the first ever promotion to Divizia A of his hometown team Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.[8][15] Nunweiller has a total of 374 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 163 victories, 76 draws and 135 losses.[18]

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71[1]
• Cupa României: 1958–59, 1963–64, 1967–68[1]

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish Super League: 1969–70[1]
• TSYD Cup: 1969–70[8]

Manager

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77[8]

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

• Divizia B: 1992–93[8]

Notes

References

External links

• Ion Nunweiller – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Nunweiller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012.

На других языках

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[de] Ion Nunweiller

Ion „Nelu“ Nunweiller (* 9. Januar 1936 in Piatra Neamț; † 3. Februar 2015 in Pitești) war ein rumänischer Fußballspieler und -trainer. Der Verteidiger bestritt 336 Spiele in der rumänischen Divizia A und der türkischen Süper Lig und nahm an den Olympischen Spielen 1964 teil.

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- [en] Ion Nunweiller

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[fr] Ion Nunweiller

Ion Nunweiller, né le 9 janvier 1936 à Piatra Neamț en Roumanie et mort le 3 février 2015[1] à Pitești en Roumanie, était un joueur et entraîneur de football roumain. Il compte 40 sélections en équipe nationale entre 1958 et 1967.

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[it] Ion Nunweiller

Ion Nunweiller (Piatra Neamț, 9 gennaio 1936 – Pitești, 3 febbraio 2015) è stato un allenatore di calcio e calciatore rumeno, di ruolo difensore.

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[ru] Нунвайллер, Ион

Ион «Нелу» Нунвайллер (рум. Ion Nunweiller; 9 января 1936 — 3 февраля 2015) — румынский футболист (защитник) и тренер. Провёл почти триста матчей в румынской Дивизии A, играл в турецкой Суперлиге и принял участие в Олимпийских играх 1964 года.

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