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

Nicolae Pantea

Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Pantea
Date of birth	(1946-02-12) 12 February 1946 (age 76)
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 București	196	(24)
1975–1977	Petrolul Ploieşti	1	(0)
National team
1971–1973	Romania[lower-alpha 1]	3	(1)
Teams managed
1981–1983	Steaua București (assistant)
1984	UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 București, 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

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 1973	August 23 Stadium, Bucharest, Romania	Finland	9–0	Win	FIFA World Cup 1974 qualifying

Honours

Club

Steaua București

• Romanian Divizia A (1): 1967–68
• Cupa României (4): 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71

Petrolul Ploieşti

• Romanian Divizia B (1): 1976–77

Notes

References

External links

• Nicolae Pantea at WorldFootball.net

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