Nicolae Ungureanu

Nicolae Ungureanu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-10-11) 11 October 1956
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left back
Youth career
1973–1975	CSŞ Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1975–1977	Electroputere Craiova
1977–1987	Universitatea Craiova	284	(17)
1987–1992	Steaua București	136	(10)
1992–1993	Rapid București	17	(2)
Total		437	(29)
International career
1981–1989	Romania	57	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Ungureanu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender.

Career

He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1977. He spent ten seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981. In 1987, he was transferred to Steaua București, where he helped win the league in 1988 and 1989. He played in the 1988/89 European Cup Final against AC Milan, when Steaua lost 4–0. His last Divizia A match came for Rapid București in 1993. The game ended in a 0–5 loss against Universitatea Craiova.

Ungureanu got 56 caps and scored 1 goal for the Romania national team, and represented his country at Euro 1984. He played in 71 European Cup matches, scoring one goal.

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova

• Divizia A: 1979–80, 1980–81
• Romanian Cup: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1992–93

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1987–88, 1988–89
• Romanian Cup: 1988–89
• European Cup runner-up: 1988–89

External links

• Nicolae Ungureanu profile
• Nicolae Ungureanu – FIFA competition record (archived)