Nicolae Lupescu

Nicolae Lupescu

Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Lupescu
Date of birth	(1940-12-17) 17 December 1940
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1962–1972	Rapid Bucureşti	234	(8)
1972–1976	Admira Wacker	134	(9)
International career
1964–1972	Romania	21	(2)
Managerial career
1978–1980	Rapid Bucureşti
1985–1986	Rapid Bucureşti
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Lupescu (born 17 December 1940) is a retired Romanian football defender.

He was born in Bucharest and debuted in Divizia A with Rapid Bucureşti in 1962. He remained with Rapid for ten seasons, winning the league title in 1967 and the cup title in 1972. He played five seasons in Austria before retiring.

Lupescu got 21 caps and 2 goals for the Romanian national team. He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

He is the father of another professional footballer, Ioan Lupescu.

Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals
1958–60	Flacăra Roşie Bucureşti	Romania	N/A	N/A
1960–61	Acad. Militară Bucureşti	Romania	N/A	N/A
1961–62	Olimpia Bucureşti	Romania	N/A	N/A
1962–63	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	7	0
1963–64	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	19	0
1964–65	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	26	0
1965–66	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	26	0
1966–67	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	26	1
1967–68	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	25	0
1968–69	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	29	0
1969–70	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	29	6
1970–71	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	28	1
1971–72	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	29	0
1972–73	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	22	2
1973–74	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	25	2
1974–75	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	35	3
1975–76	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	33	1
1976–77	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	19	1

Honours

Club

Rapid București

• Romanian League Championship: 1966–67
• Romanian Cup: 1971–72

External links

• Profile at RomanianSoccer.ro