Nicolae Lupescu

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Nicolae Lupescu
Lupescu pictured in the late 1960s
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-12-17)17 December 1940
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 6 September 2017(2017-09-06) (aged 76)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1954 ICAR București
1958–1960 Flacăra Roșie București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1961 Academia Militară București
1961–1962 Olimpia București
1962–1972 Rapid București 244 (8)
1972–1977 Admira Wacker 134 (9)
Total 378 (17)
National team
1964–1972 Romania[a] 21 (2)
Teams managed
1977–1978 Mecanică Fină București
1978–1980 Rapid București
1981–1982 Șoimii Sibiu
1983–1984 Gloria Buzău
1985–1986 Rapid București
1988 Progresul București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nicolae Lupescu (17 December 1940 – 6 September 2017) was a Romanian football defender and manager. He was born in Bucharest, Romania. Lupescu earned 21 caps and scored 2 goals for the Romanian national team. He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Lupescu died on 6 September 2017 of liver cancer in Bucharest at the age of 76.[3]

Notes[change | change source]

  1. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References[change | change source]

  1. "Nicolae Lupescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. Nicolae Lupescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. "S-a stins din viață fostul internațional Nicolae Lupescu" (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. Archived from the original on 6 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.