Nicolae Lupescu

Nicolae Lupescu (17 December 1940 – 6 September 2017)[3] was a Romanian football defender and manager.

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
ICAR București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 Flacăra Roșie București
1961–1962 Olimpia București
1962–1972 Rapid București 234 (8)
1972–1977 Admira Wacker 134 (9)
National team
1964–1972 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 21 (2)
Teams managed
1978–1980 Rapid București
1983–1984 Gloria Buzău
1985–1986 Rapid București
1988 Progresul București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Club career

Lupescu was born in Bucharest and debuted in Divizia A with Rapid București 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.

International career

Lupescu earned 20 caps and scored two goals for the Romania national team.[1] He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and for the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul „Meritul Sportiv” — (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[4][5]

Personal life

He was the father of professional football player Ioan Lupescu.[6][7]

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season
AppsGoals
Flacăra Roșie București 1958–60
Acad. Militară București 1960–61
Olimpia București 1961–62
Rapid București 1962–63 70
1963–64 190
1964–65 260
1965–66 260
1966–67 261
1967–68 250
1968–69 290
1969–70 296
1970–71 281
1971–72 290
Admira Wacker Wien 1972–73 222
1973–74 252
1974–75 353
1975–76 331
1976–77 191

Honours

Player

Rapid București

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

References
  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. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  4. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  6. "A murit fostul internațional Nicolae Lupescu, tatăl lui Ionuț Lupescu" [The former international Nicolae Lupescu, the father of Ionut Lupescu died] (in Romanian). digisport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  7. "SPECIAL Situație de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câștigarea titlului cu Astra. De la frații Vâlcov, la frații Costea și familia Pițurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Pițurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  8. Single source here, if player is inactive. If player has not retired, move source next to "Updated" template.


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