Ion Nunweiller

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Ion Nunweiller
Ion Nunweiller (1971).jpg
Ion Nunweiller in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-01-09)9 January 1936
Place of birth Piatra Neamţ, Romania
Date of death 3 February 2015(2015-02-03) (aged 79)
Place of death Pitești, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1950–1951 Progresul ICAB București
1951–1955 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956 Dinamo 6 București
1956–1968 Dinamo București[a] 244 (19)
1968–1970 Fenerbahçe 57 (6)
1970–1972 Dinamo București 35 (0)
Total 336 (25)
National team
1958–1967 Romania 40[b] (0)
Teams managed
1972–1979 Dinamo București
1979–1981 Romania U21
1981–1983 Gloria Bistrița
1984–1985 Corvinul Hunedoara
1985–1986 Victoria București
1986–1989 Flacăra Moreni
1990 Argeș Pitești
1990–1991 Bursaspor
1991–1992 Argeș Pitești (technical director)
1992–1993 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
1996–1998 Romania (women)
1998–1999 FC Baia Mare
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ion Nunweiller (9 January 1936 – 3 February 2015) was a Romanian football defender and manager.[4]

Club career[]

Ion Nunweiller was born in Piatra Neamț on 9 January 1936.[1][5] He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War II where he met his wife, Rozina, later they moved from Piatra Neamț to Bucharest.[6] He had six brothers, the oldest one of them, Constantin was a water polo player and the other five: Dumitru, Lică, Victor, Radu and Eduard were footballers, each of them having at least one spell at Dinamo București, they are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs".[6][7] Ion made his Divizia A debut, playing for Dinamo București on 12 August 1956 in a 2–0 victory against Dinamo Bacău.[1][5] Throughout his two spells at Dinamo București he won five Divizia A titles and three Cupa României, also appearing in 21 European Cup matches in which he scored three goals and made one appearance in a Inter-Cities Fairs Cup match.[1][5][8][9] Nunweiller spent two seasons in Turkey at Fenerbahçe from 1968 until 1970, making him one of the first Romanians to play professional football in Turkey.[8][10] During his period spent in Turkey, Nunweiller won a Turkish Super League title, a TSYD Cup, played four games in the European Cup where he helped Fenerbahçe eliminate the champion of England, Manchester City and was elected the best foreign player of the Turkish league in the 1969–70 season.[1][8][10]

International career[]

Ion Nunweiller played 26 games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 26 October 1958 under coach Augustin Botescu in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Hungary.[2][11] He played four games at the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifiers as Romania reached the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Czechoslovakia, who advanced to the final tournament.[2] Nunweiller played two games at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers, one game at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and four at the Euro 1968 qualifiers.[2] He also played for Romania's Olympic team, appearing in four games at the 1964 Summer Olympics, helping Romania finish 5th in the competition.[4][12]

Managerial career[]

After ending his playing career in 1972, Ion Nunweiller became the head coach of Dinamo București, managing to win the title in his first season.[5][8][12][13][14] He won two more titles with Dinamo, qualified Flacăra Moreni in the UEFA Cup, had an experience in Turkey at Bursaspor and obtained the first ever promotion to Divizia A of his hometown team Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.[8][12]

Honours[]

Player[]

Dinamo București

Fenerbahçe

Manager[]

Dinamo București

Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Notes[]

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not taken into consideration.[1]
  2. ^ Including 14 appearances for Romania's Olympic team[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Ion Nunweiller at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. ^ a b c d "Ion Nunweiller". European Football. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  3. ^ Ion Nunweiller at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ a b Ion Nunweiller at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ a b c d "Doliu la Dinamo! Nelu Nunweiller a murit. "Un jucător excepţional, ambiţios şi foarte talentat!"" [Mourning Dynamo! Nelu Nunweiller has died. "An exceptional, ambitious and very talented player!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Fata primului "câine roșu", cele mai frumoase povești despre Lică Nunweiller și un îndemn pentru ultima etapă: "Tata v-ar fi zis să fiți Un suflet!"" [The girl of the first "red dog", the most beautiful stories about Lica Nunweiller, and an exhortation for the last stage: "Dad would have said be A Soul!"] (in Romanian). premium.gsp.ro. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Destinul fratilor Nunweiller, cei care au dat numele de "cainii-rosii". "Nevestele ne-au indepartat"" [The Destiny of the Nunweiller Brothers, who gave the name of "Red Dogs". "The wives separated us"] (in Romanian). cancan.ro. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h "'Red Dog' Nunweiller mourned in Romania". Uefa.com. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Doliu la Dinamo. S-a stins din viaţă Ion Nunweiller, unul dintre primii "câini roșii"" [Sorrow at Dinamo. Ion Nunweiller, one of the first "red dogs", passed away] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  10. ^ a b Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" [During Ceausescu's time, Romanian footballers invaded Turkey] (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  11. ^ "Romania 1-2 Hungary". European Football. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b c "Nunweiller III, legendarul libero "câine roșu", s-a dus azi la Ceruri" [Nunweiller III, the legendary "red dog" sweeper, went to Heaven today] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  13. ^ "Doliu in fotbalul romanesc. Legenda lui Dinamo, Ion Nunweiller, a murit in aceasta dimineata" [Mourning in Romanian football. Dinamo legend Ion Nunweiller died this morning] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 3 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Fostul fotbalist Ion Nunweiller a fost inmormantat cu onoruri militare" [Former football player Ion Nunweiller was buried with military honors] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 5 February 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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