Nicolae Manea
Nicolae Manea ( born March 11, 1954 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian football player and coach and current official. In his playing career, the striker played 209 games in Divizia A, the highest Romanian league. Since December 2013 he has been President of Rapid Bucharest.
Career as a player
After his training in the youth of Rapid Bucharest he moved on to the squad for the first team in 1973. There he announced on March 16, 1974 his debut in Divizia A. At the end of the season the team was relegated to the Divizia B, where she managed the immediate resurgence. At the same time he was able to win with Rapid in 1975, the Romanian Cup. In the final against Universitatea Craiova, he scored both goals in a 2-1 victory for his team.
After relegation in 1976 Manea were relegated again at the end of the season 1976/77 with Rapid. In the following years he missed his team 's return to the top flight. In 1980 he finally left for local rivals Rapid Bucharest Steaua. There, however, he could not prevail, and returned after a year already back to Rapid back. In the 1982/83 season he was able to prevail with his club in Divizia B and rose to the Divizia A. There he could be placed in the following years in the middle of the league. Although he was used regularly, it came as a striker hardly Torerfolgen.
In the summer of 1987 Rapid Manea left and switched to Gloria Bistrita in the Divizia B. After three unsuccessful attempts, he returned in the summer of 1990 with Gloria back to the top flight. The season 1990/91 he was able to conclude with the climber in fifth place, but it was rarely used and finished in the summer of 1991 his career.
National
Nicolae Manea played his only game for the Romanian national team on 2 July 1976 in a friendly match against Iran.
Career as a coach
After the end of his active career Manea worked as a football coach. After four years as head coach of Unirea Dej in Divizia B he took over in the summer of 1996, the FC Bihor Oradea in Divizia C. the club he left in early April 1997 with the aim to succeed Ion Dumitru his former club Rapid Bucharest in Divizia A take over. The 1996/97 season, he finished in a square in the middle and had to make room for Mircea Lucescu.
In the summer of 1998 Manea Mircea Nedelcu inherited in Piatra Neamţ Ceahlăul. His term ended in early November 1998 after eight games without a win, as he was replaced by Viorel Hizo. In March 1999, he again took over Rapid Bucharest when the club was on the first place. When the club was five games later fallen behind Dinamo Bucharest, Rapid Manea separated and replaced him again Mircea Lucescu, with the club finally secured the championship in 1999.
From 2002 to 2005, Manea coach of the Romanian U- 21 team, missed during this time but the qualification for the European Championship. In September 2005 he took over as the successor of Gheorghe Mulţescu the descended straight into the Divizia B FC Braşov. Even the end of the year he had to Cornel Ţălnar soft.
End of October 2009 was Manea a third time head coach of Rapid Bucharest Viorel Hizo replaced. In March 2010, but he had already left the club again. Since October 2010 he is the successor of Laurentiu Reghecampf coach Gloria Bistrita, with whom he was relegated to the Liga II at the end of the 2010/11 season. There, with his team, he managed to direct resurgence. At the end of the season 2012/13, however, was the renewed descent. Manea left Bistrita and became head coach of newly promoted Corona Braşov. He started with just one point from six matches in the 2013/14 season. Beginning of September 2013 he was president of the club before the same office at the traditional club Rapid Bucharest took in December, 2013, was relegated in the same year in the Liga II.
Achievements
As a player
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1975
- Rise in the Divizia A: 1975, 1983, 1990
As a coach
- Promotion to League 1: 2012