Full name Nicolae Pantea Years Team 1961–1964 Rapid Arad Height 1.80 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Nicolae Pantea | |
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Date of birth (1946-02-12) 12 February 1946 (age 69) | ||
Nicolae Pantea (born 12 February 1946 in Beliu, Arad County) is a Romanian former footballer and manager, a glory of Steaua Bucureşti. He used to play as a midfielder.
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Club career
Nicolae Pantea started his career in 1961, playing for the youth team of Rapid, a team from Arad. Three years later, Pantea moved to UTA Arad. He spent two years playing for UTA, making also his debut in Divizia A.
In 1966, Pantea is sold to Steaua Bucureşti, where he plays for a period of nine years, making 196 appearances in Divizia A and scoring 24 goals. He won four times the Romanian Cup and once the Romanian championship.
In the last two years of his career, Nicolae Pantea played for Petrolul Ploieşti in Divizia B, winning the promotion to Divizia A in 1977. After a short period, Pantea announced his retirement.
International career
Nicolae Pantea made his debut for Romania in May 1971, against Albania. In his last match for the national team, he scored his first and only goal for The Tricolours, winning the fifth goal in the match against Finland.