Nicolae Pantea

Nicolae Pantea

Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Pantea
Date of birth	(1946-02-12) 12 February 1946
Place of birth	Beliu, Arad County
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1961–1964	Rapid Arad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1966	UTA Arad
1966–1975	Steaua Bucureşti	196	(24)
1975–1977	Petrolul Ploieşti
Total		196	(24)
International career
1971–1973	Romania	3	(1)
Managerial career
1981–1983	Steaua Bucureşti (assistant coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 September 2009

Nicolae Pantea (born 12 February 1946 in Beliu, Arad County) is a Romanian former football player and manager, a glory of Steaua Bucureşti. He used to play as a midfielder.

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. The match ended 9-0 for Romania, this score still remaining the biggest win of the Romania national football team.

International goals

Nicolae Pantea: International Goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 October 1973	August 23 Stadium, Bucharest, Romania	Finland	9-0	Win	FIFA World Cup 1974 qualifying

Honours

• Divizia A (1): 1967–68

• Romanian Cup (4): 1966–67, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71

• Divizia B (1): 1976–77