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Nelu Stănescu
Romanian footballer
Nelu Stănescu (4 August 1957 – 11 March 2004) was a Romanian football left defender.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1957-08-04)4 August 1957[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Babadag, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 11 March 2004(2004-03-11) (aged 46)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Babadag, Romania[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left defender[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Granitul Babadag | ||
| 1975–1979 | Delta Tulcea | ||
| 1979–1987 | Dinamo București | 163 | (4) |
| 1987–1988 | Flacăra Moreni | 26 | (0) |
| 1989 | Delta Tulcea | ||
| 1989–1990 | Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat | ||
| Total | 189 | (4) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981–1988 | Romania | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Nelu Stănescu was born on 1 January 1956 in Babadag, Romania.[1] He was a left defender and started playing football in the lower leagues at Granitul Babadag and Delta Tulcea.[1][2][4] In 1979 he was transferred to Dinamo București where on 2 September 1979 he made his Divizia A debut in a 2–0 victory against Olimpia Satu Mare.[1] From 1981 until 1984 Dinamo won three consecutive Divizia A titles, in the first he appeared in 28 matches, in the second he played 14 games and in the third he made 26 appearances and scored two goals.[1][2][4] Stănescu also won three Cupa României with the Red Dogs and appeared in 18 matches in European competitions, including appearing in 6 games in the 1983–84 European Cup season, as the club reached the semi-finals.[1][2][4] After eight seasons in which he scored 4 goals in 163 Divizia A matches for Dinamo, he was transferred at Flacăra Moreni where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 3 December 1988 in a 2–0 victory against ASA Târgu Mureș, having a total of 189 Divizia A matches in which he scored 4 goals.[1][2][4] Nelu Stănescu spent the last years of his career playing for Delta Tulcea and Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat in Divizia B.[1][2][4] On 11 March 2004, Stănescu died at age 46 in his native Babadag.[1][2][4]
Nelu Stănescu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 11 November 1981 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a qualification match for the 1982 World Cup against Switzerland which ended 0–0.[5][6] His following games played for the national team were friendlies, his last appearance taking place on 30 March 1988 in a 3–3 against East Germany.[5]
Dinamo București
- Nelu Stănescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- "Memorialul "Nelu Stănescu". Opt ani de la trecerea în neființă a marelui fotbalist din Babadag" [The "Nelu Stanescu" Memorial. Eight years since the great footballer from Babadag passed away] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 19 March 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Nelu Stănescu at WorldFootball.net
- "18 ani de la decesul prematur al lui Nelu "Babadag" Stănescu, dinamovistul care a eliminat coloșii Inter Milano și Hamburg, dar a pierdut duelul cu moartea la doar 46 de ani" [18 years since the untimely death of Nelu "Babadag" »Stănescu, the Dinamo player who eliminated the Inter Milan and Hamburg giants, but lost the duel with the death at only 46 years old] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 11 March 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
- "Nelu Stănescu". European Football. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "Switzerland - Romania 0:0". European Football. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Nelu Stănescu at National-Football-Teams.com