Nicolae Ungureanu (born 11 October 1956) is a Romanian former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

He was born in

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and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1977. He spent ten seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981. In 1987, he was transferred to Steaua București, where he helped win the league in 1988 and 1989. He played in the 1988/89 European Cup Final against

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, when Steaua lost 4–0. His last Divizia A match came for

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in 1993. The game ended in a 0–5 loss against Universitatea Craiova. Ungureanu got 56 caps and scored 1 goal for the Romania national team, and represented his country at Euro 1984. He played in 71 European Cup matches, scoring one goal.

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova *

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: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

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: 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83, 1992–93 Steaua București *

: 1987–88, 1988–89 *

: 1988–89 *

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runner-up: 1988–89

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Nicolae Ungureanu profile
* 1956 births Living people Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Liga I players Liga II players CS Universitatea Craiova players FCSB players FC Rapid București players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu managers Romania men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players University of Craiova alumni Men's association football defenders Romanian football managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1950s-stub