Nunweiller in 1970
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Radu Nunweiller | ||
| Date of birth | (1944-11-16) 16 November 1944 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1962 | Tânarul Dinamovist | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1962–1963 | Viitorul București | 1 | (0) |
| 1963–1976 | Dinamo București | 295 | (38) |
| 1976–1979 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 37 | (2) |
| Total | 333 | (40) | |
| International career | |||
| 1966–1975 | Romania[a] | 42 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1981–1984 | Martigny-Sports | ||
| 1984–1987 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| 1987–1988 | Martigny-Sports | ||
| 1989–1990 | Etoile Carouge | ||
| 1990–1995 | Chênois | ||
| 1995–1996 | Servette Geneva (assistant) | ||
| 1996–2001 | Lausanne-Sport (assistant) | ||
| 2001–2002 | Lausanne-Sport | ||
| 2003 | UTA Arad | ||
| 2004–2005 | Yverdon-Sport | ||
| 2009–2010 | Neuchâtel Xamax (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Neuchâtel Xamax (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Radu Nunweiller (born 16 November 1944) is a former Romanian central midfield football player and manager.[3]
Radu Nunweiller was born in Bucharest on 16 November 1944.[4][5] He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War II where he met his wife, Rozina, later they moved from Piatra NeamțtoBucharest.[6] He had six brothers, the oldest one of them, Constantin was a water polo player and the other five: Dumitru, Ion, Lică, Victor and Eduard were footballers, each of them having at least one spell at Dinamo București, they are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs".[6][7] Radu made his Divizia A debut, playing for Viitorul București on 21 October 1962 in a 4–2 loss against Steaua București.[4][5] After playing only one Divizia A match for Viitorul București, Nunweiller went to play for Dinamo București where he would spend most of his career, winning five Divizia A titles and two Cupa României, also appearing in 23 matches in which he scored 7 goals in European competitions, including scoring four in a 11–0 win over Crusaders from the 1973–74 European Cup.[2][3][4][5][8][9] Radu Nunweiller ended his career after playing three seasons for Corvinul Hunedoara, having a total of 333 appearances and 40 goals scored in Divizia A.[4][5]
"When I decide which team will play, I first pass the name of Radu Nunweiller next to the number 10 jersey and then I look for ten more players."
–Angelo Niculescu, former Romania manager[5]
Radu Nunweiller played 41 matches and scored 2 goals for Romania (42/2 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 21 September 1966 under coach Ilie Oană in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 loss against East Germany.[1][10] He played one game at the 1968 Euro qualifiers and three games at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, also being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in all the minutes of the three group matches from the final tournamentasRomania did not advance to the next stage.[1] He played 9 matches and scored one goal at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament.[1] Nunweiller played 5 games and scored one goal at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers, two games at the Euro 1976 qualifiers where he made his last appearance for the national team on 17 April 1975 in a 1–1 against Spain.[1]
For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Nunweiller was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[11][12]
| # | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 October 1970 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania | 18 |  Finland |
3–0 | 3–0 | Euro 1972 qualifiers |
| 2 | 20 September 1972 | Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland | 32 | Finland |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1974 World Cup qualifiers |
After he ended his playing career in 1979, Nunweiller ran away from Romania's communist regime, at that time running away from the country being illegal, going to Switzerland where he worked as manager and assistant manager at various clubs.[3][5][6] He obtained a promotion to the Swiss Super League with Yverdon-Sport, had a short experience in the 2002–03 Divizia A season, consisting of 7 games (2 victories, 1 draw, 4 losses) with UTA Arad, also being Neuchâtel Xamax's manager in a 2010–11 Swiss Super League game which ended with a 4–1 loss against FC Basel.[3][5][13]
Dinamo București
Individual
Yverdon-Sport
Radu Nunweiller – Managerial positions
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