.jpg) Nunweiller in 1970 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Radu Nunweiller | ||
| Date of birth | (1944-11-16)16 November 1944 (age 81) | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest,Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | 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 | |||
| 1962 | Romania U18 | ||
| 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]
Nunweiller was born on 16 November 1944 inBucharest, Romania.[4][5] He had anAustrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled inPiatra Neamț afterWorld War II where he met his wife, Rozina, and later they moved toBucharest.[6] He had six brothers: Constantin, the oldest, was a water polo player, while Dumitru,Ion,Lică, Victor, and Eduard were all footballers who each played at least one spell atDinamo București.[6] They are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs" as especially Ion and Lică were known for their aggressiveness on the field, which often caused their faces to turn red from the effort.[6][7] Nunweiller made hisDivizia A debut, playing forViitorul București on 21 October 1962 under coachGheorghe Ola in a 4–2 loss toSteaua București.[4][5][8]
After playing only one league match for Viitorul, Nunweiller went to play for Dinamo București where in his first two seasons he won two titles.[2][4][5][9] In the first he worked with coachesTraian Ionescu andNicolae Dumitru who gave him five appearances in which he netted two goals.[2][4][5][9] In the second one he played 18 games, scoring once under the guidance ofAngelo Niculescu.[2][4][5][9] At the conquest of these titles he was teammates with his brothers Ion and Lică.[9] Nunweiller also won the1963–64 Cupa României withThe Red Dogs, coach Ionescu using him and his brothers Ion and Lică for the full 90 minutes in the 5–3 victory overrivalsSteaua București in thefinal in which he scored a goal.[2][4][5][10] He would score two more goals against Steaua in two victories, a 3–0 and a 1–0.[11] For the way he played in 1969, Nunweiller was placed third in the ranking for theRomanian Footballer of the Year award, and in the following year, he was in fourth place.[12] In the1970–71 season he won another title, playing alongside his brother Ion, as coaches Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 30 games in which he netted five times.[2][4][5][9] In 1972, Ion became head coach of Dinamo, managing to win the title with him in hisfirst season, Nunweiller contributing with a personal record of seven goals in 30 games.[2][4][5][9][13] They would also win the1974–75 title together, but this time Ion was the assistant coach of Nicolae Dumitru who gave Nunweiller 29 appearances in which he scored twice.[2][4][5][9][13] He appeared in 23 matches in which he scored seven goals in European competitions for Dinamo, including netting four in a 11–0 win overCrusaders in the1973–74 European Cup.[3][4][5][14] In the1975–76 edition he played in a 1–0 victory againstReal Madrid.[3][4][5][15]
Nunweiller ended his career after playing three seasons forCorvinul Hunedoara, making his last Divizia A appearance on 11 September 1978 in a 1–0 home loss toFC Baia Mare, totaling 333 appearances and 40 goals in the competition.[4][5]
"When I decide which team will play, I first put the name of Radu Nunweiller next to the number 10 jersey and then I look for ten more players."
Under the guidance of coachesNicolae Dumitrescu andGheorghe Ola, Nunweiller helpedRomania's under-18 national team win the1962 European championship.[16]
Nunweiller played 41 matches and scored two goals forRomania (42/2 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 21 September 1966 under coachIlie Oană in a 2–0 friendly loss toEast Germany.[1][17] His following game was a 1–0 loss toItaly in the1968 Euro qualifiers.[1] Then he played three games during the successful1970 World Cup qualifiers.[1][18] Subsequently, coachAngelo Niculescu used him for the entirety of all three games in thefinal tournament which were a win againstCzechoslovakia and losses toEngland andBrazil, as his side failed to progress from their group.[1][18] Nunweiller played nine matches and scored one goal in the1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach thequarter-finals where Romania was defeated byHungary, who advanced to thefinal tournament.[1] He made five appearances and scored once in the1974 World Cup qualifiers.[1] Afterwards he played two games during theEuro 1976 qualifiers, including his last appearance for the national team on 17 April 1975 in a 1–1 draw againstSpain.[1]
For representing his country at the1970 World Cup, Nunweiller was decorated byPresident of RomaniaTraian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[19][20]
| # | 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 defected fromRomania's communist regime, going to Switzerland where he worked as manager and assistant manager at various clubs.[3][5][6][13] He obtained a promotion to theSwiss Super League withYverdon-Sport.[3][5] In the2002–03 Divizia A season, Nunweiller came back to Romania and had a brief experience atUTA Arad, consisting of seven games (two victories, one draw, four losses).[3][5] He was alsoNeuchâtel Xamax's manager in a2010–11 Swiss Super League game which ended with a 4–1 loss toBasel.[3][5][21]
Dinamo București
Romania U18
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