| Nicolae Manea | |
| Birth Date: | 11 March 1954 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Death Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Position: | Striker |
| Youthyears1: | 1967–1973 |
| Youthclubs1: | Rapid București |
| Years1: | 1973–1980 |
| Years2: | 1980–1981 |
| Years3: | 1981–1987 |
| Years4: | 1987–1991 |
| Clubs1: | Rapid București |
| Clubs2: | Steaua București |
| Clubs3: | Rapid București |
| Clubs4: | Gloria Bistrița |
| Caps1: | 108 |
| Caps2: | 9 |
| Caps3: | 113 |
| Caps4: | 70 |
| Totalcaps: | 300 |
| Goals1: | 32 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Goals3: | 17 |
| Goals4: | 28 |
| Totalgoals: | 78 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1975–1976 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1976 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania Olympic[1] |
| Nationalteam2: | Romania |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1991–1992 |
| Manageryears2: | 1992–1996 |
| Manageryears3: | 1996–1997 |
| Manageryears4: | 1997 |
| Manageryears5: | 1998 |
| Manageryears6: | 1999 |
| Manageryears7: | 1999 |
| Manageryears8: | 2002–2005 |
| Manageryears9: | 2005 |
| Manageryears10: | 2009–2010 |
| Manageryears11: | 2010–2013 |
| Manageryears12: | 2013 |
| Managerclubs1: | Drobeta-Turnu Severin |
| Managerclubs2: | Unirea Dej |
| Managerclubs3: | Bihor Oradea |
| Managerclubs4: | Rapid București |
| Managerclubs5: | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Managerclubs6: | Rapid București |
| Managerclubs7: | Romania U-21 |
| Managerclubs8: | Romania U-21 |
| Managerclubs9: | FC Brașov |
| Managerclubs10: | Rapid București |
| Managerclubs11: | Gloria Bistrița |
| Managerclubs12: | Corona Brașov |
Nicolae Manea (11 March 1954 – 15 December 2014) was a Romanian football player and manager.[2] [3]
Manea was born in Bucharest. He joined Rapid București at the age of 12 and played there professionally from 1973 to 1980 and again from 1981 to 1987. He had a short stint with Steaua București in 1980 and ended his career playing for Gloria Bistrița in the late 80s.[2] He scored both of Rapid's goals in the 2–1 victory against Universitatea Craiova in the 1975 Cupa României final.[3] [4] [5]
Nicolae Manea played one game for Romania when coach Ștefan Kovács used him in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Iran, played on Aryamehr Stadium from Tehran.[6] [7]
He coached Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Unirea Dej, Bihor Oradea, Rapid București (several times), Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, FC Brașov, Gloria Bistrița, Corona Brașov and the Romanian national under-21 football team.[3] [2]
He was diagnosed with liver cancer at the beginning of 2014. He died on 15 December 2014, in Bucharest.[3] [2] [8]
Rapid București
Gloria Bistrița
Rapid București