Nicolae Simatoc

Nicolae Simatoc
Simatoc in 1950
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-05-01)1 May 1920[1]
Place of birth Grimăncăuți, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death 2 December 1979(1979-12-02) (aged 59)[2]
Place of death Sydney, Australia
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1934–1938 Ripensia Timişoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1941 Ripensia Timişoara 44 (3)
1941–1942 Carmen București 3 (0)
1942–1944 Nagyváradi AC 32 (3)
1945 Vasas 9 (3)
1945–1947 Carmen București 12 (0)
1947–1949 Inter Milan 17 (3)
1949–1950 Brescia 30 (8)
1950 Hungaria FbC Roma – (–)
1950–1952 Barcelona 34 (2)
1952–1953 Real Oviedo 5 (0)
Total 186 (22)
International career
1940–1946 Romania 8 (0)
Managerial career
1959–1960 UE Lleida
1960–1961 Sabadell
1962–1963 AEL Limassol
1963–1968 Budapest Sydney
1969–1972 Polonia Western Eagles
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Simatoc (also known as Miklós Szegedi; 1 May 1920 – 2 December 1979) was a Romanian football manager and player. A midfielder, he played for a number of clubs throughout Europe, including Ripensia Timişoara and Carmen București in Romania, Nagyváradi AC in Hungary, Inter Milan and Brescia in Italy, and Barcelona and Real Oviedo in Spain. After retiring as a player he became a coach, and managed Spanish side UE Lleida between 1959 and 1960, and CE Sabadell FC between 1960 and 1961.[4] He then coached Budapest Sydney and Polonia Western Eagles.[5]

Legacy

A stadium in Lozova, Moldova is named after him.[6]

Personal life

Simatoc was born to Romanian parents in Grimăncăuți, present-day Moldova. He was raised Romanian Orthodox by his family. He was also known as Miklós Szegedi while playing in Hungary. Simatoc was married to a Hungarian woman named Etelka Stolárcsik, with whom he had two sons. One of them, Silvio, born in 1950, had followed his father's footsteps and played in lower leagues in Spain and Australia.[7]

Honours

[8] Nagyváradi

Barcelona

References

  1. ^ Nicolae Simatoc | National Football Teams. National-soccer-teams.com. Retrieved on 29 May 2017.
  2. ^ Loading Archived 12 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Fotbal.md (17 May 2012). Retrieved on 29 May 2017.
  3. ^ Nazare, Daniel (22 June 2007). "Nicolae Simatoc, primul român care a jucat la Inter". Adevărul. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
  4. ^ "CE Sabadell FC - Entrenadors". Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
  5. ^ Edición del Wednesday 20 February 1963, Página 3 – Hemeroteca – MundoDeportivo.com. Hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es (20 February 1963). Retrieved on 29 May 2017.
  6. ^ "SIMATOC-100. STADIONUL DIN LOZOVA, CU NUME DE LEGENDĂ". FMF (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  7. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  8. ^ Nicolae Simatoc at National-Football-Teams.com
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