Alexandru Ene (also known as Alexandru Ene I; 19 September 1928 – 22 May 2011) was a

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n football striker.

Club career

Alexandru Ene was born on 19 September 1928 in

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, Romania and he started playing football at junior level at

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from 1941 to 1947, then he went to play Metalul București at senior level in

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, helping the team promote to

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where he made his debut under coach

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on 22 August 1948 in a 6–1 loss against CFR Timișoara. He was transferred at

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in 1951 where he spent 8 seasons, being loaned in 1953 at Dinamo Brașov, afterwards returning to Dinamo where in the 1954 Divizia A season he became the top-scorer of the league with 20 goals, in the following season he helped the club win the first

title in its history, being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in 23 matches in which he scored 14 goals, being the top-scorer of the team. He also won the

1958–59 Cupa României The 1958–59 Cupa României was the 21st edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. The title was won by Dinamo București against CSM Baia Mare. Format The competition is an annual knockout tournament. In the first ro ...

and played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the

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in the 3–1 victory against

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in which he scored the last goal, helping '' The Red Dogs'' go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by

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, Ene playing in all four games from the campaign. On 19 June 1960 Ene played his last

match for Dinamo in a 3–1 loss against Farul Constanța, having a total of 179 matches in which he scored 105 goals in the competition. After retiring, he worked in leading positions in football, including being vice-president of Dinamo from 1971 until 1973. Alexandru Ene died on 22 May 2011 at age 82.

International career

Alexandru Ene played 10 games in which he scored 5 goals at international level for

, making his debut under coach

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on 28 June 1953 in a 3–1 home victory against

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at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers in which he scored one goal. He made another two appearances at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and another two in which he scored two goals against

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and

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at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers. Ene made his last appearance for the national team on 14 September 1958 in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 away loss against

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in which he scored one goal.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Alexandru Ene goal.''

Honours

Club

Metalul București *

: 1947–48 Dinamo București *

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: 1958–59

Individual

top scorer:

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