Leonida "Loni" Nedelcu (also known as Leonida Nedelcu II; born 14 August 1952) is a Romanian former professional

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who played as a

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, currently the manager of WOSPAC Palestina. In his career "Loni" Nedelcu played for various Romanian teams such as: Gloria Buzău, Universitatea Craiova,

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, Politehnica Timișoara or Bihor Oradea, among others. In the late years of his player career, Nedelcu started also to coach at Strungul Arad and

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. As a coach he is recognized as a true globe-trotter, managing very successfully teams from Romania,

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, Morocco,

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, Maldives, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and most recently

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International career

Leonida Nedelcu played in 30 matches for Romania and in other 4 matches for Romania U-21 and Romania B.

Personal life

His daughter is married to the former Gloria Buzău goalkeeper Antoniu Stoian.

References

External links

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