Lică Nunweiller (12 December 1938 – 8 November 2013) was a

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midfielder who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.

Club career

Lică Nunweiller was born in

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on 13 November 1938, but his parents told the authorities that he was born on 12 November 1938, because they felt that the number 13 brings bad luck. He had an

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father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in

after

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where he met his wife, Rozina, later they moved from

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

. He had six brothers, the oldest one of them, Constantin was a

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player and the other five: Dumitru,

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, Victor, Radu and Eduard were footballers, each of them having at least one spell at

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, they are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs". Lică made his

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debut, playing for

on 5 June 1960 in a 2–0 victory against

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. Throughout his first period spent at Dinamo's senior team from 1960 until 1967, he won four consecutive

titles with the club from 1962 to 1965 and a

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in 1964, also appearing in 11 matches without scoring in the

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. In 1967, he joined Dinamo Bacău for two seasons. Nunweiller next moved to Turkey to join Beşiktaş J.K. in 1969, making him one of the first Romanians to play professional football in Turkey. He made only one appearance in the

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during the 1969–70 season, before returning to Romania to end his career at

in 1970.

International career

Lică Nunweiller played four friendly games at international level for

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, making his debut on 8 October 1961 under coach

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in a 4–0 victory against

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. His following games were a 3–2 victory against

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, a 0–0 against

and a 1–1 against

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Honours

Dinamo București *

: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

: 1963–64

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References

1938 births 2013 deaths Sportspeople from Piatra Neamț Romanian footballers Romanian people of Austrian descent Romanian expatriate footballers Olympic footballers of Romania Romania international footballers Victoria București players FC Dinamo București players FCM Bacău players Liga I players Liga II players Süper Lig players Beşiktaş J.K. footballers Expatriate footballers in Turkey Association football midfielders {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub