Nicolae Selymes (born 11 March 1940) is a

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n former footballer who played as a

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. He is the uncle of

Tibor Selymes Tibor Selymes (born 14 May 1970) is a Romanian former football player and current manager of Liga III club Știința Miroslava. Playing career Born in Bălan of Hungarian descent, Selymes made his debut in Divizia A with FC Brașov in 198 ...

who was also an international footballer.

International career

Nicolae Selymes played one game for Romania's national team when coach

Silviu Ploeșteanu Silviu Ploeșteanu (28 January 1913 – 13 April 1969) was a Romanian footballer and manager. Club career Silviu Ploeșteanu, nicknamed ''Ploaie'' (Rain) was born on 28 January 1913 in Craiova, Romania and he started to play football in 1930 a ...

used him in a 1–3 loss against

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, sending him in the 70th minute of the game in order to replace

Nicolae Tătaru Nicolae Tătaru (16 December 1931 – 1 August 2001), also known as Tătaru I, was a Romanian footballer. He played eleven years for Steaua București, being one of the symbols of the team. He played as a left forward. He was the older brother o ...

Honours

Dinamo București *

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: 1962–63

References

1940 births Living people Romanian footballers Romania men's international footballers Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Dinamo București players Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-footy-forward-stub