Nicolae Țică Zamfir (14 December 1944 – 14 September 2022) is a
Romanian
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football
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manager.
He coached
Universitatea Craiova,
Bdin Vidin
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,
FC U Craiova,
Drobeta Turnu Severin
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,
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea was a football club based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Romania. It was founded in 1946 and dissolved in 2004. It won one Romanian Cup, in 1973.
History
In 1946 ''Vâlceana'' appeared in the Third Division. In ...
and
JEF United Ichihara in Japan. While coaching juniors at
Universitatea Craiova, he discovered and formed
Gheorghe Popescu
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.
Zamfir died of a
heart attack
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on 14 September 2022.
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JEF United Ichihara
In July 1999, Zamfir signed with J1 League
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club JEF United Ichihara which was at the 15th place of 16 clubs in 1st stage in 1999 season. He managed the club from 2nd stage and contributed to the club remaining in J1 League. In 2000 season, although the club was at 11th place in 1st stage, the club won only 1 match in first 8 matches in 2nd stage and he resigned in August.
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1944 births
2022 deaths
Romanian football managers
Expatriate football managers in Japan
Expatriate football managers in Bulgaria
Romanian expatriate football managers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
CS Universitatea Craiova managers
FC U Craiova 1948 managers
J1 League managers
JEF United Chiba managers
Sportspeople from Craiova
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