Gheorghe Ene

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Gheorghe Ene II
Ene in 1965
Personal information
Full name Gheorghe Ene
Date of birth (1937-01-27)27 January 1937
Place of birth București, Romania
Date of death 6 April 2009(2009-04-06) (aged 72)
Place of death București, Romania
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1952–1954 Progresul ICAS București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954 Voința București
1955 Progresul CPCS București
1956–1960 Rapid București[a] 73 (36)
1960–1967 Dinamo București 133 (75)
1967–1968 Dinamo Bacău 21 (5)
Total 227 (116)
International career
1955–1961 Romania 3 (0)
Managerial career
1975–76 Jiul Petroșani
1978 Jiul Petroșani
Unirea Slobozia
Muscelul Câmpulung
CS Târgoviște
1983 Corvinul Hunedoara
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gheorghe Ene (also known as Gheorghe Ene II; 27 January 1937 – 6 April 2009) was a Romanian football striker and coach.

Club career

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Ene was born on 27 January 1937 in București, Romania, and began playing junior-level football in 1952, aged 14 at Progresul ICAS București.[1][2][3] In 1954, he started his senior career at Voința București, moving after one season to Progresul CPCS București.[1][4][5] On 18 March 1956 he made his Divizia A debut, playing for Rapid București in a 1–1 draw against Minerul Petroșani.[1] During his four seasons spent with The Railwaymen, Ene became the top-scorer of the 1958–59 Divizia A with 17 goals scored.[1][2][3][4][5]

Ene (pictured with the ball) and Mircea Petescu (right) in a derby match (1963)

Ene went to play for Dinamo București where from 1962 until 1965 he helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles.[1][2][3][5][6] In the first one he worked with three coaches, Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 20 appearances in which he scored 19 goals.[1][6] In the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 19 matches in which he netted seven times in the first and in 14 with five goals scored in the second.[1][6] In the last one he played 23 games, scoring 15 times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[1][6] Ene also won the 1963–64 Cupa României with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu used him for the entire match in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București from the final.[1][7] He would score two goals in the league in the derby against Steaua, including one in a 3–2 victory.[8] Ene played in 11 European Cup matches in which he scored two goals.[1][2][3][5] In the 1963–64 edition they got past East Germany champion Motor Jena, but were eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid.[1][9] In the 1965–66 campaign, he scored two goals against Denmark's champion, Boldklubben 1909 which helped Dinamo advance to the next phase.[1][10] There, they were eliminated by Inter Milan, winners of the previous two seasons of the competition Inter Milan but earned a historical 2–1 victory in the first leg.[1][10][11]

Ene spent the last season of his career at Dinamo Bacău, making his last Divizia A appearance on 9 June 1968 in a 4–1 victory against Farul Constanța, having a total of 227 matches with 116 goals in the competition.[1][2][3][5]

International career

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Ene played three games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu on 15 June 1955 in a friendly that ended with a 4–1 loss to Sweden.[12][13] His second game was a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers and his last appearance was on 8 October 1961 in a friendly that ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey.[12]

Managerial career

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Ene started coaching after he ended his playing career at Dinamo București's children and juniors center.[2][3][5] Afterwards he coached senior teams Jiul Petroșani, Unirea Slobozia, Muscelul Câmpulung, CS Târgoviște and Corvinul Hunedoara, mostly in the Romanian lower leagues, having only short spells in Divizia A at Jiul and Corvinul.[2][3][5][14]

Personal life

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His brother, Daniel, was also a footballer who played for SC Bacău and Rapid București.[15] Ene died on 6 April 2009 at age 72.[1][2][3][4][5]

Honours

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Club

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Dinamo București

Individual

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Notes

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  1. ^ The statistics for the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not taken into consideration.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Gheorghe Ene at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "A murit Gheorghe Ene II" [Gheorghe Ene died II] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "A murit fostul atacant si antrenor Gheorghe Ene" [Former striker and coach Gheorghe Ene died] (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b c "A murit Gheorghe Ene!" [Gheorghe Ene died!] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Gheorghe Ene II" (in Romanian). Dinamo.webstyler.ro. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
    "Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!" [This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1963–64". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
    "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1965–66". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Gheorghe Ene - Champions League 1963/1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Gheorghe Ene - Champions League 1965/1966". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  11. ^ "1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii" [December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  12. ^ a b "Gheorghe Ene". European Football. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Sweden 4-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Gheorghe Ene profile". Labtof. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Bacăul a ajuns în fața lui Arsenal" [Bacău ended up in front of Arsenal] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  16. ^ Gheorghe Ene at National-Football-Teams.com
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