Lică Nunweiller

Lică Nunweiller (12 December 1938 – 8 November 2013) was a Romanian international football midfielder who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.

Club career

Nunweiller was born on 13 November 1938 in Piatra Neamț, Romania, 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 Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War I where he met his wife, Rozina, and later they moved to Bucharest. He began playing junior-level football in 1947 at Unirea Tricolor București, moving afterwards to Venus U.C.B., before joining Dinamo București where he worked with coach Petre Steinbach. In 1957 he started to play senior level football at Dinamo Obor București in Divizia B. Nunweiller helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965. In the first one he worked with three coaches, Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă, and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 18 appearances. He played for Dinamo in a total of 11 matches without scoring in the European Cup, including all four games of the 1963–64 European Cup campaign as they got past East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid. He also appeared in a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan in the 1965–66 edition who were the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition.

In 1967, he joined Dinamo Bacău for two seasons. He made only one appearance in the Süper Lig during the 1969–70 season. His following games were a 3–2 win over East Germany, a goalless draw against Turkey and a 1–1 tie against Austria.

Death Nunweiller died on 8 November 2013 at the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest at age 74. During Dinamo's first home game after his death, the fans displayed a banner dedicated to him that said:"Few of those who wrote the history of our team remain! You taught us what the "D" of life is, Lică Nunweiller, thank you!".

Honours Player Dinamo București Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 Cupa României: 1963–64

Assistant coach Dinamo București Divizia A: 1976–77