Colea Vâlcov

Nicolae 'Colea' Vâlcov (23 February 1909 – 31 March 1970) was a Romanian football player and manager.

Colea Vâlcov

Personal information
Full name	Nicolae Vâlcov
Date of birth	(1909-02-23)23 February 1909
Place of birth	Bolgrad, Russian Empire, (now in Ukraine)
Date of death	31 March 1970(1970-03-31) (aged 61)
Position(s)	Full-back, winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1924–1930	Mihai Viteazul Chișinău	122	(26)
1930–1938	Venus București	192	(65)
1938–1939	Telefon Club București	14	(1)
1939–1942	Turda București	65	(17)
Total		393	(109)
Managerial career
1947	Romania
1947–1948	Steaua București (assistant coach)
1948	Romania
1948–1949	Steaua București
1949	Romania
1949–1950	Petrolul Ploiești
1953	Progresul Casa Scânteii
1954	Dinamo București
1957–1958	Politehnica Iaşi
1958–1959	Torpedo Tohani
1960–1961	Metalul Hunedoara
1962–1964	Metalurgistul Cugir
1964	Politehnica Timişoara
1964–1965	Metaloglobus București
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vâlcov was born in Bolgrad, Russian Empire. He was part of the famous offensive line of Venus București in the 1930s, together with his brothers, Petea and Volodea. He was arguably the most talented of the three, with a great header (his most feared weapon) and good anticipation in front of the goal.

The three brothers, originally Bulgarians from Moldova, are included in the list of the greatest football players in the history of club football Venus București.

Two of his brothers had final tragics. First, Petea died on the front in 1943 World War II, on the eastern front, fighting the Soviets, And almost over a decade, Volodea died of tuberculosis. Senior Colea was the most longevity. Once after his footballer career, he became a coach for Romania, Steaua București and Dinamo București.

He was the second manager in the history of Steaua București.

Honours

Player

Venus București

• National titles: 1931–32, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39

Manager

Steaua București

• Romanian Cup: 1948–49