Nicolae Simatoc (also known as Miklós Szegedi; 1 May 1920 – 2 December 1979) was a Romanian football manager and player. A midfielder, he played for a number of clubs throughout Europe, including Ripensia Timişoara and Carmen București in Romania, Nagyváradi AC in Hungary, Inter Milan and Brescia in Italy, and Barcelona and Real Oviedo in Spain. After retiring as a player he became a coach, and managed Spanish side UE Lleida between 1959 and 1960, and CE Sabadell FC between 1960 and 1961.[4] He then coached Budapest Sydney and Polonia Western Eagles.[5]
 Simatoc in 1950 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 May 1920[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Grimăncăuți, Kingdom of Romania | ||
| Date of death | 2 December 1979 (aged 59)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1934–1938 | Ripensia Timişoara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1941 | Ripensia Timişoara | 44 | (3) |
| 1941–1942 | Carmen București | 3 | (0) |
| 1942–1944 | Nagyváradi AC | 32 | (3) |
| 1945 | Vasas | 9 | (3) |
| 1945–1947 | Carmen București | 12 | (0) |
| 1947–1949 | Inter Milan | 17 | (3) |
| 1949–1950 | Brescia | 30 | (8) |
| 1950 | Hungaria FbC Roma | – | (–) |
| 1950–1952 | Barcelona | 34 | (2) |
| 1952–1953 | Real Oviedo | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 186 | (22) | |
| International career | |||
| 1940–1946 | Romania | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1959–1960 | UE Lleida | ||
| 1960–1961 | Sabadell | ||
| 1962–1963 | AEL Limassol | ||
| 1963–1968 | Budapest Sydney | ||
| 1969–1972 | Polonia Western Eagles | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Legacy
editPersonal life
editSimatoc was born to Romanian parents in Grimăncăuți, present-day Moldova. He was raised Romanian Orthodox by his family. He was also known as Miklós Szegedi while playing in Hungary. Simatoc was married to a Hungarian woman named Etelka Stolárcsik, with whom he had two sons. One of them, Silvio, born in 1950, had followed his father's footsteps and played in lower leagues in Spain and Australia.[7]
Honours
edit[8] Nagyváradi
Barcelona
References
edit- ^ Nicolae Simatoc | National Football Teams. National-soccer-teams.com. Retrieved on 29 May 2017.
- ^ Loading Archived 12 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Fotbal.md (17 May 2012). Retrieved on 29 May 2017.
- ^ Nazare, Daniel (22 June 2007). "Nicolae Simatoc, primul român care a jucat la Inter". Adevărul. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "CE Sabadell FC - Entrenadors". Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ^ Edición del Wednesday 20 February 1963, Página 3 – Hemeroteca – MundoDeportivo.com. Hemeroteca.elmundodeportivo.es (20 February 1963). Retrieved on 29 May 2017.
- ^ "SIMATOC-100. STADIONUL DIN LOZOVA, CU NUME DE LEGENDĂ". FMF (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Nicolae Simatoc at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
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- Nicolae Simatoc at EU-Football.info
- RSSSF – "Apolides" in Italy
- Nicolae Simatoc at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)