Leonida Nedelcu

Leonida Nedelcu
Personal information
Full name	Leonida Marian Nedelcu
Date of birth	14 August 1952 (age 72)
Place of birth	Râmnicu Sărat, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Gloria Buzău
Senior career*
Years	Team
1972–1974	Gloria Buzău
1974–1975	FC Galați
1975–1976	Universitatea Craiova
1976–1979	UTA Arad
1979–1982	Politehnica Timișoara
1982–1984	Bihor Oradea
1985–1986	Strungul Arad
1987	CFR Timișoara
Total
International career‡
1972–1973	Romania U-21
1977	Romania B
1977	Romania
Managerial career
1985–1986	Strungul Arad
1987	CFR Timișoara
1993–1997	Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt
1997–1998	Hutteen Latakia
1998	WAF
1998–1999	Al-Majd
2000	Politehnica Iași
2001–2002	Syria U-20
2002	Laminorul Roman
2002–2003	Midia Năvodari
2003	Altay Constanța
2003–2004	Al-Hazem
2004	Gloria Buzău
2005–2006	FCM Târgoviște
2006	New Radiant
2007	Arieșul Turda
2008–2009	Najran (assistant)
2011–2012	Senegal Football Academy
2012–2013	ABC Stoicescu
2013–2014	Zwegabin United
2015–2016	Zakho (assistant)
2018–	WOSPAC Palestine (Academy)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 March 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2018

Leonida "Loni" Nedelcu (also known as Leonida Nedelcu II; born 14 August 1952) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently the manager of WOSPAC Palestina.^[2] In his career "Loni" Nedelcu played for various Romanian teams such as: Gloria Buzău, Universitatea Craiova, UTA Arad, Politehnica Timișoara or Bihor Oradea, among others. In the late years of his player career, Nedelcu started also to coach at Strungul Arad and CFR Timișoara. As a coach he is recognized as a true globe-trotter, managing very successfully teams from Romania, Syria, Morocco, Myanmar, Maldives, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and most recently Palestine.^[3]^[4]^[5]

International career

Leonida Nedelcu played in 30 matches for Romania and in other 4 matches for Romania U-21 and Romania B.^{[citation needed]}

His daughter is married to the former Gloria Buzău goalkeeper Antoniu Stoian.^{[citation needed]}