Nicolae Lupescu is a retired Romania

Romania

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n football defender.

He was born in Bucharest

Bucharest

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 and debuted in Divizia A with Rapid Bucureşti in 1962. He remained with Rapid for ten seasons, winning the league title in 1967 and the cup title in 1972. He played five seasons in Austria before retiring.

Lupescu got 21 caps and 2 goals for the Romanian national team

Romania national football team

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. He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

1970 FIFA World Cup

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• He is the father of another professional footballer, Ioan Lupescu
  Ioan Lupescu
  Ioan Angelo Lupescu , widely known as Ionuţ Lupescu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder. He became a member of FIFA's Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.-Club career:...
  
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Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals
youth	Flacăra Roşie Bucureşti	Romania	N/A	N/A
1960–61	Acad.Militară Bucureşti	Romania	N/A	N/A
1961–62	Olimpia Bucureşti	Romania	N/A	N/A
1962–63	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	7	0
1963–64	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	19	0
1964–65	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	26	0
1965–66	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	26	0
1966–67	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	26	1
1967–68	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	25	0
1968–69	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	29	0
1969–70	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	29	6
1970–71	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	28	1
1971–72	Rapid Bucureşti	Romania	29	0
1972–73	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	22	2
1973–74	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	25	2
1974–75	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	35	3
1975–76	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	33	1
1976–77	Admira Wacker Wien	Austria	19	1

External links

• RomanianSoccer.ro