Gheorghe Ene

Ene was born on 27 January 1937 in București, Romania, and began playing junior-level football in 1952, aged 14 at Progresul ICAS București. In 1954, he started his senior career at Voința București, moving after one season to Progresul CPCS București. On 18 March 1956 he made his Divizia A debut, playing for Rapid București under coach Ferenc Rónay in a 1–1 draw against Minerul Petroșani. During his four seasons spent with The Railwaymen, Ene became the top-scorer of the 1958–59 Divizia A with 17 goals scored.

Ene went to play for Dinamo București where from 1962 to 1965 he helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles. In the first one he worked with three coaches, Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 20 appearances in which he scored 19 goals. In the following two, Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 19 matches in which he netted seven times in the first and in 14 with five goals scored in the second. In the last one he played 23 games, scoring 15 times under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu. Ene also won the 1963–64 Cupa României with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu used him for the entire match in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București in the final. He would score two goals in the league in the derby against Steaua, including one in a 3–2 victory. Ene played in 11 European Cup matches in which he scored two goals. In the 1963–64 edition they got past East Germany champion Motor Jena, but were eliminated in the next phase by Real…

Ene played three games for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu on 15 June 1955 in a 4–1 friendly loss to Sweden. His second game was a 1–1 draw against Yugoslavia in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers. His last appearance was on 8 October 1961 in a friendly that ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey.

Ene started coaching after he ended his playing career at Dinamo București's children and juniors center. Afterwards he coached senior teams Jiul Petroșani, Unirea Slobozia, Muscelul Câmpulung, CS Târgoviște and Corvinul Hunedoara, mostly in the Romanian lower leagues, having only short spells in Divizia A at Jiul and Corvinul.

His brother, Daniel, was also a footballer who played for SC Bacău and Rapid București. Ene died on 6 April 2009 at age 72.