Ion Nunweiller

Nunweiller was born on 9 January 1936 in Piatra Neamț, Romania. He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War I where he met his wife, Rozina, and later they moved to Bucharest. He had six brothers: Constantin, the oldest, was a water polo player, while Dumitru, Lică, Victor, Radu, and Eduard were all footballers who each played at least one spell at Dinamo București. They are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs" as especially he and Lică were known for their aggressiveness on the field, which often caused their faces to turn red from the effort. Nunweiller began playing junior-level football in 1950 at Progresul ICAB București, and one year later, he moved to Dinamo București where he worked with coach Petre Steinbach. He started his senior career in 1956, playing for Dinamo 6 București in Divizia B. Nunweiller came back to Dinamo București where on 12 August 1956 he made his Divizia A debut under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 2–1 victory against Dinamo Bacău. In his first seasons spent with Dinamo he scored four goals against rivals Steaua București, including a brace in a 2–1 victory. He won his first trophy after being used the entire match by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–0 win over CSM Baia Mare in the 1959 Cupa României final.

Nunweiller helped the club win four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965. In the first one he worked with three coaches, Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă, and Nicolae…

Nunweiller played 26 games for Romania, making his debut on 26 October 1958 under coach Augustin Botescu in a 2–1 friendly loss to rivals Hungary. He played four matches in the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifiers as Romania eliminated Turkey in the round of 16, reaching the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Czechoslovakia, who advanced to the final tournament. Nunweiller played two games in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers, one during the 1966 World Cup qualifiers and four in the Euro 1968 qualifiers. He also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad in Tokyo where he played four games, helping the team finish the competition in fifth place.

After ending his playing career in 1972, Nunweiller became the head coach of Dinamo București, managing to win the title in his first season, one of his players being his brother Radu. Together, they won another title in the 1974–75 season, but this time Nunweiller was the assistant coach of Nicolae Dumitru. As head coach he led The Red Dogs to a third title in the 1976–77 season, having his brother Lică as his assistant coach. Nunweiller secured his first continental success in the first round of the 1973–74 European Cup by helping the club defeat Crusaders 12–0 on aggregate, a tie that included an 11–0 second-leg victory which set a record for the biggest goal difference in the competition's history. In the second round they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Atlético Madrid. He eventually led Dinamo to defeat Atlético 2–1 in the first leg of the first round of the 1977–78 European Cup, but the club failed to advance further as they had lost the second leg 2–0. In the following years, Nunweiller qualified Flacăra Moreni to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, had an experience in Turkey at Bursaspor and obtained the first ever promotion to Divizia A of his hometown team Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Nunweiller has a total of 374 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A, consisting of 163 victories, 76 draws and 135 losses. On 25 March 2008, Nunweiller was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu for all of his achievements as a football coach, and for forming…

Player

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1970–71 Cupa României: 1958–59, 1963–64, 1967–68 Fenerbahçe

Turkish Super League: 1969–70 TSYD Cup: 1969–70

Manager

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1972–73, 1976–77 Dinamo București (assistant)

Divizia A: 1974–75 Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț

Divizia B: 1992–93