Alexandru Ene I
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Ene
Date of birth (1928-09-19)19 September 1928
Place of birth Brăila, Romania
Date of death 22 May 2011(2011-05-22) (aged 82)
Place of death București, Romania
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1941–1947 Olympia București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1947–1951 Metalul București[a] 19 (7)
1951–1960 Dinamo București[c] 151 (92)
1953 → Dinamo Brașov (loan) 9 (6)
Total 179 (105)
International career
1953–1959 Romania[b] 11 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru Ene (also known as Alexandru Ene I; 19 September 1928 – 22 May 2011) was a Romanian football striker.

Club career

Alexandru Ene was born on 19 September 1928 in Brăila, Romania and he started playing football at junior level at Olympia București from 1941 to 1947, then he went to play Metalul București at senior level in Divizia B, helping the team promote to Divizia A where he made his debut under coach Augustin Botescu on 22 August 1948 in a 6–1 loss against CFR Timișoara.[1][4][5][6][7] He was transferred at Dinamo București in 1951 where he spent 8 seasons, being loaned in 1953 at Dinamo Brașov, afterwards returning to Dinamo where in the 1954 Divizia A season he became the top-scorer of the league with 20 goals, in the following season he helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in 23 matches in which he scored 14 goals, being the top-scorer of the team.[1][4][5][6][8][9] He also won the 1958–59 Cupa României and played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray in which he scored the last goal, helping The Red Dogs go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Ene playing in all four games from the campaign.[1][4][6][10][11] On 19 June 1960 Ene played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 3–1 loss against Farul Constanța, having a total of 179 matches in which he scored 105 goals in the competition.[1][4] After retiring, he worked in leading positions in football, including being vice-president of Dinamo from 1971 until 1973.[4][5] Alexandru Ene died on 22 May 2011 at age 82.[1][4][5][6][8]

International career

Alexandru Ene played 10 games in which he scored 5 goals at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu I on 28 June 1953 in a 3–1 home victory against Bulgaria at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers in which he scored one goal.[2][12] He made another two appearances at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and another two in which he scored two goals against Greece and Yugoslavia at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers.[2] Ene made his last appearance for the national team on 14 September 1958 in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 away loss against East Germany in which he scored one goal.[2]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Alexandru Ene goal.[2]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 28 June 1953 Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, Romania  Bulgaria 3–1 3–1 1954 World Cup qualifiers
2. 1 June 1957 Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union  Soviet Union 1–0 1–1 Friendly
3. 16 June 1957 Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 1–0 2–1 1958 World Cup qualifiers
4. 29 September 1957 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Yugoslavia 1–1 1–1 1958 World Cup qualifiers
5. 14 September 1958 Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany  East Germany 2–2 2–3 Friendly

Honours

Club

Metalul București

Dinamo București

Individual

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1947–48, 1950 and 1951 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  2. ^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[2][3]
  3. ^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Alexandru Ene at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e "Alexandru Ene". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  3. ^ Alexandru Ene at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ a b c d e f "A murit Ene I" [Ene I died] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d "A murit fostul jucător dinamovist Alexandru Ene I" [The former Dynamo player Alexandru Ene I died] (in Romanian). B1tv.ro. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Ene I, vârful primului titlu dinamovist" [Ene I, the pinnacle of the first Dinamo title] (in Romanian). Ripensia-sport-magazin.ro. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Metalul Bucuresti vs CFR Timisoara Liga1 1948–1949". Labtof. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "A murit fostul jucător dinamovist Alexandru Ene I" [The former Dynamo player Alexandru Ene I died] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  10. ^ "RETRO GSP. 64 de ani de la primul meci european al unei echipe românești. Dinamo i-a scos pe turci, apoi a urmat măcelul!" [RETRO GSP. 64 years since the first European match of a Romanian team. Dinamo took out the Turks, then the slaughter followed!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1958–1959". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Romania 3-1 Bulgaria". European Football. Retrieved 10 October 2022.

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