Radu Nunweiller


Radu Nunweiller is a former Romanian central midfield football player and manager.

International career

Under the guidance of coaches Nicolae Dumitrescu and Gheorghe Ola, Nunweiller helped Romania's under-18 national team win the 1962 European championship.
Nunweiller played 41 matches and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut on 21 September 1966 under coach Ilie Oană in a 2–0 friendly loss to East Germany. His following game was a 1–0 loss to Italy in the 1968 Euro qualifiers. Then he played three games during the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers. Subsequently, coach Angelo Niculescu used him for the entirety of all three games in the final tournament which were a win against Czechoslovakia and losses to England and Brazil, as his side failed to progress from their group. Nunweiller played nine matches and scored one goal in the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the quarter-finals where Romania was defeated by Hungary, who advanced to the final tournament. He made five appearances and scored once in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers. Afterwards he played two games during the Euro 1976 qualifiers, including his last appearance for the national team on 17 April 1975 in a 1–1 draw against Spain.
For representing his country at the 1970 World Cup, Nunweiller was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – class III.

International goals

#DateVenueCapOpponentScoreResultCompetition
111 October 1970Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania183–03–0Euro 1972 qualifiers
220 September 1972Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki, Finland321–01–11974 World Cup qualifiers

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career in 1979, Nunweiller defected from Romania's communist regime, going to Switzerland where he worked as manager and assistant manager at various clubs. He obtained a promotion to the Swiss Super League with Yverdon-Sport. In the 2002–03 Divizia A season, Nunweiller came back to Romania and had a brief experience at UTA Arad, consisting of seven games. He was also Neuchâtel Xamax's manager in a 2010–11 Swiss Super League game which ended with a 4–1 loss to Basel.

Honours

Player

Dinamo București
Romania U18
Individual

Manager

Yverdon-Sport