WikiMini

Nicolae Bonciocat

Nicolae Bonciocat
Personal information
Date of birth 13 April 1898[1]
Place of birth Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 22 March 1967(1967-03-22) (aged 68)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1927 Universitatea Cluj[a] 82 (36)
1927–1928 România Cluj
International career
1924–1925 Romania 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Bonciocat (13 April 1898 – 22 March 1967)[3] was a Romanian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4]

Club career

[edit]

Bonciocat was born on 13 April 1898 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary.[3][4][5] He started playing football in the 1920–21 regional season at Universitatea Cluj.[2][5][6] He was the team's top-scorer in the following two seasons with four goals netted in each, in the second one being tied with Aurel Guga.[2][5][7] He won his first regional championship in the 1923–24 season which helped the team qualify to the national league where they were defeated by Clubul Atletic Oradea in the quarter-finals, with Bonciocat again being the team's top-scorer with six goals.[2][5][8] In the following season he helped "U" win another regional title, being the team's top-scorer with five goals but they got eliminated again in the quarter-finals, this time by UCAS Petroșani.[5][9] In the 1925–26 season, Bonciocat scored a personal record of 14 goals as the team finished in second place.[5][10] In his last season spent with "U" Cluj, Bonciocat scored three goals as the team won a third regional title, then got past AMEF Arad with 3–0 in the quarter-finals of the 1926–27 national league, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated with 2–1 by eventual champions, Chinezul Timișoara.[5][11]

Afterwards in 1927 he went to play for one season at România Cluj with whom he won another regional league, being eliminated in the quarter-finals of the national league with 2–0 by Jiul Lupeni.[5][12]

International career

[edit]

Bonciocat made his debut for Romania's national team on 27 May 1924 when coach Adrian Suciu used him all the minutes in a 6–0 loss to Netherlands in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[13][14] One year later, he played one more game, this time under coach Teofil Moraru, a friendly which ended with a 2–1 home loss to Turkey.[13][15]

Death

[edit]

Bonciocat died on 22 March 1967, aged 68.[2][3]

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ The statistics for the 1920–21 regional season are unavailable.[2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (2022). "VIII. Olympiad Paris 1924 Football Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Nicolae Bonciocat" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  3. ^ a b c "Nicolae Bonciocat". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicolae Bonciocat Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h Nicolae Bonciocat at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1920–21 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  7. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1921–22 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
    "Universitatea Cluj 1922–23 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
  8. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1923–24 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
    "Romania 1923/24". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
    "Romania 1924/25". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1924–25 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
    "Romania 1924/25". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1925–26 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
    "Romania 1925/26". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Universitatea Cluj 1926–27 season" (in Romanian). 4everucluj.ro.
    "Romania 1926/27". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Romania 1927/28". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Nicolae Bonciocat". European Football. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Netherlands 6-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Romania 1-2 Turkey". European Football. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
[edit]