1 April 2015(2015-04-01) (aged 81) Galați, Romania
Other occupation
Technician, Footballer
Domestic
Years
League
Role
1964–1984
Liga I
Referee
International
Years
League
Role
1967–1989
FIFA-listed
Referee
Nicolae Rainea (19 November 1933 – 1 April 2015[1]), nicknamed The Locomotive of the Carpathians, was a Romanian football referee and player. Highly regarded throughout the world, he is considered one of the best international officials of the 70s and 80s and, arguably, the finest Romanian referee of all time.[2]
NicolaeRainea (19 November 1933 – 1 April 2015), nicknamed The Locomotive of the Carpathians, was a Romanian football referee and player. Highly regarded...
The NicolaeRainea Stadium, formerly known as Dunărea Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium, frequently used for football. It is located in Galați and was...
Netherlands. The final took place in front of 47,860 spectators with NicolaeRainea from Romania acting as the referee. West Germany took the lead in the...
21:15 EEST Olympic Stadium, Athens Attendance: 73,500 Referee: NicolaeRainea (Romania) 1982–83 European Cup Blocco-Juve Juventus FC in international...
Maksimović Ángel Franco Martínez Károly Palotai Pat Partridge Adolf Prokop NicolaeRainea Francis Rion Clive Thomas Robert Wurtz For a list of all squads that...
Matovinović Malcolm Moffat Károly Palotai Alexis Ponnet Adolf Prokop NicolaeRainea Miroslav Stupar Bob Valentine Michel Vautrot Clive White Franz Wöhrer...
Rudi Glöckner Pavel Kasakov Erich Linemayr Vital Loraux Károly Palotai NicolaeRainea Pablo Sánchez Ibáñez Rudolf Scheurer Gerhard Schulenburg Jack Taylor...
22 June 1980 (1980-06-22) 20:30 Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 47,860 Referee: NicolaeRainea (Romania) At UEFA Euro 1984 the road to the knockout stage seemed open...
(Yugoslavia) 9 May 1978 Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 27,000 Referee: NicolaeRainea (Romania) Forza Bastia Documentary of game by Jacques Tati PSV Eindhoven...
21:15 CEST La Rosaleda Stadium, Málaga Attendance: 45,000 Referee: NicolaeRainea (Romania) 1 July 1982 21:15 CEST Camp Nou, Barcelona Attendance: 45...
Stadium 32,700 Medgidia CS Medgidia Romanian Liga IV Constanța County 7 NicolaeRainea Stadium 23,000 Galați — 9 Brăila Municipal Stadium 20,154 Brăila Dacia...
1974 16:00 CET Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 36,200 Referee: NicolaeRainea (Romania) Brazil at the FIFA World Cup DR Congo at the FIFA World Cup...
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