Leonida Nedelcu

Leonida "Loni" Nedelcu (also known as Leonida Nedelcu II; born 14 August 1952) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently the manager of WOSPAC Palestina. In his career "Loni" Nedelcu played for various Romanian teams such as: Gloria Buzău, Universitatea Craiova, UTA Arad, Politehnica Timișoara or Bihor Oradea, among others. In the late years of his player career, Nedelcu started also to coach at Strungul Arad and CFR Timișoara. As a coach he is recognized as a true globe-trotter, managing very successfully teams from Romania, Syria, Morocco, Myanmar, Maldives, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and most recently Palestine.

International career
Leonida Nedelcu played in 30 matches for Romania and in other 4 matches for Romania U-21 and Romania B.

Personal life
His daughter is married to the former Gloria Buzău goalkeeper Antoniu Stoian.