Nicolae Bonciocat

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

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

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. Nicolae Bonciocat died on 22 March 1967, aged 68.

International career
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 in front of Netherlands from the 1924 Summer Olympics. One year later, he played one more game, this time under coach Teofil Moraru, a friendly which ended with a 2–1 home loss in front of Turkey.