Nicolae Simatoc

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Nicolae Simatoc (also known as Nicolae Șmatoc, Miklós Szegedi or Nicholas Sims; 1 May 1920 – 11 December 1979) was a Romanian football player and manager.

Club career

Simatoc started playing junior level football at age 14 in 1934 at Ripensia Timișoara.[1] He made his Divizia A debut on 28 May 1939 in a 1–0 home loss to Juventus București.[2][3] In 1941 he went at Carmen București where he spent one season and a half before moving to Hungary at Nemzeti Bajnokság I team, Nagyváradi AC with whom under the guidance of coach Ferenc Rónay he won the title in the 1943–44 season, contributing with one goal in 19 matches.[1][2][3][4] Afterwards he spent one year at Vasas, then he returned to Romania at Carmen where on 7 December 1947 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 6–2 home win against Ciocanul București.[1][2][3]

In 1948, Simatoc went to play at Inter Milan, making his Serie A debut on 25 January under coach Giuseppe Meazza in a 3–0 loss to Napoli.[2][3][5][6] He scored his first goal in a 4–1 over Fiorentina, scoring two more until the end of the season in a victory against AS Roma and a loss to Triestina.[2][6] In the following season, he helped Inter to a runner-up position in the league, making his last appearance in the competition in a 0–0 against Lucchese.[2][7][8][9]

Afterwards he went to play for one season at Brescia in Serie B where he scored a personal record of eight goals to help earn a sixth place.[1][2][3][5][6][7] In 1950, Simatoc played alongside László Kubala at Hungaria FbC Roma, a team that was formed mainly from Hungarian players that left the Eastern Bloc and they would play exhibition games in Italy and Spain under the guidance of Ferdinand Daučík.[1][3][5][7][10]

His next spell was at Barcelona where on 10 September 1950 he made his La Liga debut under coach Daučík in a 8–2 win over Real Sociedad, managing to score once and provide three assists.[1][2][3][5][6] He played regularly for the Catalans in his first season, wearing the number 10 shirt, appearing in a 7–2 win over Real Madrid in the El Clásico, then scoring his second goal in another 7–2 victory against Málaga, also managing to win the Copa del Generalísimo.[2][5][6][8] In his second season with Barça, Simatoc made six league appearances as the club won The Double.[2][6][7][8] Simatoc spent the last season of his career at Real Oviedo where on 22 March 1953 he played his last La Liga game, a 4–0 away loss to Valencia, having a total of 39 matches with two goals netted in the competition.[2][5][6][11]

International career

Simatoc played eight games for Romania, making his debut on 22 September 1940 at age 20 under coach Liviu Iuga in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 away victory against Yugoslavia.[12][13] His last three games for the national team were at the 1946 Balkan Cup, consisting of a draw against Bulgaria, a victory over Yugoslavia and a loss to Albania.[12]

Managerial career

After retiring as a player he became a coach, managing Spanish side Lleida between 1959 and 1960 in the Spanish third league, promoting Eladio to the team.[3][6][8][14] Then he worked at Sabadell between 1960 and 1961 in the second league.[3][6][8][14][15] In 1961 he worked as a technical director for Espanyol, afterwards in 1962, Simatoc went in Cyprus at AEL Limassol for one year.[1][6][8][14]

In 1963, he moved to Australia, coaching Budapest Sydney for five years, then at Polonia Western Eagles for three years.[6][7][8][14][16]

Personal life

Simatoc was born to Romanian parents on 1 May 1920 in Grimăncăuți, then part of Romania, present-day Moldova.[1][2][3] His birth name was Nicolae Șmatoc, while in Hungary he was known as Miklós Szegedi and in Australia as Nicholas Sims.[1][3] Simatoc was married to a Hungarian woman named Etelka Stolárcsik, with whom he had two sons, Silvio and Santi.[1][3][6][7][17] Silvio, born in 1950, had followed his father's footsteps and played for the junior squads of Barcelona and in the first league of Australia at Hakoah Sydney City.[6][14]

Simatoc was multilingual, speaking ten languages: Romanian, Hungarian, Serbian, Russian, Italian, Spanish, English, French, Catalan and German.[1][3][14][18] After retirement he became a professional poker player and owned a casino in Australia.[1][3][6][7]

Death

He died in Sydney on 11 December 1979 at age 59 after suffering a heart attack while playing a game of poker.[1][8]

Legacy

A stadium in Lozova, Moldova is named after him.[19]

A book about him was written in 2013 by Octavian Țîcu and Boris Boguș called Nicolae Simatoc (1920 – 1979). Legenda unui fotbalist basarabean de la Ripensia la FC Barcelona (Nicolae Simatoc (1920 – 1979). The legend of a Bessarabian footballer from Ripensia to FC Barcelona).[1][3][8][14][20] A documentary about him called Nicolae Simatoc - variațiuni pe un nume (Nicolae Simatoc - variations on a name) was released in 2017.[1][3][21]

Honours

Nagyváradi

Barcelona

Notes

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