Nicolae Bonciocat
{{short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox football biography
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|birth_date = 13 April 1898{{cite web|url = https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1924f-det.html|title = VIII. Olympiad Paris 1924 Football Tournament|last = Stokkermans|first = Karel|year = 2022|website = RSSSF|access-date = 15 May 2022}}
|birth_place = Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary
|death_date = {{death date and age|1967|3|22|1898|4|13|df=yes}}
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| position = Striker
| years1 = 1920–1927 | clubs1 = Universitatea Cluj{{efn|name="UCJ"|The statistics for the 1920–21 regional season are unavailable.}} | caps1 = 82 | goals1 = 36
| years2 = 1927–1928 | clubs2 = România Cluj | caps2 = | goals2 =
|nationalyears1 = 1924–1925 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0
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Nicolae Bonciocat (13 April 1898 – 22 March 1967){{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27083 |title=Nicolae Bonciocat |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 June 2022}} was a Romanian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/nicolae-bonciocat-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/nicolae-bonciocat-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Nicolae Bonciocat Olympic Results |access-date=5 October 2018}}
Club career
Nicolae Bonciocat was born on 13 April 1898 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary.{{RomanianSoccer|239/nicolae-bonciocat}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/jucatori/nicolae-bonciucat/ | title=Nicolae Bonciocat| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1920-1921/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1920–21 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}
{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1921-1922/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1921–22 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}
{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1922-1923/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1922–23 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1923-1924/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1923–24 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem24.html|title=Romania 1923/24|website=Rsssf.org|access-date=18 March 2024}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem25.html|title=Romania 1924/25|website=Rsssf.org|access-date=18 March 2024}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1924-1925/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1924–25 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem25.html|title=Romania 1924/25|website=Rsssf.org|access-date=18 March 2024}} In the 1925–26 season, Bonciocat scored a personal record of 14 goals as the team finished on the second place.{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1925-1926/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1925–26 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem26.html|title=Romania 1925/26|website=Rsssf.org|access-date=18 March 2024}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.4everucluj.ro/istorie/1926-1927/ | title=Universitatea Cluj 1926–27 season| publisher=4everucluj.ro| language=Romanian}}
{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem27.html|title=Romania 1926/27|website=Rsssf.org|access-date=18 March 2024}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem28.html|title=Romania 1927/28|website=Rsssf.org|access-date=18 March 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=2246|title=Nicolae Bonciocat |publisher=European Football|access-date=18 March 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5080|title=Netherlands 6-0 Romania|publisher=European Football|access-date=18 March 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=5129|title=Romania 1-2 Turkey|publisher=European Football|access-date=18 March 2024}}
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External links
- {{RomanianSoccer|239/nicolae-bonciocat}}
- {{NFT|36557}}
{{Romania football squad 1924 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:Footballers from Cluj-Napoca
Category:Romanian men's footballers
Category:Romania men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Romania
Category:Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:FC Victoria Cluj players
Category:FC Universitatea Cluj players
Category:Place of birth missing