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Nicolae Rainea

1933 - 2015

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Nicolae Rainea (19 November 1933 – 1 April 2015), nicknamed The Locomotive of the Carpathians, was a Romanian football referee and player. Among the most highly regarded referees of his generation, he is considered one of the best international officials of the 70s and 80s and, arguably, the finest Romanian referee of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nicolae Rainea is the 11th most popular referee (down from 10th in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Romania (up from 270th in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Referee.

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Among REFEREES

Among referees, Nicolae Rainea ranks 11 out of 147. Before her are Romualdo Arppi Filho, Markus Merk, Michel Vautrot, Nicola Rizzoli, Björn Kuipers, and Said Belqola. After her are Horacio Elizondo, Rudi Glöckner, Jack Taylor, Howard Webb, Gottfried Dienst, and Sergio Gonella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Nicolae Rainea ranks 254. Before her are Ray Dolby, Ruth Arnon, Vassilis Vassilikos, Haruo Remeliik, Mark Jones, and Milena Hübschmannová. After her are Ela Bhatt, Gene Kranz, Elly Ameling, Evaristo de Macedo, Ilya Kabakov, and Doyle Brunson. Among people deceased in 2015, Nicolae Rainea ranks 212. Before her are Tignous, Gene Amdahl, Patachou, Nora Brockstedt, Ants Antson, and Wendell Ford. After her are Roberto M. Levingston, Franjo Mihalić, Peter Dickinson, Qiao Shi, Ibrahim Biogradlić, and Hot Rod Hundley.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Nicolae Rainea ranks 265 out of 844. Before her are Dan Petrescu (1967), Miklós Bánffy (1873), Constantin Rădulescu (1896), Marius Lăcătuș (1964), Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), and Nicolae Bălcescu (1819). After her are Răzvan Lucescu (1969), György Klapka (1820), Alexandru Macedonski (1854), Dimitrie Ghica (1816), Sándor Veress (1907), and Júlia Várady (1941).

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Among REFEREES In Romania

Among referees born in Romania, Nicolae Rainea ranks 1. After her are István Kovács (1984), and Ovidiu Hațegan (1980).

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