Nicolae Cristea (communist) Nicolae Cristea (communist) Nicolas or Nicolae Cristea (also known under the "nom de guerre" Joseph Copla; November 26, 1906 – March 1943) was a Romanian communist, a volunteer in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and in the French Resistance during World War II. Cristea was born in a poor workers family in Galaţi. During the Great Depression he participated in the protests organized by the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest, afterwards being forced by the Siguranţa Statului (Romania's secret police) to move back to his native town. He returned to Bucharest in 1931, and in 1933 was
Nicolae Ungureanu Nicolae Ungureanu Nicolae Ungureanu (born 11 October 1956) is a retired Romanian football defender. He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1977. He spent ten seasons with Universitatea, winning the league titles in 1980 and 1981. In 1987, he was transferred to Steaua Bucureşti, where he helped win the league in 1988 and 1989. His last Divizia A match came for Rapid Bucureşti in 1993. The game ended in a 0-5 loss against Universitatea Craiova. Ungureanu got 57 caps and scored 1 goal for the Romanian national team, and represented his country at