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The Nunweiller brothers (left to right): Lică, Radu and Ion]]
Nunweiller was born on 16 November 1944 in Bucharest, Romania.[4][5] He had an Austrian father named Johann Nunweiller, who settled in Piatra Neamț after World War II where he met his wife, Rozina, and later they moved to Bucharest.[6] He had six brothers: Constantin, the oldest, was a water polo player, while Dumitru, Ion, Lică, Victor, and Eduard were all footballers who each played at least one spell at Dinamo București.[6] They are the reason why the club's nickname is "The Red Dogs" as especially Ion and Lică were known for their aggressiveness on the field, which often caused their faces to turn red from the effort.[6][7] Nunweiller made his Divizia A debut, playing for Viitorul București on 21 October 1962 in a 4–2 loss to Steaua București.[4][5]
Radu Nunweiller in 1963
After playing only one league match for Viitorul, Nunweiller went to play for Dinamo București where in his first two seasons he won two titles.[2][4][5][8] In the first he worked with coaches Traian Ionescu and Nicolae Dumitru who gave him five appearances in which he netted two goals.[2][4][5][8] In the second one he played 18 games, scoring once under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[2][4][5][8] At the conquest of these titles he was teammates with his brothers Ion and Lică.[8] Nunweiller also won the 1963–64 Cupa României with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu using him and his brothers Ion and Lică for the full 90 minutes in the 5–3 victory over rivalsSteaua București in the final in which he scored a goal.[2][4][5][9] He would score two more goals against Steaua in two victories, a 3–0 and a 1–0.[10] For the way he played in 1969, Nunweiller was placed third in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award, and in the following year, he was in fourth place.[11] In the 1970–71 season he won another title, playing alongside his brother Ion, as coaches Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 30 games in which he netted five times.[2][4][5][8] In 1972, Ion became head coach of Dinamo, managing to win the title with him in his first season, Nunweiller contributing with a personal record of seven goals in 30 games.[2][4][5][8][12] They would also win the 1974–75 title together, but this time Ion was the assistant coach of Nicolae Dumitru who gave Nunweiller 29 appearances in which he scored twice.[2][4][5][8][12] He appeared in 23 matches in which he scored seven goals in European competitions for Dinamo, including netting four in a 11–0 win over Crusaders in the 1973–74 European Cup.[3][4][5][13] In the 1975–76 edition he played in a 1–0 victory against Real Madrid.[3][4][5][14]
Nunweiller ended his career after playing three seasons for Corvinul Hunedoara, making his last Divizia A appearance on 11 September 1978 in a 1–0 home loss to FC Baia Mare, totaling 333 appearances and 40 goals in the competition.[4][5]
International career
"When I decide which team will play, I first put the name of Radu Nunweiller next to the number 10 jersey and then I look for ten more players."
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