| Nelu Stănescu | |
| Birth Date: | 4 August 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Babadag, Romania |
| Death Place: | Babadag, Romania |
| Position: | Left defender |
| Years1: | 1973–1975 |
| Clubs1: | Granitul Babadag |
| Years2: | 1975–1979 |
| Years3: | 1979–1987 |
| Caps3: | 163 |
| Goals3: | 4 |
| Years4: | 1987–1988 |
| Caps4: | 26 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1989 |
| Years6: | 1989–1990 |
| Totalcaps: | 189 |
| Totalgoals: | 4 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1981–1988 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Nelu Stănescu (4August 195711March 2004) was a Romanian football left defender.
Nelu Stănescu was born on 1 January 1956 in Babadag, Romania. He was a left defender and started playing football in the lower leagues at Granitul Babadag and Delta Tulcea.[1] [2] In 1979 he was transferred to Dinamo București where on 2 September 1979 he made his Divizia A debut in a 2–0 victory against Olimpia Satu Mare. From 1981 until 1984 Dinamo won three consecutive Divizia A titles, in the first he appeared in 28 matches, in the second he played 14 games and in the third he made 26 appearances and scored two goals.[1] [2] Stănescu also won three Cupa României with the Red Dogs and appeared in 18 matches in European competitions, including appearing in 6 games in the 1983–84 European Cup season, as the club reached the semi-finals.[1] [2] After eight seasons in which he scored 4 goals in 163 Divizia A matches for Dinamo, he was transferred at Flacăra Moreni where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 3 December 1988 in a 2–0 victory against ASA Târgu Mureș, having a total of 189 Divizia A matches in which he scored 4 goals.[1] [2] Nelu Stănescu spent the last years of his career playing for Delta Tulcea and Olimpia Râmnicu Sărat in Divizia B.[1] [2] On 11 March 2004, Stănescu died at age 46 in his native Babadag.[1] [2]
Nelu Stănescu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 11 November 1981 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a qualification match for the 1982 World Cup against Switzerland which ended 0–0.[3] [4] His following games played for the national team were friendlies, his last appearance taking place on 30 March 1988 in a 3–3 against East Germany.[3]
Dinamo București