# Alexandru Ene

Alexandru Ene (also known as Alexandru Ene I; 19 September 1928 – 22 May 2011) was a Romanian football striker.

## Club career

Alexandru Ene was born on 19 September 1928 in Brăila, Romania and he started playing football at junior level at Olympia București from 1941 to 1947, then he went to play Metalul București at senior level in Divizia B, helping the team promote to Divizia A where he made his debut under coach Augustin Botescu on 22 August 1948 in a 6–1 loss against CFR Timișoara.
He was transferred at Dinamo București in 1951 where in his first season he scored a hat-trick in a 6–2 win over rivals CCA București and on 14 October 1951 he became the first player to score on the Dinamo Stadium when they defeated Locomotiva Timișoara, then in 1953 he was loaned at Dinamo Brașov. Afterwards he returned to The Red Dogs where in the 1954 Divizia A season he became the top-scorer of the league with 20 goals and was used all the minutes by coach Angelo Niculescu in the Cupa României final which was lost with 2–0 in front of Metalul Reșița. Then in the following season he helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, being used by Niculescu in 23 matches in which he scored 14 goals, being the top-scorer of the team. Ene played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray in which he scored the last goal, helping The Red Dogs go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Ene playing in all four games from the campaign. He reached another Cupa României final in 1959, this time winning it as he was used all the minutes by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–0 over CSM Baia Mare. On 19 June 1960 Ene played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 3–1 loss against Farul Constanța, having a total of 179 matches in which he scored 105 goals in the competition (including eight goals for Dinamo in the derby against Steaua). Throughout his career he was known for his spectacular scissors kick goals.
After retiring, he worked in leading positions in football, including being vice-president of Dinamo from 1971 until 1973.

## International career

Alexandru Ene played 10 games in which he scored five goals at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu I on 28 June 1953 in a 3–1 home victory against Bulgaria at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers in which he scored one goal. He made another two appearances at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers and another two in which he scored two goals against Greece and Yugoslavia at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers. Ene made his last appearance for the national team on 14 September 1958 in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 away loss against East Germany in which he scored one goal.

### International goals

    Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Alexandru Ene goal.
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 28 June 1953 | Stadionul Republicii, Bucharest, Romania | Bulgaria | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1954 World Cup qualifiers |
| 2. | 1 June 1957 | Lenin Stadium, Moscow, Soviet Union | Soviet Union | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 16 June 1957 | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece | Greece | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1958 World Cup qualifiers |
| 4. | 29 September 1957 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania | Yugoslavia | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1958 World Cup qualifiers |
| 5. | 14 September 1958 | Zentralstadion, Leipzig, East Germany | East Germany | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |

## Personal life

Alexandru Ene had flat feet. His brother, Nicu Lucian was also a footballer who played for Știința București. In 2008 he had one leg amputated.

## Death

Alexandru Ene died on 22 May 2011 at age 82.

## Honours
### Club

Metalul București
* Divizia B: 1947–48
Dinamo București
* Divizia A: 1955
* Cupa României: 1958–59, runner-up 1954

### Individual

* Divizia A top scorer: 1954