# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angelo-niculescu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:37:04.853Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angelo-niculescu"
name: "Angelo Niculescu"
slug: "angelo-niculescu"
description: "Angelo Niculescu was a Romanian football player and manager. He is best remembered in Romania for being the national team's coach during the 1970 World Cup. Niculescu is also credited with inventing the \"temporizare\" (\"delaying\") tactics. This strategy involved the team maintaining possession of the ball within its own half, with players exchanging numerous short passes across the field. The goal was to disrupt opponents' patience and force them to press high. This approach is often considered an early form of tiki-taka. Using these tactics, Niculescu qualified Romania for a World Cup after more than 30 years and secured a notable win against Czechoslovakia."
tagline: "Romanian footballer and manager (1921-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Angelo_Niculescu_1970.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1921-10-01"
deathDate: "2015-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.241379310344828
  historical:           12.69013866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Angelo Niculescu"
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    title: "Angelo Niculescu"
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    title: "Angelo Niculescu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump