Alexandru Neagu

Sandu Neagu
Personal information
Full nameAlexandru Neagu
Date of birth19 July 1948
Place of birthBucharest, Romania
Date of death17 April 2010 (aged 61)
Place of deathBucharest, Romania
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
1963–1965Rapid Bucureşti
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1965–1978Rapid Bucureşti286(110)
National team
1970–1972Romania17(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Alexandru "Sandu" Neagu (19 July 1948 – 17 April 2010) was a Romanian footballer.[1]

Career

He made his debut in 1965 and two years later he won the national championship (the second in Rapid's history).[2] He won the Romanian Cup twice in 1972 and 1975.[3] In the summer of 1978 he announced his retirement from professional football.[4]

Known by the fans as "the most beautiful gipsy in Giuleşti (the neighborhood where Rapid plays),[5] Neagu played his entire career for Rapid Bucureşti.He played 286 games scoring 110 goals.[6]

International career

Neague debuted for the Romania national football team in February 1970 in a 1-1 draw against Peru. In his second international cap, a 1-1 draw against West Germany, he scored his first international goal.[7] He earned 17 caps for the Romania national football team[8] and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[9]

Death

Neagu died on 17 April 2010, at age 61 in a Bucharest hospital.[10]

Honours

Club

Rapid București

References

  1. ↑ In Memoriam Sandu Neagu
  2. ↑ A murit Sandu Neagu - Naţionala > EVZ.ro
  3. ↑ Rapidul in doliu/ Sandu Neagu a murit la 61 de ani
  4. ↑ Citeşte povestea legendei rapidiste » Sandu Neagu, eroul de la Guadalajara
  5. ↑ Drama a lovit Giuleştiul! - Sandu Neagu a încetat din viaţă!
  6. ↑ Ştiri :: A mai murit o legendă: Alexandru Neagu
  7. ↑ Sandu Neagu, eroul de la Guadalajara, a murit la 61 de ani
  8. ↑ Romania National Team 1970-1979 - Details
  9. ↑ Romania National Team 1960-1969 - Details
  10. ↑ Derby în doliu: a murit Alexandru Neagu