Alexandru Neagu

Sandu Neagu
Personal information
Full name Alexandru Neagu
Date of birth 19 July 1948
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 17 April 2010(2010-04-17) (aged 61)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Playing position Striker
Youth career
1963–1965 Rapid Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1965–1978 Rapid Bucureşti 286 (110)
National team
1970–1972 Romania 17 (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
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