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Nicolae Georgescu

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Nicolae Georgescu
Georgescu with Rapid București in 1963.
Personal information
Date of birth (1936-01-01)1 January 1936
Place of birth Câmpina, Romania
Date of death 22 August 1983(1983-08-22) (aged 47)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1950–1953 Rafinăria Câmpina
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954 Voința București
1955 Progresul CPCS București
1956–1968 Rapid București 211 (46)
1968–1970 Poiana Câmpina
International career
1955–1965 Romania[a] 18 (9)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae Georgescu (1 January 1936 – 22 August 1983) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Spending most of his career in Rapid București, he was capped 18 times for Romania.

Club career

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Georgescu was born 1 January 1936 in Câmpina, Romania, and began playing football in 1950 at local club Rafinăria.[3][4] In 1954 he moved to Voința București in Divizia B, after one year joining Progresul CPCS București in the same league.[3][4] On 25 March 1956 he made his Divizia A debut, playing for Rapid București in a 0–0 draw against Locomotiva Timișoara.[3][4] Georgescu spent 10 seasons at Rapid, helping the club win the 1966–67 Divizia A, which was the first title in its history, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in six matches.[3][4][5] He also reached two Cupa României finals in 1961 and 1962 under the guidance of coach Ion Mihăilescu which were lost to Arieșul Turda against whom he scored a goal, and Steaua București respectively.[3][4][6][7] He helped the club win two Balkans Cups in 1964 and 1966.[3][4] Georgescu made his last Divizia A appearance on 2 October 1966 in a 2–1 away loss to Dinamo București, totaling 211 appearances with 46 goals in the competition, all of them for Rapid.[3][4] He retired after playing two more seasons for his hometown club, Poiana Câmpina in Divizia B.[3][4]

International career

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Georgescu played 13 matches and scored seven goals for Romania, making his debut on 29 May 1955 under coach Gheorghe Popescu in a friendly that ended in a 2–2 draw against Poland in which he scored the last goal of the match.[1][8] His last three appearances for the national team were in the 1966 World Cup qualifiers, being the team's captain in two of them and scoring a goal in each leg against Turkey.[1] He also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad in Tokyo where he played two games, helping the team finish in fifth place.[9][10]

International goals

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Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Nicolae Georgescu goal.[1]
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 May 1955 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Poland 2–2 2–2 Friendly
2. 15 June 1955 Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg, Sweden  Sweden 1–4 1–4 Friendly
3. 18 September 1955 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  East Germany 1–0 2–3 Friendly
4. 28 September 1955 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Belgium 1–0 1–0 Friendly
5. 9 October 1955 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Bulgaria 1–0 1–1 Friendly
6. 2 May 1965 Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania  Turkey 1–0 3–0 1966 World Cup qualifiers
7. 23 October 1965 19 Mayıs Stadium, Ankara, Turkey  Turkey 1–2 1–2 1966 World Cup qualifiers

Personal life and death

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Georgescu's daughter Monica was a basketball player.[11] His nephew, Gabriel Manu was a football player and coach.[11]

Georgescu died on 22 August 1983 at age 47.[3][4]

Honours

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Rapid București

Notes

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  1. ^ Including five appearances and two goals for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Nicolae Georgescu". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ Nicolae Georgescu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Nicolae Georgescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Nicolae Georgescu, un deceniu la Rapid" [Nicolae Georgescu, a decade at Rapid] (in Romanian). 1923.ro. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1960–1961". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1961–1962". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Romania 2-2 Poland". European Football. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Nicolae GEORGESCU". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  10. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nicolae Georgescu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
    "Nicolae Georgescu". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
    "Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
    "Nicolae Georgescu - Olympic Games 1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Povestea "tunarului din Giulești", Nae Georgescu" [The story of the "gunner from Giulești", Nae Georgescu] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 17 August 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
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