Alexandru Neagu
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexandru Neagu | ||
Date of birth | 19 July 1948 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Date of death | 17 April 2010 | (aged 61)||
Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
1963–1965 | Rapid București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1965-1967 | 43 | (25) | |
1965–1978 | Rapid București | 286 | (110) |
Total | 329 | (135) | |
National team | |||
1970–1972 | Romania[a] | 17 | (4) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Alexandru "Sandu" Neagu (19 July 1948 – 17 April 2010) was a Romanian footballer.[3]
Career[]
He made his debut in 1965 and two years later he won the national championship (the second in Rapid's history).[4] He won the Romanian Cup twice in 1972 and 1975.[5] In the summer of 1978 he announced his retirement from professional football.[6]
Neagu played his entire career for Rapid București. He played 286 games scoring 110 goals.[7]
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.[8] He earned 15 caps for the Romania national football team[1][9] and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[1][10]
Death[]
Neagu died on 17 April 2010, at age 61 in a Bucharest hospital.[11]
Honours[]
Club[]
- Rapid București
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Alexandru Neagu". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Alexandru Neagu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ In Memoriam Sandu Neagu
- ^ A murit Sandu Neagu - Naţionala > EVZ.ro
- ^ Rapidul in doliu/ Sandu Neagu a murit la 61 de ani
- ^ Citeşte povestea legendei rapidiste – Sandu Neagu, eroul de la Guadalajara[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ştiri :: A mai murit o legendă: Alexandru Neagu". Archived from the original on 22 April 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ "Sandu Neagu, eroul de la Guadalajara, a murit la 61 de ani". Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
- ^ Romania National Team 1970-1979 – Details
- ^ Romania National Team 1960-1969 – Details
- ^ Derby în doliu: a murit Alexandru Neagu
- ^ a b c Alexandru Neagu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- 1948 births
- 2010 deaths
- Sportspeople from Bucharest
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- FC Rapid București players
- Romanian footballers
- Romania international footballers
- Olympic footballers of Romania
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- Association football forwards