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.

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]

Neagu played his entire career for Rapid Bucureşti. He played 286 games scoring 110 goals.^[5]

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.^[6] He earned 17 caps for the Romania national football team^[7] and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.^[8]

Death

Neagu died on 17 April 2010, at age 61 in a Bucharest hospital.^[9]

Honours

Club

Rapid București

References

Romania squad – 1970 FIFA World Cup

1 Răducanu 2 Sătmăreanu 3 Lupescu 4 Mocanu 5 Dinu 6 Coe 7 Dembrovschi 8 Dobrin 9 Dumitrache 10 Nunweiller 11 Lucescu (c) 12 Ivăncescu 13 Deleanu 14 Gergely 15 Dumitru 16 Neagu 17 Tătaru 18 Tufan 19 Domide 20 Pescaru 21 Adamache 22 Gornea Coach: Niculescu

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