Alexandru "Sandu" Neagu (19 July 1948 – 17 April 2010) was a Romanian
footballer
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who played as a
striker.
Club career
Alexandru Neagu, nicknamed ''
Cappellini from Giulești'' by journalist
Ioan Chirilă
Ioan Chirilă (25 October 1925 – 21 November 1999) was a Romanian sports broadcaster and sports writer. The Ioan Chirilă Awards are named in his honour. He was married to actress Iarina Demian with whom he had two sons: Ionuț Ionuț is a ...
was born on 19 July 1948 in the
Rahova
Rahova is a neighbourhood of southwest Bucharest, Romania, situated in Sector 5, west of Dâmboviţa River. It is named after the Bulgarian town ''Rahovo'' (today Oryahovo), site of a battle in the Romanian War of Independence.
The neighborh ...
neighborhood from
Bucharest
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, but grew up in the
Giulești
Giulești () is a neighbourhood in northwestern Bucharest, located in Sector 6. The Giulești Stadium, Giulești Theatre, Podul Grant are located in Giulești. Also, the Grivița Railway Yards and Lacul Morii are located nearby.
History
The ...
neighborhood.
He started playing football for the junior squads of
Giulești
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History
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based club,
Rapid București
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, this being the team for which he would play all of his career, making his
Divizia A
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debut under coach
Valentin Stănescu
Valentin Stănescu (20 November 1922 – 4 April 1994) was a Romanian football goalkeeper and manager.
Club career
Valentin Stănescu also known as "Tinel" or "Zimbrul" ( The bison) was born on 20 November 1922 in București, Romania and start ...
on 31 March 1966 in a 1–0 away loss against
Petrolul Ploiești and in the next season he won the competition, Stănescu using him in only 8 games in which he scored one goal, as the first options for the offence were
Ion Ionescu and
Emil Dumitriu.
Neagu also won two Cupa României
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from the 1972 final.[ He took part in ]Rapid
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's 1971–72 UEFA Cup campaign, playing all six games, as the team reached the eight-finals, eliminating Napoli
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and Legia Warsaw
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against whom he scored a double, being eliminated by the team who would eventually win the competition, Tottenham
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, also taking part in the 1972–73 European Cup Winners' Cup
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campaign, playing all six games, helping the team reach the quarter-finals, eliminating Landskrona BoIS
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and Rapid Wien
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against whom he scored a goal, being eliminated by Leeds United
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who reached the final.[ At the end of the ]1974–75 Divizia A
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Teams
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Champion squad
See also
* 1974–75 Divizia B
* 1974–75 Divizia C
References
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season, the club relegated to Divizia B
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, but Neagu stayed with the club, scoring 17 goals in 32 matches and helping it promote back to the first division after one year.[ He made his last ]Divizia A
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appearance on 30 June 1977 in a 2–1 away loss against FC Constanța
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, having a total of 254 games played with 93 goals in the competition, also having a total of 19 matches in which he scored 5 goals in European competitions (including 4 games and two goals in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
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).[ Alexandru Neagu died on 17 April 2010 at age 61, after slipping and falling on the ground on the Giulești stadium while he was watching a training session of ]Rapid
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and was sent to the hospital where he died, also because he was ill of cirrhosis
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.[
]
International career
Alexandru Neagu played 15 games and scored 4 goals for Romania
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, all under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu, making his debut on 9 February 1970 in a friendly which ended 1–1 against Peru
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. In his second international cap, a 1–1 against West Germany
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, he scored his first international goal.[ At the 1970 World Cup final tournament, Neagu was used by Angelo Niculescu in all the three group games as ]Romania
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did not advance to the next stage, scoring a goal and obtaining a penalty from which Florea Dumitrache
Florea Dumitrache (22 May 1948 – 26 April 2007) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a striker.
Dumitrache spent most of his senior career at Dinamo București, appearing in over 200 league matches and winning three national t ...
scored the victory goal in the 2–1 against Czechoslovakia
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.[ He played 6 matches at the 1972 Euro qualifiers, managing to reach the ]quarter-finals
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where he scored two goals but Romania
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was defeated by Hungary
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, who advanced to the final tournament
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.[ Neagu's last game played for the national team took place on 20 September 1972 at the 1974 World Cup qualifiers in a 1–1 against ]Finland
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.[
]
International goals
:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Neagu goal''.[
]
Honours
Rapid București
*Divizia A
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: 1966–67[
*]Divizia B
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: 1974–75[
*]Cupa României
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: 1971–72, 1974–75[
]
Notes
References
External links
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1948 births
2010 deaths
Footballers from Bucharest
1970 FIFA World Cup players
FC Rapid București players
Romanian men's footballers
Romania men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Romania
Liga I players
Liga II players
Men's association football forwards
Deaths from cirrhosis
Alcohol-related deaths in Romania