Nicolae Georgescu (1 January 1936 – 22 August 1983) was a Romanian

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who played as a

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Club career

Nicolae Georgescu was born 1 January 1936 in Câmpina, Romania and started to play football in 1950 at local club Rafinăria, afterwards in 1954 moving at Voința București in

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, after one year moving at fellow

club, Progresul CPCS București. On 25 March 1956 he made his

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debut for

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in a 0–0 away against Locomotiva Timișoara. He spent 10 seasons at

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in which he helped the club win the

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which was the first title in the club's history, being used by coach

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in 6 matches. He also reached two

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finals in

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and

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which were lost in front of Arieșul Turda against whom he scored a goal respectively Steaua București and won two

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and

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. He made his last

appearance on 2 October 1966 in a 2–1 away loss against

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, having a total of 211 appearances and 46 goals scored in the competition, retiring after playing two more seasons at

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. Nicolae Georgescu died on 22 August 1983 at age 47.

International career

Nicolae Georgescu played 13 matches and scored 7 goals for

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, making his debut on 29 May 1955 under coach

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in a friendly which ended 2–2 against

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in which he scored the last goal of the match. His last three appearances for the national team were at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers, being the team's captain in two of them and scored a goal in each leg against

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. He also played for Romania's Olympic team, and participated at the

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where he played two games, helping the team finish in the 5th place.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Nicolae Georgescu goal.''

Honours

Rapid București *

: 1966–67 *

runner-up: 1960–61, 1961–62 *

: 1963–64, 1964–66

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Georgescu, Nicolae 1936 births 1983 deaths Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Romania Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics FC Progresul București players FC Rapid București players FCM Câmpina players Liga I players Liga II players People from Câmpina Men's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Prahova County