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 | ||
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.
He made his debut in 1965 and two years later he won the national championship (the second in Rapid's history). He won the Romanian Cup twice in 1972 and 1975. In the summer of 1978 he announced his retirement from professional football.
Neagu played his entire career for Rapid Bucureşti. He played 286 games scoring 110 goals.
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. He earned 17 caps for the Romania national football team and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Neagu died on 17 April 2010, at age 61 in a Bucharest hospital.