Alexandru Neagu

Sandu Neagu

Personal information
Full name	Alexandru Neagu
Date of birth	19 July 1948
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1963–1965	Rapid Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1965–1978	Rapid Bucureşti	286	(110)
International career
1970–1972	Romania	17	(4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alexandru "Sandu" Neagu (19 July 1948 – 17 April 2010) was a Romanian footballer.

Career

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.

Known by the fans as "the most beautiful gipsy in Giuleşti (the neighborhood where Rapid plays), Neagu played his entire career for Rapid Bucureşti.He played 286 games scoring 110 goals.

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. He earned 17 caps for the Romania national football team and participated in the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Death

Neagu died on 17 April 2010, at age 61 in a Bucharest hospital.

Honours

Club

Rapid București

• Romanian League Championship: 1966–67
• Romanian Cup: 1971–72, 1974–75
• Romanian Second League: 1974–75