Dudu Georgescu
Romanian footballer
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Dudu Georgescu |
| image | Dudu Georgescu.jpg |
| image_size | 250px |
| caption | Georgescu photographed during the 1970s |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Bucharest, Romania |
| height | 1.84m |
| position | Striker |
| youthyears1 | 1962–1969 |
| youthclubs1 | Progresul București |
| years1 | 1969–1972 |
| years2 | 1972–1973 |
| years3 | 1973–1983 |
| years4 | 1983–1984 |
| years5 | 1984–1986 |
| years6 | 1986 |
| years7 | 1987 |
| years8 | 1987–1988 |
| clubs1 | Progresul București |
| clubs2 | CSM Reșița |
| clubs3 | Dinamo București |
| clubs4 | SC Bacău |
| clubs5 | Gloria Buzău |
| clubs6 | Flacăra Moreni |
| clubs7 | Muscelul Câmpulung |
| clubs8 | Unirea Urziceni |
| caps1 | 95 |
| goals1 | 20 |
| caps2 | 12 |
| goals2 | 7 |
| caps3 | 260 |
| goals3 | 207 |
| caps4 | 22 |
| goals4 | 4 |
| caps5 | 44 |
| goals5 | 27 |
| caps6 | 4 |
| goals6 | 2 |
| caps7 | 5 |
| goals7 | 2 |
| caps8 | 10 |
| goals8 | 3 |
| totalcaps | 452 |
| totalgoals | 272 |
| nationalyears1 | 1973–1984 |
| nationalteam1 | Romania |
| nationalcaps1 | 40 |
| nationalgoals1 | 21 |
| manageryears1 | 1989–1990 |
| manageryears2 | 1991 |
| manageryears3 | 1992 |
| manageryears4 | 1992 |
| manageryears5 | 1993–1994 |
| manageryears6 | 1994–1995 |
| manageryears7 | 2001 |
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| name = Dudu Georgescu | image = Dudu Georgescu.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Georgescu photographed during the 1970s | birth_date = | birth_place = Bucharest, Romania | height = 1.84m | position = Striker | youthyears1 = 1962–1969 | youthclubs1 = Progresul București | years1 = 1969–1972 | years2 = 1972–1973 | years3 = 1973–1983 | years4 = 1983–1984 | years5 = 1984–1986 | years6 = 1986 | years7 = 1987 | years8 = 1987–1988 | clubs1 = Progresul București | clubs2 = CSM Reșița | clubs3 = Dinamo București | clubs4 = SC Bacău | clubs5 = Gloria Buzău | clubs6 = Flacăra Moreni | clubs7 = Muscelul Câmpulung | clubs8 = Unirea Urziceni | caps1 = 95 | goals1 = 20 | caps2 = 12 | goals2 = 7 | caps3 = 260 | goals3 = 207 | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 4 | caps5 = 44 | goals5 = 27 | caps6 = 4 | goals6 = 2 | caps7 = 5 | goals7 = 2 | caps8 = 10 | goals8 = 3 | totalcaps = 452 | totalgoals = 272 | nationalyears1 = 1973–1984 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 40 | nationalgoals1 = 21 | manageryears1 = 1989–1990 | managerclubs1 = CSM Reșița (assistant) | manageryears2 = 1991 | managerclubs2 = Zimbru Chișinău | manageryears3 = 1992 | managerclubs3 = Corvinul Hunedoara | manageryears4 = 1992 | managerclubs4 = CSM Reșița | manageryears5 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs5 = Acvila Giurgiu | manageryears6 = 1994–1995 | managerclubs6 = Dunărea Călărași | manageryears7 = 2001 | managerclubs7 = Al-Najma
Dudu Georgescu (born 1 September 1950) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a forward and former coach.
Club career
Georgescu was born on 1 September 1950 in Bucharest, Romania. He began his career at Progresul București, making his Divizia A debut on 11 June 1969 under coach Cornel Drăgușin in a 3–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova in which he played as a central defender. After playing for Progresul in the first two leagues for a few years, Georgescu went to play for a short while at CSM Reșița, where he scored a double in a 4–1 victory against Dinamo București, which convinced them to transfer him.
His Dinamo spell consisted of 10 Divizia A seasons in which he won four league titles and was the team's top-scorer in the first three of those. In the conquest of the first one he was coached by Nicolae Dumitru, in the next two by Ion Nunweiller and Valentin Stănescu respectively, while at the last he worked once again with Dumitru. Georgescu also made some notable individual performances such as being the Divizia A top-scorer four consecutive times from 1975 until 1978 and winning the European Golden Shoe in 1975 (33 goals) and 1977 (47 goals). He won the Romanian Footballer of the Year award in 1976 and was nominated three times for the Ballon d'Or. With 207 goals scored (including nine in the derby against Steaua București) in 260 Divizia A matches, Georgescu is Dinamo's all time leading top-scorer. He represented The Red Dogs in European competitions by appearing in 23 games in which he scored 17 goals. He also scored one goal in a 3–2 win over Inter Milan which helped the team eliminate the Italians in the second round of the 1981–82 UEFA Cup.
After his period spent at Dinamo, Georgescu went to play for SC Bacău, Gloria Buzău and Flacăra Moreni. At the latter he made his last Divizia A appearance on 23 November 1986 in a 3–1 home loss in which he scored his side's goal against his former team, Dinamo, obtaining a competition record of 252 goals scored in 371 games. Georgescu ended his career in 1988 after playing two seasons in Divizia C for Muscelul Câmpulung and Unirea Urziceni.
International career
Georgescu played 40 matches and scored 21 goals for Romania (44/21 including Romania's Olympic team games), making his debut on 14 September 1973 under coach Valentin Stănescu in his national team's biggest ever victory, a 9–0 win in which he scored one goal against Finland in the 1974 World Cup qualifiers. He scored four goals in five matches in the Euro 1976 qualifiers and made three appearances in which he scored two goals during the 1977–80 Balkan Cup. Then he played four games and scored two goals in the 1978 World Cup qualifiers, and made two appearances with two goals netted in a 2–2 draw against Spain during the Euro 1980 qualifiers. Subsequently, he made one appearance in each of the 1982 World Cup qualifiers and the 1984 Euro qualifiers. Georgescu's last game for the national team was 1–0 friendly victory against China.
For helping his country qualify to Euro 1984, Georgescu was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.
International goals
:Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Georgescu goal. ::data[format=table title="List of international goals scored by Dudu Georgescu"]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 October 1973 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 9–0 | 9–0 | 1974 World Cup qualifiers | |
| 2 | 11 May 1975 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 6–1 | Euro 1976 qualifiers | |
| 3 | 4–0 | |||||
| 4 | 1 June 1975 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 1–1 | Euro 1976 qualifiers | |
| 5 | 16 November 1975 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 2–1 | 2–2 | Euro 1976 qualifiers | |
| 6 | 5 June 1976 | San Siro, Milan, Italy | 2–4 | 2–4 | Friendly match | |
| 7 | 22 September 1976 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly match | |
| 8 | 6 October 1976 | Letenský Stadion, Prague, Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | 2–3 | Friendly match | |
| 9 | 23 March 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1977–80 Balkan Cup | |
| 10 | 8 May 1977 | Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb, Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1978 World Cup qualifiers | |
| 11 | 14 August 1977 | Stade du FUS, Rabat, Morocco | 1–0 | 3–1 | Coupe Mohamed V 1977 | |
| 12 | 2–1 | |||||
| 13 | 21 September 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 6–1 | 6–1 | Friendly match | |
| 14 | 13 November 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 4–4 | 4–6 | 1978 World Cup qualifiers | |
| 15 | 22 March 1978 | İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1977–80 Balkan Cup | |
| 16 | 21 March 1979 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly match | |
| 17 | 4 April 1979 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 2–2 | Euro 1980 qualifiers | |
| 18 | 2–1 | |||||
| 19 | 15 July 1982 | Stadionul Areni, Suceava, Romania | 4–0 | 4–0 | Friendly match | |
| 20 | 18 July 1982 | 23 August Stadium, Bucharest, Romania | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly match | |
| 21 | 3–1 | |||||
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Managerial career
After he ended his playing career, Georgescu coached Romanian teams such as CSM Reșița, Corvinul Hunedoara, Acvila Giurgiu and Dunărea Călărași. He also had coaching spells outside Romania at Moldovan side Zimbru Chișinău and in Saudi Arabia at Al-Najma.
Personal life
His son, who is also named Dudu Georgescu, was a football referee who officiated matches including in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A.
Honours
Progresul București
Dinamo București
Individual
- Divizia A top-scorer: 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78
- European Golden Shoe: 1974–75, 1976–77
- Ballon d'Or: 1975 (10th place), 1976 (15th place), 1977 (9th place)
- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1976, (runner-up) 1977
- Dinamo București top-scorer in Divizia A: 207 goals
- Most goals scored in Divizia A: 252 goals
References
References
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- "Romania 9-0 Finland". European Football.
- (8 October 2015). "Sandu și ceilalți "eroi" din 1973, despre culisele victoriei istorice cu 9-0 cu Finlanda". Digisport.ro.
- (28 March 2008). "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv". Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241.
- (31 August 2020). "DUDU 70 - atacantul cu plete și ghete de aur". Welovesport.ro.
- (19 September 2001). "Arbitrul Dudu Georgescu jr., suspendat doua etape dupa partida Otelul – Farul". Libertatea.ro.
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