Dudu Georgescu

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. 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. 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.

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.

Career statistics Club

International

International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Georgescu goal. + 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

Honours Progresul București Divizia B: 1969–70

Dinamo București Divizia A: 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83 Cupa României: 1981–82

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