Gheorghe Albu

Gheorghe Albu (12 September 1909 – 26 June 1974) was a Romanian football player and manager. He participated with Romania's national team in the 1934 World Cup.

Club career Albu was born on 12 September 1909 in Arad, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania), and began playing football at the age of 14 at his neighborhood team Olimpia Micălaca. He then moved to AMEF Arad where he stayed until the autumn of 1927 when he went to Gloria Arad.

In 1933, Albu joined Venus București, and in his first season, coach Karoly Weszter played him in nine games, scoring three goals as the club won the title. He won another title in the 1936–37 season, this time under the guidance of coach Ferenc Plattkó who gave him 22 appearances. There, he also played in victories against Yugoslavia and Greece. During the 1931–1934 Central European Cup for Amateurs, Albu played in all six matches as he won his third tournament with The Tricolours.

Albu played in a 2–1 victory against Yugoslavia in the successful 1934 World Cup qualifiers. Albu made his last appearance for the national team on 4 December 1938 in a 6–2 loss to Czechoslovakia in the friendly Eduard Benes' Cup. In the following season he worked at Dermata Cluj in the same league, but they were also relegated.

In 1950 he was appointed head coach of Romania for one friendly game, a 3–3 draw against Poland. Afterwards he had his last spell in Divizia A, leading Flamura Roșie Arad to an 8th place in the 1952 season, totaling 74 matches as manager in the Romanian top-division, consisting of 28 victories, 23 draws and 23 losses.

In the following years, Albu worked at teams in the Romanian lower leagues such as Textila Sfântu Gheorghe, Foresta Fălticeni and Vagonul Arad.

Death Albu died on 26 June 1974 in Făgăraș at the age of 64.

Honours Player Gloria Arad Divizia A runner-up: 1929–30 Venus București Divizia A: 1933–34, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1939–40 Romania Balkan Cup: 1929–31, 1933 Central European International Cup: 1931–34