Nicolae Georgescu

Nicolae Georgescu (1 January 1936 – 22 August 1983) was a Romanian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Spending most of his career in Rapid București, he was capped 18 times for Romania.

Club career Georgescu was born 1 January 1936 in Câmpina, Romania, and began playing football in 1950 at local club Rafinăria. In 1954 he moved to Voința București in Divizia B, after one year joining Progresul CPCS București in the same league. Georgescu spent 10 seasons at Rapid, helping the club win the 1966–67 Divizia A, which was the first title in its history, being used by coach Valentin Stănescu in six matches. He also reached two Cupa României finals in 1961 and 1962 under coach Ion Mihăilescu which were lost to Arieșul Turda against whom he scored a goal, and Steaua București respectively. Subsequently, he helped the club win two Balkans Cups in 1964 and 1966. His last three appearances for the national team were in the 1966 World Cup qualifiers, being the team's captain in two of them and scoring a goal in each leg against Turkey.

International goals Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Nicolae Georgescu goal. His nephew, Gabriel Manu was a football player and current coach.

Georgescu died on 22 August 1983, at the age of 47.

Honours Rapid București Divizia A: 1966–67 Cupa României runner-up: 1960–61, 1961–62 Balkans Cup: 1963–64, 1964–66