Dudu Georgescu was born in Bucharest on 1 September 1950.[2][3] He started his career at Progresul București, making his Divizia A debut in a 3–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova in which he played as a central defender.[2][4] 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 seven goals in 12 Divizia A games, including a double in a 4–1 victory against Dinamo București, which convinced them to transfer him.[2][4]
His Dinamo București spell consisted of 10 Divizia A seasons in which he won four league titles, being the team's top goalscorer in the first three, at the conquest of the first one being 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.[2][3][5] He won the 1981–82 Cupa României in which he scored two goals in the final which ended with a 3–2 over FC Baia Mare, Stănescu using him the whole match.[2][3][6] Georgescu also made some notable individual performances as being four consecutive times from 1975 until 1978 the Divizia A top goalscorer, winning also the European Golden Shoe in 1975 (33 goals) and 1977 (47 goals) for the top goalscorer of Europe.[3][7][8] He won the Romanian Footballer of the Year award in 1976 and was nominated three times for the Ballon d'Or.[3][9][10][11][12][13] With 207 goals scored (including 9 in the derby against Steaua București) in 260 Divizia A matches, Georgescu is Dinamo's all time leading goalscorer, he also represented The Red Dogs in European competitions by appearing in 23 games in which he scored 17 goals, including seven in the European Cup of which four are in a 11–0 against Crusaders, two against Atlético Madrid and one against Dukla Prague and in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup he scored one goal in a 3–2 victory against Inter Milan which helped the team eliminate the Italians.[2][3][4][14]
After his period spent at Dinamo, Georgescu went to play for SC Bacău, Gloria Buzău and Flacăra Moreni, at the latter making 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.[2][3][7] Georgescu ended his career in 1988 after playing two seasons in Divizia C for Muscelul Câmpulung and Unirea Urziceni.[2][7]
For helping his country qualify at Euro 1984, Georgescu was decorated by President of RomaniaTraian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[17]
International goals
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Georgescu goal.[1]
List of international goals scored by Dudu Georgescu
