Ion Ionescu (footballer, born 1938)

Ion Gheorghe Ionescu (born 5 April 1938) is a Romanian former football striker.[3]

Ion Ionescu

Personal information
Full name	Ion Gheorghe Ionescu
Date of birth	5 April 1938
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
–	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1960–1968	Rapid București	183	(107)
1968–1970	Alemannia Aachen	46	(10)
1970	Crișul Oradea	1	(0)
1970–1972	Cercle Brugge	30	(8)
Total		260	(125)
National team
1962–1969	Romania[lower-alpha 1]	24	(5)
Teams managed
1978–1979	Gloria Buzău
1980–1981	Rapid București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career stats

• Total matches played in Divizia A: 184 matches – 107 goals
• Topscorer of Divizia A: 1962–63, 1965–66

Honours

Rapid București

• Divizia A: 1966–67

Alemannia Aachen

• Bundesliga: Runner-up 1968–69

Cercle Brugge

• Belgian Second Division: 1970–71

Notes

1. Including 9 appearances and one goal for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]

References

1. "Ion Ionescu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
2. Ion Ionescu at National-Football-Teams.com
3. "Ionescu, Ion" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

External links

• Ion Ionescu – FIFA competition record
• Ion Ionescu at WorldFootball.net
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ion Ionescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012.
• Ion Ionescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com