Gino Iorgulescu

Iorgulescu was born on 15 May 1956 in Giurgiu, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Dunărea, making his debut for the senior squad during the 1973–74 Divizia B season. Iorgulescu was transferred alongside Dunărea teammate Calianu to Sportul Studențesc București, where he made his Divizia A debut under coach Angelo Niculescu on 31 August 1975 in a 1–1 draw against Universitatea Craiova. That was his only appearance in that season, being used more often by Mircea Rădulescu with the team's youth squad. In the next season, he was loaned to fellow Divizia A team, Progresul București, where he made 28 appearances with six goals scored. Afterwards, he returned to Sportul Studențesc when Rădulescu became the coach of the senior squad and gave him more playing time. Iorgulescu spent the following 12 seasons at Sportul Studențesc, making a strong partnership in the central defence with Paul Cazan. The highlights of this period were 12 goals scored in the 1977–78 season, a second position in the 1985–86 season and playing the entire match under coach Rădulescu in the 3–0 loss to Steaua București in the 1979 Cupa României final. He also helped the club win the 1979–80 Balkans Cup and reach the final in the 1976 edition. Iorgulescu represented The Students in 14 UEFA Cup matches, scoring two goals. Among these games was a 1–0 victory against Inter Milan in the first round of the 1984–85 edition, though they did not qualify further after a 2–0 second-leg loss. In…

Iorgulescu played 48 games and scored two goals for Romania, making his debut on 11 November 1981 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 0–0 draw against Switzerland in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers. He played in seven games during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, including a 1–0 win over World Cup holders, Italy in which he had a praised performance after he annihilated his direct opponent Paolo Rossi. He was used by coach Lucescu in the 1–1 draw against Spain and the 1–0 loss to Portugal in the final tournament as Romania did not get past the group stage. Iorgulescu played seven games in the 1986 World Cup qualifiers where he scored a goal in a 3–1 away victory against Turkey. In his following game, which was a friendly that ended in a 2–2 draw against Egypt, he scored again and was the team's captain for the first time. Iorgulescu's last appearance for the national team took place on 8 October 1986 when coach Emerich Jenei sent him in the 80th minute to replace Gheorghe Hagi in a 4–2 away victory in a friendly against Israel. For representing his country at the Euro 1984 final tournament, Iorgulescu was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Iorgulescu goal.

Sportul Studențesc București

Balkans Cup: 1979–80, runner-up: 1976 Divizia A runner-up: 1985–86 Cupa României runner-up: 1978–79 Individual

Romanian Footballer of the Year (fifth place): 1982