Career
In the summer of 1978 he announced his retirement from professional football. Known by the fans as "the most beautiful gipsy in Giuleşti (the neighborhood where Rapid plays), Neagu played his entire career for Rapid Bucureşti.He played 286 games scoring 110 goals. Neague debuted for the Romania national football team in February 1970 in a 1-1 draw against Peru.
In his second international cap, a 1-1 draw against West Germany, he scored his first international goal.
He earned 17 caps for the Romania national football team and participated in the 1970. Neagu died on 17 April 2010, at age 61 in a Bucharest hospital.