Ionuț Georgescu

Ionuț Georgescu
Georgescu during an interview for Romanian sport television DigiSport in 2016
CSU Sibiu
Position Team Manager of CSU Sibiu
League Liga Națională
Personal information
Born (1988-07-25) 25 July 1988
Ploiești, Prahova County, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Career highlights and awards
As executive

Ioan Costin Georgescu (born 25 July 1988) is a Romanian basketball manager and the current Team Manager of CSU Sibiu.[1]

Georgescu began writing for a sport weekly at age 15, making him Romania's youngest sports journalist at the time.[2]

CSU Asesoft Ploiesti

At the age of 17 he becomes press officer for CSU Asesoft Ploiești, the powerhouse of Romanian basketball. From the bottom to the top, he advanced to be team manager, delegate for the European competitions, general manager and, at the age of 21, executive president of the club. The youngest in the European basketball![3] He successfully developed many programs for the sport community, such as the Junior Academy Asesoft Ploiesti, Basketball in schools (Ploiesti won a few championships in a row in highschool and gymnasium competitions, thanks to the student athletes recruited by him and placed to study in ”Caragiale” or ”Mihai Viteazul” schools), the annual memorial for Toni Alexe - ex-captain of CSU Asesoft, who died in a car accident in 2005, before the team won the FIBA Europe Cup Men - and numerous fresh-marketing and PR events.

Beside his activity in the domestic competition, he was the only Romanian delegate designated to work with Euroleague Basketball, being responsible for the organization of 4 Eurocup campaigns, after his clubs won wild cards, coming from a country where basketball does not have professional status.[4]

At the age of 27, after an unbelievable season with Asesoft Ploiești (Supercup of Romania, champions for the 11 time in 12 years, TOP 32 in Eurocup and amazing wins against Hapoel Jerusalem, Banvit Bandirma, Valencia, Lietuvos Rytas, Krasny Oktyabr or Nancy), he moved to Steaua CSM EximBank Bucharest after his home team went bankrupt because of several politic issues.[5]

Steaua CSM Eximbank

He succeeded to obtain with his new club a Eurocup wild card, for the first time in Steaua history! Two great victories in the capital of the country brought joy for the amazing red and blue crowd: against the Turkish team Trabzonspor and the Adriatic League leader in that moment, Buducnost Podgorica. From that group were part also Aris Salonic, Unics Kazan and Banvit Bandirma.[6]

In the season 2015/2016, Steaua led the regular season and the Top 6 to finish only with the bronze medal, however the best result since 2011. Also, having a 1300 juniors program, the club took the crown for U16 and U18 categories. In the season 2016/2017, Steaua was the runner up of the Regular Season, semifinalist of the Romanian Cup and just 1/6 in the regular season of FIBA Europe Cup. Now, the team advanced in the Finals of the League after 21 years, but was blown out by U BT Cluj Napoca by 3-0, even the first two games in Cluj were decided in last seconds. However, this silver medal meant a lot for the new Steaua project:[7]

Georgescu has brought to the team from Bucharest his innovative leadership style and his fresh perspective over the marketing in sports. Programs as the Hall of Fame wall, Hall of Fame museum, Blog of the Legend, Steaua Fan Zone in the biggest mall in Romania, Reading Stands Tall (collecting books at each home game together with the fans and national celebrities to make donations at the end of the season for different institutions), Live your dream and play for Steaua! (a premiere in Europe - after a 5 months interactive contest a fan signed a one-day contract with the team and he played in the National League!), Q&A with the players or various kinds of contests for the fans involving all the sponsors and partners have made from Steaua CSM EximBank the number one basketball program in marketing! Photos and videos can be found on the club social media channels (Facebook: baschetsteaua, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube Channels)[8]

References

  1. ↑ (in Romanian)", CSU Sibiu official website, August 6, 2018
  2. ↑ (in Romanian) "Ionuţ Georgescu se ocupă de imaginea celei mai bune echipe de baschet din ţară", Adevărul, January 18, 2010
  3. ↑ (in Romanian)"Ionuţ Georgescu, fost corespondent Libertatea, a devenit preşedintele lui Asesoft Ploieşti", Libertatea, November 12, 2010
  4. ↑ (in Romanian)"Ionut Georgescu, presedinte Asesoft Ploiesti: „Traim o mandrie ca am reusit sa ajungem dupa 10 ani in primavara unei cupe europene”", Sportfm, December 22, 2014
  5. ↑ (in Romanian)"Ionuț Georgescu, noul manager al Stelei CSM EximBank București", TotalBaschet, June 17, 2015
  6. ↑ (in Romanian)"Steaua CSM a primit wildcard-ul și va juca în Eurocup, a doua competiție după Euroligă", Libertatea, June 29, 2015
  7. ↑ (in Romanian)"Steaua a terminat Liga Naţională de Baschet pe locul 3", SportExclusiv, May 26, 2016
  8. ↑ (in Romanian)"Despre ”Patron la Steaua” 2016 și alte proiecte de marketing ale Stelei", 24secunde, August 19, 2016


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