George "Gino" Iorgulescu (born 15 May 1956) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a defender. He is the current chairman of the Romanian Professional Football League. Club career Gino Iorgulescu was born on 15 May 1956 in Giurgiu, Romania and started to play junior level football at local club, Dunărea, making his debut for the senior squad in the 1973–74 Divizia B season. He was transferred alongside Dunărea teammate, Calianu at Sportul Studențesc București where he made his Divizia A debut under coach Angelo Niculescu on 31 August 1975 in a 1–1 against Universitatea Craiova, that being his only appearance in that season, being used more by Mircea Rădulescu at the team's youth squad and in the next season he was loaned at fellow Divizia A team, Progresul București where he made 28 appearances with 6 goals scored, afterwards returning at Sportul Studențesc when Rădulescu became the coach of the senior squad and used him more often. He spent the following 12 season at Sportul Studențesc, the highlights of this period being 12 goals scored in the 1977–78 season, helping the team earn a second position in the 1985–86 season, played in the 1979 Cupa României Final in the 3–0 loss in front of Steaua București, also helping the club win the 1979–80 Balkans Cup. Iorgulescu made his last Divizia A appearance on 20 June 1989 in a 2–1 victory of Sportul Studențesc in front of Argeș Pitești in which he scored a goal, having a total of 354 appearances and 55 goals scored in the competition, also having a total of 25 matches with four goals scored in the Cupa României and 14 games with two goals scored in the UEFA Cup, ending his playing career after being allowed by the communist regime to play abroad at Beerschot VAC for which he made only two appearances in the 1989–90 Belgian First Division. International career Gino Iorgulescu played 48 games and scored two goals at international level for Romania, making his debut on 11 November 1981 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 0–0 against Switzerland at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers. He played in 7 games at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers including a 1–0 victory in front of World Cup holders, Italy in which he had a praised performance after he annihilated his direct opponent Paolo Rossi and was used by coach Mircea Lucescu in a