[2][3] He started his career at Progresul București, making his Divizia A debut in a 3–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova in which he played as a central defender.

[2][3][5] He won the 1981–82 Cupa României in which he scored two goals in the final which ended with a 3–2 over FC Baia Mare, Stănescu using him the whole match.

[3][9][10][11][12][13] With 207 goals scored (including 9 in the derby against Steaua București) in 260 Divizia A matches, Georgescu is Dinamo's all time leading goalscorer, he also represented The Red Dogs in European competitions by appearing in 23 games in which he scored 17 goals, including seven in the European Cup of which four are in a 11–0 against Crusaders, two against Atlético Madrid and one against Dukla Prague and in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup he scored one goal in a 3–2 victory against Inter Milan which helped the team eliminate the Italians.

[2][3][4][14] After his period spent at Dinamo, Georgescu went to play for SC Bacău, Gloria Buzău and Flacăra Moreni, at the latter making his last Divizia A appearance on 23 November 1986 in a 3–1 home loss in which he scored his side's goal against his former team, Dinamo, obtaining a competition record of 252 goals scored in 371 games.

[17] His son, who is also named Dudu Georgescu was a football referee who arbitrated matches including in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A.