Gheorghe Albu was born on 12 September 1909 in Arad, Austria-Hungary (now in Romania), starting to play football at the age of 14 at his neighborhood team, Olimpia Micălaca.
[2] After one year he went at Jiul Lupeni, afterwards returning to Gloria Arad in 1929 where in the 1929–30 season he helped the team reach the championship final where he played all the minutes in the 3–0 loss in front of Juventus București.
[1][2][5][6] Between 1938 and 1940 he helped the club win two consecutive league titles, both with coach Béla Jánosy, Albu contributing with 17 matches and three goals scored in the first one and only one appearance in the second.
[1][2][5][6] Between 1940 and 1944, the year of his retirement from professional football, Albu played for FC Craiova, making his last Divizia A appearance on 8 June 1941 in a 0–0 with Gloria CFR Galați, having a total of 138 matches with 12 goals scored in the competition.
[13][17] Afterwards he had his last spell in Divizia A, leading Flamura Roșie Arad to an 8th place in the 1952 season, having a total of 74 matches as manager in the Romanian top-division, consisting of 28 victories, 23 draws and 23 losses.