Traian Georgescu was one of my best friends and helped me a lot in my career" Remus Câmpeanu was born on 8 September 1938 in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and started to play junior level football when he was aged 11 at local club, Flamura Roșie.

[5][6] In 1960 he was advised by Kovács to go play for Universitatea Cluj where on 4 September he made his Divizia A debut under coach Andrei Sepci in a 2–0 away loss in front of Corvinul Hunedoara.

[1][4][7][8] He helped the club win the 1964–65 Cupa României, being used by Sepci in the whole game of the 2–1 victory from the final against Argeș Pitești in which he opened the score with a spectacular goal from about 30 meters.

[1][3][4][9][10] In the following season, Câmpeanu made his debut in European competitions, playing four games in the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup, helping "U" Cluj eliminate Austrian team, Wiener Neustadt in the first round, being eliminated in the following round by Atlético Madrid.

[6][14] When Remus Câmpeanu was diagnosed with appendicitis, he requested his team colleague and captain, Traian Georgescu who also worked as a surgeon to operate him.