Ion Dumitru
Appearance
![]() Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ion Dumitru | ||
Date of birth | 2 January 1950 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) |
Attacking midfielder central midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1963–1964 | Confecția București | ||
1964–1967 | Rapid București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1967–1972 | Rapid București | 110 | (11) |
1972–1980 | Steaua București | 213 | (47) |
1980–1982 | Politehnica Timişoara | 46 | (2) |
1982–1983 | Universitatea Craiova | 4 | (0) |
1983–1984 | CFR Timişoara | ||
1984–1985 | Politehnica Timişoara | 33 | (1) |
1986–1988 | Rapid București | 37 | (3) |
1988–1989 | Würzburger Kickers | ||
Total | 443 | (64) | |
International career | |||
1971–1976 | Romania Olympic[1] | 7 | (2) |
1970–1980 | Romania[2] | 50 | (10) |
Managerial career | |||
1985 | Politehnica Timişoara (player/coach) | ||
1987–1988 | Rapid București (player/coach) | ||
1989–1993 | Würzburger Kickers | ||
1994–1995 | Național București | ||
1995–1996 | Jiul Petroșani | ||
1996–1997 | Rapid București | ||
1998 | Rocar București | ||
1999 | Al-Jaish Damascus | ||
2000 | Al-Ta'ee | ||
2000–2001 | Politehnica Iași | ||
2001 | Callatis Mangalia | ||
2001–2002 | Romania U19 | ||
2002–2003 | VfR Heilbronn | ||
2003–2005 | Rapid București (youth) | ||
2007–2008 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
2009–2010 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
2011 | Steaua II București | ||
2013–2014 | Romania U18 | ||
2015–2017 | Concordia Chiajna (youth) | ||
2016–2017 | Concordia II Chiajna | ||
2017– | Kalonji Soccer Academy | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a Romanian former professional footballer, and manager who played as a midfielder from 1967 until 1989.
He is currently a youth coach at the Kalonji Soccer Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.
Career
A Romanian international, Dumitru represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[3] Regarded as one of Romania's greatest players he won the Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1973 and 1975.[4]
International stats
Romania national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
1970 | 9 | 0 |
1971 | 4 | 0 |
1972 | 7 | 0 |
1973 | 5 | 2 |
1974 | 4 | 1 |
1975 | 7 | 1 |
1976 | 2 | 0 |
1977 | 8 | 5 |
1978 | 1 | 0 |
1979 | 2 | 1 |
1980 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 50 | 10 |
International goals
Scores and results table. "Score" indicates the score after the player's goal:
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 6 May 1973 | Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania | ![]() |
1–0 | 4–1 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
2 | 14 October 1973 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 9–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3 | 23 July 1974 | Stadionul 1 Mai, Constanța, Romania | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
4 | 24 September 1975 | Kaftanzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki, Greece | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1973–76 Balkan Cup |
5 | 23 March 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1977–80 Balkan Cup |
6 | 27 April 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
7 | 21 September 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
8 | 3–1 | |||||
9 | 5–1 | |||||
10 | 21 March 1979 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
Player
- Rapid București
- Steaua București
- Politehnica Timișoara
- Cupa României runner-up: 1980–81
- Universitatea Craiova
Individual
- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1973, 1975[4]
Coach
- Würzburger Kickers
- Landesliga Bayern-Nord: 1989–90
- Jiul Petroșani
- Al-Jaish
- Syrian League: 1999
- Arab Club Championship runner-up: 1999
References
- ^ Ion Dumitru at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Ion Dumitru". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Ion DUMITRU". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ a b Razvan Toma (8 January 2015). "Romania – Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
External links
- Ion Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Ion Dumitru at WorldFootball.net
Categories:
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bucharest
- Romanian men's footballers
- Olympic footballers for Romania
- Romania men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Rapid București players
- FC Steaua București players
- CS Universitatea Craiova players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- CSF CFR Timișoara players
- 1970 FIFA World Cup players
- Romanian football managers
- Romanian expatriate football managers
- FC Rapid București managers
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara managers
- FC Progresul București managers
- CSM Jiul Petroșani managers
- AFC Rocar București managers
- CS Concordia Chiajna managers
- Würzburger Kickers managers
- Al-Tai FC managers
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate football managers in Syria
- Expatriate football managers in Germany
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Syria
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Saudi Pro League managers
- Liga I managers
- Liga II managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in West Germany