Viorel Dinu

Viorel Dinu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-03-17) 17 March 1980
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Al-Wasl U21 (manager)
Youth career
	Sf. Pantelimon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Juventus București	15	(10)
1999–2002	Național București	2	(0)
1999–2000	→ Cimentul Fieni (loan)	10	(1)
2000–2001	→ Juventus București (loan)	20	(3)
2001–2002	→ Dunărea Giurgiu (loan)
2002–2004	FCM Câmpina	12	(6)
2004–2006	Politehnica Iași	0	(0)
2005–2006	Cetatea Suceava	16	(5)
2006	Chimia Brazi	16	(3)
2007	Brașov	6	(0)
2007–2011	Snagov	84	(29)
2012	Concordia Chiajna	13	(4)
2012–2013	Universitatea Cluj	21	(9)
2013–2014	Săgeata Năvodari	21	(5)
2014–2015	Berceni	2	(1)
2015	Gloria Popești-Leordeni
2016	Ștefănești
2016–2019	Popești-Leordeni
Total		238+	(76+)
Managerial career
2016–2019	Popești-Leordeni
2019–	Al-Wasl U21
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2018

Viorel Dinu, also known as Viorel Dinu II, (born 17 March 1980) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a striker. From 2016 he was also the manager of the Liga III side SC Popești-Leordeni, now being the manager of Al-Wasl U21 squad. In the past Dinu played for various Romanian teams, among them: Juventus București, Național București, CS Snagov, Concordia Chiajna

Trivia

Viorel Dinu is known for changing the ball before he tries to score a penalty kick. In a town derby between CFR Cluj and Universitatea Cluj, he wanted to get another ball, but the goalkeeper, Eduard Stăncioiu, tried to stop him. They argued, Dinu got another ball and he scored from the spot.

External links

• Viorel Dinu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Viorel Dinu at Soccerway