Ion Dumitru
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 Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Concordia Chiajna (caretaker) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2017–2024 | Kalonji Soccer Academy (youth) | ||
| 2024– | Concordia Chiajna (technical director) | ||
| 2024– | Concordia Chiajna (caretaker) | ||
| *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.
He is currently technical director at Liga II club Concordia Chiajna.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]| Romania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Scores and results table. "Score" indicates the score after the player's goal:
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 May 1973 | Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania |  Albania |
1–0 | 4–1 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 14 October 1973 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania |  Finland |
1–0 | 9–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 23 July 1974 | Stadionul 1 Mai, Constanța, Romania |  Japan |
2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly |
| 4 | 24 September 1975 | Kaftanzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki, Greece |  Greece |
1–0 | 1–1 | 1973–76 Balkan Cup |
| 5 | 23 March 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  Turkey |
2–0 | 4–0 | 1977–80 Balkan Cup |
| 6 | 27 April 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  East Germany |
1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 21 September 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | Greece |
1–0 | 6–1 | Friendly |
| 8 | 3–1 | |||||
| 9 | 5–1 | |||||
| 10 | 21 March 1979 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  Greece |
1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]- Rapid București
- Steaua București
- Politehnica Timișoara
- Cupa României runner-up: 1980–81
- Universitatea Craiova
Individual
[edit]- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1973, 1975,[4] (runner-up): 1971, (fifth place): 1972,
Coach
[edit]- Würzburger Kickers
- Landesliga Bayern-Nord: 1989–90
- Jiul Petroșani
- Al-Jaish
- Syrian League: 1999
- Arab Club Championship runner-up: 1999
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Ion Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Ion Dumitru at WorldFootball.net
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