Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in Bucharest), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian footballer and coach. He is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu (Dumitriu II) who was an International footballer and champion of Romania with Rapid București and the elder brother of Constantin Dumitriu (Dumitriu IV) who won the Romanian championship with Steaua București.[1][2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 November 1945 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Academica Clinceni (vice-president) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1953–1964 | Rapid București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1964–1965 | Metalul Târgoviște | ||
| 1965–1968 | Târgu Mureș12 | 22 | (13) |
| 1968–1972 | Steaua București | 90 | (11) |
| 1972–1973 | Rapid București | 27 | (6) |
| 1973–1974 | Olimpia Satu Mare | 25 | (3) |
| 1974–1975 | Galați | 28 | (4) |
| 1975–1977 | ICSIM București | ||
| Total | 192 | (37) | |
| International career | |||
| 1967 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1976–1977 | ICSIM București (player-manager) | ||
| 1977–1978 | Rapid Fetești | ||
| 1978–1980 | CS Botoșani | ||
| 1980–1982 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | ||
| 1982–1984 | Autobuzul București | ||
| 1984–1986 | Steaua Mizil | ||
| 1987 | Rulmentul Bârlad | ||
| 1988–1990 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 1990–1991 | Romania U-21 | ||
| 1991–1992 | Dacia Unirea Brăila | ||
| 1992–1993 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 1993–1994 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 1994–1997 | Steaua București | ||
| 1997–1998 | AEK Athens | ||
| 1998 | Apollon Limassol | ||
| 1998–1999 | Rapid București | ||
| 1999–2000 | Oțelul Galați | ||
| 2000–2001 | Rocar București | ||
| 2001–2002 | Panionios | ||
| 2002 | FCM Bacău | ||
| 2003 | Akratitos | ||
| 2003–2004 | Bihor Oradea | ||
| 2004 | Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| 2005 | FCSB | ||
| 2006–2008 | Prefab Moldelu (technical director) | ||
| 2009–2010 | FCSB II (technical director) | ||
| 2010 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2011–2012 | Inter Clinceni | ||
| 2014–2015 | Inter Clinceni | ||
| 2015 | FCSB | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
Dumitriu started his youth career with Rapid București and made his senior career debut with Metalul Târgoviște in 1964. After a year, he moved to ASA Târgu Mureș, where he spent three years. In 1968, he signed with Steaua București, where he played until 1972. In the same year he joined Bucharest city rivals Rapid București. He also played for Olimpia Satu Mare, FCM Galați and ICSIM București.
He won a cap for Romania in 1967.
Coaching career edit
After he quit playing in 1977, he became quickly a player/manager for ICSIM București, amongst others in the beginning he managed lower league sides such as Rapid Fetești, Autobuzul București, Steaua Mizil, and Rulmentul Bârlad.
The highlight of his career as a manager was with Steaua București, qualifying them three times in a row in the UEFA Champions League and also winning the Romanian First League in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1999 and 2005 he won the championship again, this time with Rapid București and then with FCSB, leading him to a total of 5 championships won.[3] He also guided Steaua to two Romanian Cups in 1996 and 1997, and two Romanian Supercups in 1994 and 1995.
In 1994, he was the assistant coach to Anghel Iordănescu in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
In the 1997–98 season he reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals as AEK Athens FC manager, losing a semi-final place to Lokomotiv Moscow in the last minute of the second leg match.
Honours edit
Player edit
- Steaua București
- Romanian Cup (3): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Manager edit
- Steaua București / FCSB
- Romanian First League (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05
- Romanian Cup (2): 1995–96, 1996–97
- Romanian Supercup (2): 1994, 1995
- Rapid București
- Rocar București
- Romanian Cup runner-up (1): 2000–01
Notes edit
^1 The 1965–1966 appearances and goals made for ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.
^2 The 1966–1967 appearances made for ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.
References edit
- ^ "Remember. Hunedoreni la Campionatele Mondiale de fotbal (IV)" [Remember. Hunedoreni at the World Football Championships (IV)] (in Romanian). gazetadedimineata.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ Cojocaru, Octavian (10 August 2017). "Frații Benzar sunt a noua pereche de frați din istoria "roș-albaștrilor". Unii n-au jucat niciodată împreună. Alții au evoluat doar în câte un singur joc!" [The Benzar brothers are the ninth pair of brothers in the history of the "red-blues". Some have never played together. Others have evolved in just one game!]. Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved 12 October 2018.
- ^ "Best of the best! Dan Petrescu, la un titlu de recordul absolut + doi jucători-simbol de la CFR Cluj, lângă Lăcătuș, Lucescu sau Tudorel Stoica" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
External links edit
- Dumitru Dumitriu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Dumitru Dumitriu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dumitru Dumitriu profile Archived 5 October 2015 at the Wayback Machine at SteauaFC.com (in Romanian)