Dumitru Moraru

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Dumitru Moraru
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Personal information
Date of birth (1956-05-08) 8 May 1956 (age 69)
Place of birth București, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1966–1972 Metalul București
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1972–1974 Metalul București 56 (0)
1974–1978 Steaua București 84 (0)
1978–1981 Sportul Studențesc București 88 (0)
1981–1989 Dinamo București 212 (0)
1989 Victoria București 5 (0)
1990–1991 IK Start 41 (0)
Total490(0)
International career
Romania U21 6 (0)
Romania U23 5 (0)
Romania B 2 (0)
1975–1988 Romania [a] 39 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2023 Romania U-19 (GK coach)
2023– ACS FC Dinamo (GK coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dumitru Moraru (born 8 May 1956) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper from 1972 until 1991.

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Club career

Moraru was born on 8 May 1956 in București, Romania, growing up in the Pantelimon neighborhood, where he started playing football in 1966 at the junior teams of Metalul București. [3] [4] [5] There, he earned the nickname "Țețe" (Tsetse) after a teammate told him in a training camp that he sleeps so much as if he had been bitten by a tsetse fly. [4] [5] In 1972 he started playing for Metalul's senior team, making 56 appearances in Divizia B, before joining Steaua București. [2] [3] Moraru made his Divizia A debut under coach Constantin Teașcă on 25 August 1974, playing for Steaua in a derby against Dinamo București, which ended with a 2–0 loss, but his performance in the match was appreciated by journalist Eftimie Ionescu who gave him a grade 8 in the Sportul newspaper. [3] [4] [5] He played 24 games in the 1975–76 Divizia A season and 26 in the 1977–78 season, helping The Military Men win the title in each of them and also won the 1975–76 Cupa României, all these performances being obtained under the guidance of coach Emerich Jenei. [2] [3] [6] [7]

In 1978 he went to play for three seasons at Sportul Studențesc București where he won the 1979–80 Balkans Cup. [3] [4] [5] Then Moraru was transferred from Sportul Studențesc to Dinamo București in exchange for Andrei Speriatu and Constantin Pană. [3] [4] [5] There, he played 31 league games in each of his first three seasons as the club won the title in all of them, working with coach Valentin Stănescu for the first one and with Nicolae Dumitru for the other two. [3] [4] [5] [6] He also won three Cupa României, the first one after a final against FC Baia Mare. [3] [4] [5] [8] The following two were won after finals against rivals Steaua, and in the 1986 final, under coach Mircea Lucescu he managed to keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 win against them, a team that had recently won the European Cup. [3] [4] [5] [9] Moraru made some notable performances with The Red Dogs in European competitions, such as helping the club eliminate Inter Milan in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. [3] [4] He also appeared in eight matches in the 1983–84 European Cup edition, being the team's captain as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool. [3] [4] [10] For the way he played in 1984, Moraru was placed fifth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award. [11]

After eight seasons spent at Dinamo, Moraru alongside teammates Costel Orac and Alexandru Nicolae were transferred to Victoria București. [3] [4] [12] There, he made his last Divizia A appearance on 5 November 1989 in a 5–0 home win over Inter Sibiu, having a total of 393 matches in the competition, also totaling 33 games in European competitions. [3] [4] Shortly afterwards, Moraru went to play in Norway for IK Start where he ended his career in 1991 by playing 41 league games over the course of two seasons. [3] [4]

International career

Moraru played 38 games for Romania, making his debut on 24 September 1975 under coach Valentin Stănescu in a 1–1 draw against Greece in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup. [1] [13] He played one game in each of the 1978 and 1982 World Cup qualifiers. [1] Subsequently, he made three appearances, including two clean sheets in wins over Sweden and Italy during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers. [1] Moraru played one game under coach Mircea Lucescu in the final tournament in a 1–0 loss to Portugal as Romania did not get past the group stage. [1] [14] He made one appearance during the 1986 World Cup qualifiers which was a 2–0 victory against Finland, then kept another clean sheet in a 4–0 win over Austria in the Euro 1988 qualifiers. [1] Moraru's last game played for the national team took place on 30 March 1988 in a 3–3 friendly draw against East Germany. [1]

Personal life

Moraru's cousin Ștefan Georgescu was a footballer who played for Metalul București. [4]

Honours

Steaua București

Sportul Studențesc București

Dinamo București

Individual

Notes

  1. ↑ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team. [1] [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Dumitru Moraru". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dumitru Moraru at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Dumitru Moraru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Tricolorii în Antalya: Povestea despre fotbal și națională a portarului care la 18 ani apăra la Steaua, iar la 19 ani reprezenta România" [The tricolors in Antalya: The story about football and the national team of the goalkeeper who at the age of 18 played at Steaua, and at the age of 19 represented Romania] (in Romanian). Frf.ro. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ""Câine" convins, Țețe Moraru a debutat în prima divizie la Steaua. Cu… Dinamo!" [Convinced "dog", Țețe Moraru made his debut in the first division at Steaua. With… Dinamo!] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. 1 2 "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Romanian Cup – Season 1975–1976". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "Romanian Cup – Season 1981–1982". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  9. ↑ "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1985–1986". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
    "Finale de nota 10 Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. Au băut dintr-o cupă găurită" [Grade 10 Finals Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. They drank from a cup with holes] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Când Dinamo elimina marele Inter – Cupa UEFA, turul II, 4 noiembrie 1981" [When Dinamo eliminated the great Inter – UEFA Cup, round II, 4 November 1981] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    "Dumitru Moraru, căpitanul lui Dinamo în 1984, afectat de mărturiile lui Cornel Dinu: "Plâng ca un copil. Tremur tot. Noi am fost niște blatiști?"" [Dumitru Moraru, the captain of Dinamo in 1984, affected by the testimonies of Cornel Dinu: "I cry like a child. I am shaking. Were we blasphemers?"] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 25 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
    "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semi-final with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
    "Dumitru Moraru. Champions League 1983/1984". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Romania - Player of the Year Awards". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "Costel Orac, dialog deschis cu Ioanițoaia despre Dinamo, blaturi și problemele de sănătate: "Am făcut infarct cu complicații! Medicii m-au salvat, doar 5% mai supraviețuiesc"" [Costel Orac, open dialogue with Ioanițoaia about Dinamo, fixed games and health problems: "I had a heart attack with complications! The doctors saved me, only 5% survive "] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
    "Interviu cu Orac, omul care a bătut Inter Milano și Hamburg: Lumea mă ia peste picior pe stradă din cauza situației de la Dinamo. Au greșit cu Bratu, iar politica de transferuri a fost dezastruoasă!" [Interview with Orac, the man who beat Inter Milan and Hamburg: People take me by surprise on the street because of the situation at Dinamo. They were wrong with Bratu, and the transfer policy was disastrous!] (in Romanian). Pariurix.ro. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "Greece 1-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. ↑ "Povestea României la primul Euro, din 1984: am lăsat Italia acasă! Fără niciun stelist, cu cel mai tânăr selecţioner pe bancă şi debutul lui Hagi la un turneu final la doar 19 ani" [Romania's story at the first Euro, from 1984: we left Italy at home! Without any Steaua player, with the youngest coach on the bench and Hagi's debut at a final tournament at only 19 years old] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 June 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
    "EURO 1984: România intră "pe marile bulevarde ale fotbalului". 33 de ani de la golul lui Boloni cu Italia, surprizele lui Lucescu pentru EURO" [EURO 1984: Romania enters "the great boulevards of football". 33 years since Boloni's goal against Italy, Lucescu's surprises for the EURO] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
    "Portugal 1-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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