Dumitru Moraru

Dumitru Moraru

Personal information
Date of birth	(1956-05-08) 8 May 1956 (age 68)
Place of birth	București, Romania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1966–1972	Metalul București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(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)
Total		490	(0)
International career
	Romania U21	6	(0)
	Romania U23	5	(0)
	Romania B	2	(0)
1975–1988	Romania [a]	39	(0)
Managerial career
2018–	Romania U-19 (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.

Club career

Dumitru Moraru was born in București, growing up in the Pantelimon neighborhood, where he started playing football in 1966 at the junior teams of Metalul București, where he earned the nickname "Țețe" (Tsetse) after a teammate told him in a cantonment that he sleeps so much as he would have been bitten by a tsetse fly. ^{[3] [4] [5]} In two seasons spent at Metalul's senior team, he played 56 games in Divizia B, after which he went to play for Steaua București. ^{[3] [2]} He 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, however his performance in the match was appreciated by journalist Eftimie Ionescu who gave him an 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 Steaua win the title in each of those seasons, also winning 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 for Sportul Studențesc București where he won the 1979–80 Balkans Cup. ^{[3] [4] [5]} Then Moraru was transferred from Sportul Studențesc to Dinamo București, where he played 31 league games in each of his first three seasons as the club won the title in all of them, working at the first with coach Valentin Stănescu and at the other two with Nicolae Dumitru. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} He also won three Cupa României, the first one after a final with FC Baia Mare and the following two after finals with rivals Steaua București, in the one from 1986, under the guidance of coach Mircea Lucescu he managed to keep a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory with The Military Men who had recently just won the European Cup. ^{[3] [4] [5] [8]} He made some notable performances with Dinamo in European competitions as helping it eliminate Inter Milan in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup and appearing in eight matches in the 1983–84 European Cup season, being the team's captain as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where the campaign ended in front of Liverpool. ^{[3] [4] [5] [9]} For the way he played in 1984, Moraru was placed fifth in the ranking for the Romanian Footballer of the Year award. ^[10]

After eight seasons spent at Dinamo, Moraru alongside teammates Costel Orac and Alexandru Nicolae were transferred to Victoria București, but only for a short while, after which he went to play in Norway at IK Start where he ended his career in 1991 by playing a total of 41 league games over the course of two seasons, a career in which he made a total of 393 appearances in Divizia A and 33 in European competitions. ^{[3] [4] [11] [12]}

International career

Dumitru Moraru played 38 games for Romania, making his debut on 24 September 1975 under coach Valentin Stănescu in a 1–1 with Greece at the 1973–76 Balkan Cup. ^{[1] [13]} He played one game at each of the 1978 and 1982 World Cup qualifiers, also making three appearances, including two clean sheets in wins over Sweden and Italy at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, being used by coach Mircea Lucescu in a 1–0 loss against Portugal in the group stage of the final tournament. ^{[1] [14]} Moraru made one appearance at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers which was a 2–0 victory against Finland, then keeping another clean sheet in a 4–0 over Austria at the Euro 1988 qualifiers, his last game played for the national team taking place on 30 March 1988 in a friendly which ended 3–3 with East Germany. ^[1]

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78 ^[2]
• Cupa României: 1975–76 ^[2]

Sportul Studențesc București

• Balkans Cup: 1979–80 ^{[4] [5]}

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 ^[2]
• Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 ^[2]

Individual

• Romanian Footballer of the Year (fifth place): 1984 ^[10]

Notes

1. Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. "Dumitru Moraru". European Football. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
2. Dumitru Moraru at National-Football-Teams.com
3. Dumitru Moraru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
4. "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. ""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. "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.
   "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.
9. "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.
10. "Romania - Player of the Year Awards". Rsssf.org. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
11. "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.
12. "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. "Portugal 1-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

External links

• Dumitru Moraru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Dumitru Moraru at WorldFootball.net
• Romania National Team 1970–1979 – Details
• Romania National Team 1980–1989 – Details