Dumitru Nicolae

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Dumitru Nicolae
Personal information
Full nameNicolae Nicușor Dumitru
Date of birth(1928-12-12)12 December 1928
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 8 August 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 76)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1945–1947 Sportul Studențesc
1947–1949 Metalul Bucureşti
1949–1959 Dinamo București
Total189 (55)
National team
1953–1955 Romania 8 (0)
Teams managed
1962 Dinamo București
1965–1967 Victoria București
1967–1969 SC Bacău
1969–1970 Dinamo București
1971–1972 Dinamo București
1973–1974 Ghana
1974–1976 Dinamo București
1976–1978 SC Bacău
1982–1984 Dinamo București
1984–1986 SC Bacău
1986–1988 Victoria București
1988–1989 Argeș Pitești
1991 Progresul Brăila
1993 Progresul București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dumitru Nicolae "Nicuşor" (12 December 1928 – 8 August 2005) was a Romanian striker and manager. He is the coach with the most championship titles won in Romania, winning Divizia A on six occasions (1961,1963,1970,1974,1982,1983), all with Dinamo Bucharest. [1] Nicolae also won a Romanian Cup in 1984, and went on to guide Dinamo to European Cup semi-finals in 1984.

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References

  1. "Istorie Liga I" (in Romanian). lpf.ro.