Ion Dumitru

Liță Dumitru
	Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest
Personal information
Full name	Ion Dumitru
Date of birth	2 January 1950 (age 73)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder ; central midfielder
Youth career
1963–1964	Confecția București
1964–1967	Rapid București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1967–1972	Rapid București
1972–1980	Steaua București
1980–1982	Politehnica Timişoara
1982–1983	Universitatea Craiova
1983–1984	CFR Timişoara
1984–1985	Politehnica Timişoara
1986–1988	Rapid București
1988–1989	Würzburger Kickers
Total
International career
1971–1976	Romania Olympic
1970–1980	Romania
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–	Kalonji Soccer Academy
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Last updated May 22, 2023

Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a Romanian former professional footballer, and manager who played as a midfielder from 1967 until 1989.

Career

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

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

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

Player

Rapid București

Cupa României: 1971–72

Steaua București

Politehnica Timișoara

Cupa României runner-up: 1980–81

Universitatea Craiova

Cupa României: 1982–83

Individual

Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1973, 1975^[4]

Coach

Würzburger Kickers

Landesliga Bayern-Nord: 1989–90

Jiul Petroșani

Divizia B: 1995–96

Al-Jaish

Syrian League: 1999
Arab Club Championship runner-up: 1999

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References

↑ 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.
1 2 Razvan Toma (8 January 2015). "Romania – Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

External links

Ion Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Ion Dumitru at WorldFootball.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lajos Sătmăreanu	Steaua captain 1975–1980	Succeeded by Anghel Iordănescu

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[1] Ion Dumitru at National-Football-Teams.com

[2] "Ion Dumitru". European Football. Retrieved 27 January 2021.

[3] "Ion DUMITRU". FIFA. Archived from the original on 5 September 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

[rsssf.com-4] 1 2 Razvan Toma (8 January 2015). "Romania – Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

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