Ion Dumitru

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.

Liță Dumitru
Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest
Personal information
Full name Ion Dumitru
Date of birth (1950-01-02) 2 January 1950
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
central midfielder
Youth career
1963–1964 Confecția București
1964–1967 Rapid București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1967–1972 Rapid București 110 (11)
1972–1980 Steaua București 213 (47)
1980–1982 Politehnica Timişoara 46 (2)
1982–1983 Universitatea Craiova 4 (0)
1983–1984 CFR Timişoara
1984–1985 Politehnica Timişoara 33 (1)
1986–1988 Rapid București 37 (3)
1988–1989 Würzburger Kickers
Total 443 (64)
International career
1971–1976 Romania Olympic[1] 7 (2)
1970–1980 Romania[2] 50 (10)
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

He is currently a youth coach at the Kalonji Soccer Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.

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
YearAppsGoals
197090
197140
197270
197352
197441
197571
197620
197785
197810
197921
198010
Total5010

International goals

Scores and results table. "Score" indicates the score after the player's goal:

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
16 May 1973Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania Albania1–04–11974 FIFA World Cup qualification
214 October 1973Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania Finland1–09–01974 FIFA World Cup qualification
323 July 1974Stadionul 1 Mai, Constanța, Romania Japan2–04–1Friendly
424 September 1975Kaftanzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki, Greece Greece1–01–11973–76 Balkan Cup
523 March 1977Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania Turkey2–04–01977–80 Balkan Cup
627 April 1977Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania East Germany1–11–1Friendly
721 September 1977Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania Greece1–06–1Friendly
83–1
95–1
1021 March 1979Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania Greece1–03–0Friendly

Honours

Player

Rapid București
Steaua București
Politehnica Timișoara
Universitatea Craiova

Individual

Coach

Würzburger Kickers
Jiul Petroșani
Al-Jaish

References

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