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Ion Dumitru

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Liță Dumitru
Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest
Personal information
Full name Ion Dumitru
Date of birth (1950-01-02) 2 January 1950 (age 74)
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

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.

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

Career

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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

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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

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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

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Player

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Rapid București
Steaua București
Politehnica Timișoara
Universitatea Craiova

Individual

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Coach

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Würzburger Kickers
Jiul Petroșani
Al-Jaish

References

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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.
  4. ^ a b Razvan Toma (8 January 2015). "Romania – Player of the Year Awards". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Steaua captain
1975–1980
Succeeded by