Ion Dumitru

Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950 in Bucureşti), 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	Bucureşti, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position(s)	Attacking midfielder central midfielder
Youth career
1963–1964	Confecția București
1964–1967	Rapid Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1972	Rapid Bucureşti	110	(11)
1972–1980	Steaua Bucureşti	213	(47)
1980–1982	Politehnica Timişoara	46	(2)
1982–1983	Universitatea Craiova	4	(0)
1983–1984	CFR Timişoara
1984–1985	Politehnica Timişoara	33	(1)
1985–1988	Rapid Bucureşti	37	(3)
1988–1989	Würzburger Kickers
Total		443	(64)
National team
1970–1980	Romania	57	(12)
Teams managed
1985	Politehnica Timişoara
1987–1988	Rapid Bucureşti
1989–1993	Würzburger Kickers
1994–1995	Național București
1995–1996	Jiul Petroșani
1996–1997	Rapid Bucureşti
1998	Rocar București
1999	Al-Jaish Damascus
2000	Al-Ta'ee
2000–2001	Politehnica Iași
2001	Callatis Mangalia
2001–2002	Romania U-19
2002–2003	VfR Heilbronn
2003–2005	Rapid Bucureşti (youth)
2007–2008	Concordia Chiajna
2009–2010	Concordia Chiajna
2011	Steaua București II
2013–2014	Romania U-18
2015–2017	Concordia Chiajna (youth)
2016–2017	Concordia II Chiajna
2017-	Kalonji Soccer Academy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is currently a coach at Kalonji Soccer Academy and their youths team KSA PRO-PROFILE in Atlanta, Georgia.

Career

A Romanian international, Dumitru represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[1] Regarded as one of Romania's greatest players he won the Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1973 and 1975.[2]

Honours

Player

Rapid Bucureşti

• Cupa României: 1971–72

Steaua București

• Romanian Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78
• Cupa României: 1975–76, 1978–79

Universitatea Craiova

• Cupa României: 1982–83

Individual

• Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1973, 1975[2]

Manager

Jiul Petroșani

• Divizia B: 1995–96

Al-Jaish

• Syrian League: 1999
• Arab Club Championship Runner-up: 1999

References

1. "Ion DUMITRU". FIFA.com. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
2. Razvan Toma (8 January 2015). "Romania - Player of the Year Awards". RSSSF. Retrieved 10 September 2015.

External links

• Ion Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• Ion Dumitru at National-Football-Teams.com

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