Dumitru Macri

Dumitru Macri (born 28 April 1931) is a Romanian former football player and manager.[4]

Dumitru Macri
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-04-28) 28 April 1931
Place of birth Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
1947–1949 Flacăra Roșie București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1966 Rapid București[lower-alpha 1] 221 (1)
National team
1956–1957 Romania B[3] 2 (0)
1959 Romania Olympic[3] 2 (0)
1958–1962 Romania 8 (0)
Teams managed
1971 CFR Timișoara
1973 Rapid București
1974–1975 Algeria
1984 Olt Scornicești
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Born in Bucharest, Macri played all of his career for Rapid București.[2] He was the club's captain between 1952 and 1966.[5] In 1961, Macri became the first Romanian footballer to be nominated for the Ballon d'Or.[6][7]

He also earned 8 caps for the Romanian national team between 1958 and 1962, making his debut in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Hungary.[2][8] He also played two games for the Euro 1960 and 1964 qualifiers.[8] He also appeared twice for Romania's Olympic team at the 1960 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[8][3]

Coaching career

Macri was manager at CFR Timișoara, Rapid București and Olt Scornicești in Divizia A.[9] He also managed the Algerian national team from 1974 until 1975.[10]

Later life

He left Romania in 1986, moving to France with his son, an architect.[5]

Honours

Club

Rapid București

Individual

Notes
  1. The appearances and goals scored at the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not official, also the statistics for the 1952 and 1955 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1][2]

References
  1. Dumitru Macri Romaniansoccer statistics at Romaniansoccer.ro
  2. "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. "Dumitru Macri profile". 11v11. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. Dumitru Macri at WorldFootball.net
  5. "Take Macri, suparat foc pe Romania: Popor ingrat, nu vei avea nici oasele mele!" (in Romanian). Ziare. 22 January 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  6. Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. "Dumitru Macri, primul fotbalist român nominalizat la Balonul de Aur! Gică Hagi, aproape de succes în 1994" [Dumitru Macri, the first Romanian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball! Gica Hagi, almost successful in 1994] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  8. "Dumitru Macri profile". EU Football. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  9. "Dumitru Macri manager profile". Labtof. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  10. "Algeria National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  11. "Romanian Cup - Season 1960 - 1961". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  12. "Romanian Cup - Season 1961 - 1962". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2020.


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