Nicolae Dumitru (footballer)
Nicolae "Nicușor" Dumitru (12 December 1928 – 8 August 2005) was a Romanian striker and manager. He is the coach with the most championship titles won in Romania, winning Divizia A on nine occasions (five as an assistant coach), all with Dinamo Bucharest.[1][2] Nicolae Dumitru also won two Romanian Cups, and went on to guide Dinamo to the European Cup semi-finals in the 1983–84 season.[1] He has a total of 558 matches as manager in Divizia A.[3]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicolae Nicușor Dumitru | ||
Date of birth | 12 December 1928 | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Date of death | 8 August 2005 76) | (aged||
Place of death | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1947 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
1947–1949 | Metalul Bucureşti | 23 | (10) |
1949–1959 | Dinamo București | 166 | (45) |
Total | 189 | (55) | |
National team | |||
1953–1955 | Romania | 8 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
1959–1962 | Dinamo București | ||
1965–1967 | Victoria București | ||
1967–1969 | SC Bacău | ||
1969–1970 | Dinamo București | ||
1971–1972 | Dinamo București | ||
1973–1974 | Ghana | ||
1974–1976 | Dinamo București | ||
1976–1978 | SC Bacău | ||
1982–1984 | Dinamo București | ||
1984–1986 | SC Bacău | ||
1986–1988 | Victoria București | ||
1988–1989 | Argeș Pitești | ||
1991 | Progresul Brăila | ||
1993 | Progresul București | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
International career
Nicolae Dumitru played 8 games at international level for Romania.[4] He made his debut at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers under coach Gheorghe Popescu I, playing in three games, the first one was a 2–0 loss against Czechoslovakia, the second was a 3–1 victory against Bulgaria and the third was a 1–0 loss against Czechoslovakia.[4][5][6][7] His following five games were friendlies, his last appearance was in a 1–1 against Bulgaria.[4][8]
Honours
References
- ""Scaraoschi" de la Dinamo" ["Scaraoschi" from Dinamo] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- Nicolae Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- "Nicolae Dumitru "Nicuşor"". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Czechoslovakia - Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Romania - Bulgaria 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Romania - Czechoslovakia 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- "Romania - Bulgaria 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- Nicolae Dumitru at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Nicolae Dumitru at WorldFootball.net
- Nicolae Dumitru player statistics at Labtof
- Nicolae Dumitru manager statistics at Labtof
- Nicolae Dumitru at EU-football