Dumitru Macri

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Dumitru Macri
Personal information
Date of birth (1931-04-28) 28 April 1931 (age 90)
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[a] 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

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

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]

Personal life[]

His family comes from Ampelochori, a small village near Kalabaka, Greece.[11] 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. ^ a b c Dumitru Macri Romaniansoccer statistics at Romaniansoccer.ro
  2. ^ a b c d "Player profile". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Dumitru Macri profile". 11v11. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ Dumitru Macri at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ a b "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. ^ a b Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1961". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  7. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c "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. ^ Ο θρύλος της Ραπίντ Βουκουρεστίου από το Αμπελοχώρι Καλαμπάκας sportrikala.gr
  12. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1960 - 1961". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1961 - 1962". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 31 May 2020.


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