Ion Dumitru

Liță Dumitru

Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest
Personal information
Full name	Ion Dumitru
Date of birth	(1950-01-02) 2 January 1950 (age 72)
Place of birth	București, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 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)
National team
1971–1976	Romania Olympic[1]	7	(2)
1970–1980	Romania[2]	50	(10)
Teams managed
1985	Politehnica Timişoara
1987–1988	Rapid București
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 U-19
2002–2003	VfR Heilbronn
2003–2005	Rapid București (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

Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950, in București), 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[]

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]

Honours[]

Player[]

Rapid București

• Cupa României: 1971–72

Steaua București

• 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^[4]

Manager[]

Jiul Petroșani

• Divizia B: 1995–96

Al-Jaish

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

References[]

External links[]

• Ion Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• Ion Dumitru at WorldFootball.net

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