Dorin MateuÈ›
Dorin " Mateo " Mateut (* August 5, 1965 in Bogata - Curtuiuş, Cluj County ) is a former Romanian football player. In 1989 Mateut won the Golden Shoe as top scorer in Europe. He participated in the Soccer World Cup 1990.
Career as a player
Dorin Mateut began his career in 1978 with CS Hunedoara and moved to the youth of Corvinul Hunedoara two years later. On 14 October 1981 he was at the game against FC Olt Scorniceşti at the age of 16 years, made his debut in the first team in the highest Romanian football league. In the 1982/83 season at Corvinul he managed to jump to the key players and the club the way into the second round of the UEFA Cup. In order to give his career a further boost, Mateut moved during the winter break 1986/87 to Dinamo Bucharest. There were the years 1989 and 1990, the most successful of his career. In the 1988/89 season was Mateut with 43 -goal top scorer Divizia A and at the same time winner of the Golden Boot for most goals in Europe. In the following season Mateut Dinamo won with the Romanian Championship and the Romanian Cup and thus ended the winning streak of Steaua Bucharest. In the same season he reached the semifinals in the European Cup Winners' Cup.
After the FIFA World Cup 1990 Mateut changed in September 1990 - as many Romanian national team before - abroad. After an initially agreed transfer to FC Barcelona did not materialize, he joined for a fee of U.S. $ 600,000 Real Zaragoza of the Spanish Primera División on. After varying success Mateut was hardly taken into account in Saragossa at the beginning of the 1992/93 season, so he decided during the winter break to a change in the Italian Serie A Brescia Calcio. After he came just a little too used here, Mateut moved to league rivals AC Reggiana, but could turn - even by a meniscus tear due - not to build on its previous achievements.
During the winter break of the 1994/95 season Mateut therefore returned to Romania and played from then on for his former club Dinamo Bucharest before moving to Sportul Studenţesc after only one year, and there ended his career in the winter break of the 1995/96 season. He had brought it to a total of 12 goals in 23 European matches and 147 goals in 374 games the first three leagues Romania, Spain and Italy.
National
In 1983 Mateut took part in the U-18 Football Championship in England with Romania. His debut in the Romanian national football team he was on 7 February 1984 against Algeria, but was still not nominated by national coach Mircea Lucescu for the European Football Championship 1984 in France. Instead, he took part in the World Cup in Italy in 1990 and completed a game. 1991 ended Mateut his international career. He played a total of 56 matches in which he scored 10 goals. There is also a game in the Under-21 national football team of Romania.
Career as a coach
After the active career, Mateut first tried as a business man and acquired a number of properties. Between 2004 and 2006 he assisted Ioan Andone at Dinamo Bucharest as an assistant coach and was at that time one Romanian Cup Winners' Cup. As of December 2006 Mateut attended the training school in Bucharest in order to obtain a valid coaching license. Despite passing the exam, he returned to the football back and opened a restaurant in 13 Septembrie, a neighborhood in Sector 5 Bucharest. Later it was quiet around him until his alcoholism became public knowledge in August 2010.
Successes as a player
- World Cup participants: 1990
- Golden Shoe: 1989
- Romanian scorer: 1989
- Romanian champions: 1990
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1990
- Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1988
Awards
On 25 March 2008 Mateut was " sporty Meritul " III by Romanian President Traian Basescu for the achievements in the national team with the Order of Merit. Class excellent. He is Honored Master of Sports.
Others
Mateut is married and has two daughters. The eldest daughter, Natalia Mateut (* 1991) is a successful model.