Dumitru Dumitriu
Dumitru " titi " Dumitriu ( born November 19, 1945 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach. He played 167 games in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A (now League 1). As a coach, he was able to win the Romanian championship four times.
- 3.1 as a player
- 3.2 as coach
Career as a player
After his youth at Rapid Bucharest Dumitriu moved in 1964 to ASA Sibiu and came during the season 1964/65 to Metalul Targoviste, which at the time in the second- highest Romanian league, the Divizia B, took. A year later he moved to league rivals AS Armata Tirgu Mures, where he in 1967 promotion to the first division, the Divizia A, succeeded. On August 20, 1967, he came there to its first use. After relegation at the end of the season he moved to Steaua Bucharest, one of the best clubs in the country.
With Steaua Dumitriu was able to order the Romanian championship play, but does not win. Instead, he won in 1969, 1970 and 1971 three times in a row the Romanian Cup. After he was no longer used in the 1971/72 season on a regular basis, he left Steaua after four years and returned to his former club Rapid Bucharest. With the Rapid season was only satisfactory in the European Cup.
In the summer of 1973 Dumitriu joined the Divizia B and joined Olimpia Satu Mare. Despite the rise, he moved a year later to league rivals FCM Galaţi, with whom he finished last at the end of the season. In 1975 he moved to the Divizia C to ICSIM Bucharest, where he started as a player-manager and hung up the football boots on the nail in 1977.
National
Dumitru played one match for the Romanian national football team on December 24, 1967 in a friendly against the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Career as a coach
Already at the end of his active career Dumitriu worked as player-manager of ICSIM Bucharest in Divizia C. In 1978 he came to the right in the Divizia C relegated CS Botosani, where he managed the immediate resurgence. After the walkover had just missed the following season, he took over in 1980, the league rivals Piatra Neamţ Ceahlăul. Here he was twice in the middle of the Divizia B place and moved in 1982 to Autobuzul Bucharest, which also played in Divizia B. Here, too, jumped out two midfield places before Dumitriu came to the Ascended just in the same league club Steaua Mizil in 1984. After two seasons in the midfield, his contract was not renewed. In 1987, he coached the third division Rulmentul Bârlad.
Dumitriu withdrew temporarily from football back until he completed a 45 - day course in the training school of Coverciano, in 1990. He then took over the Romanian U-21 national team, which he supervised for a year. With his brief involvement in Dacia Unirea Brăila Dumitriu helped the club in the season 1991/92 with Rank 6 for best placement in the club's history. In 1992 he joined as an assistant coach under Anghel Iordănescu to his former club Steaua Bucharest. Dumitriu Iordănescu followed a year later as an assistant coach for the Romanian national team. In the summer of 1994, he returned to Steaua and was the successor of Emerich Jenei head coach.
With Steaua Dumitriu had its most successful period as manager. He won the Romanian Cup in 1995, 1996 and 1997, the Romanian Cup and the years 1996 and 1997. In the Champions League, the club reached each of the group stage, but retired there from.
After three years at Steaua Dumitriu moved in 1997 to Greece for AEK Athens. There, however, he could not win a title and had a year later the club shortly before the end of the season already left again. After a stopover in Cyprus, he trained in March 1999, Rapid Bucharest, where he replaced the for a short time to Inter Milan Mircea Lucescu exchanged. At the beginning of the season 1999/2000 he took over Oţelul Galaţi. According to a ninth place at the end of the season he moved to league rivals Rocar Bucharest. There he dismounted at the end of the 2000/01 season, but was able to record the biggest success in club history by reaching the Cup final.
Dumitriu ventured again to Greece, where he took over Panionios Athens. A year later he moved back to Romania in the summer of 2002 to FCM Bacau, but was dismissed in October because of lack of success. After a short time as manager of Akratitos Ano Liosia Dumitru trained in the second half of the season 2003/ 04 for a short time the FC Oradea in Divizia A. During his tenure, but was only a single point in five league games to be won, so the club at the end seasonal decline. After a short time at Politehnica AEK Timişoara July-August 2004 Dumitriu was released after two defeats in their first two league games. Towards the end of the season 2004/ 05 he took over for three games Steaua Bucharest as successor to Walter Zenga and was able to celebrate his fourth championship.
Then moved to the newly founded Dumitriu FC Prefab 05 Modelu, first as a technical director and coach. From 2007 until its dissolution in November 2008, he was then president of the second division. He started training at the second team of Steaua Bucharest in the Liga II in early 2010, took mid-April 2010 but an offer from the first division to. In his involvement with Politehnica Iaşi in the last seven league games of the second half of the season 2009/10 he succeeded, however, not a single victory, which led to the relegation of the club in the League II and the dissolution of his contract.
Dumitriu was coordinator of youth at Steaua Bucharest in September 2010. He hit the headlines when the laid-off from him 13 September 2010 youth coach Lucian Bălan September 28, 2010 made a suicide attempt and the dismissal made subsequently responsible and Dumitriu the attempted match-fixing at the beginning of the season 1994/95 accused.
Achievements
As a player
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1969, 1970, 1971
As coach
- Romanian champion: 1995, 1996, 1997, 2006
- Romanian Cup Winners: 1996, 1997
Awards
On 25 March 2008 Dumitriu was " sporty Meritul " III by Romanian President Traian Basescu for services as assistant coach of the national team with the Order of Merit. Class excellent. He is Honored Master of Sports.
Private
Dumitru Dumitriu is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu (* 1942), who was a seven-time Romanian national team. To distinguish it from its namesake he was described in the Romanian sports press as Dumitriu III.