Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in
Bucharest
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), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian
footballer
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and coach. He is the younger brother of
Emil Dumitriu
Emil Dumitriu (born 5 November 1942), commonly known as Nichi Dumitru or Dumitriu II, is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Emil "Nichi" Dumitriu was born on 5 November 1942 in Bucharest, Romania, starting to play ...
''(Dumitriu II)'' who was an International footballer and champion of Romania with
Rapid București
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and the elder brother of
Constantin Dumitriu
Constantin Dumitriu (born 14 November 1953), commonly known as Dumitriu IV is a Romanian former football midfielder. He is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu II)'' and Dumitru Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu III)'' who were international foo ...
''(Dumitriu IV)'' who won the Romanian championship with
Steaua București.
Playing career
Dumitriu started his youth career with
Rapid București
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and made his senior career debut with
Metalul Târgoviște in 1964. After a year, he moved to
ASA Târgu Mureș, where he spent three years. In 1968, he signed with
Steaua București, where he played until 1972. In the same year he joined Bucharest city rivals
Rapid București
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. He also played for
Olimpia Satu Mare
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,
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Co ...
and ICSIM București.
He won a cap for
Romania
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in 1967.
Coaching career
After he quit playing in 1977, he became quickly a player/manager for ICSIM București, amongst others in the beginning he managed lower league sides such as Rapid Fetești, Autobuzul București, Steaua Mizil, and Rulmentul Bârlad.
The highlight of his career as a manager was with Steaua București, qualifying them three times in a row in the
UEFA Champions League
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and also winning the
Romanian First League
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in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1999 and 2005 he won the championship again, this time with
Rapid București
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and then with
FCSB
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, leading him to a total of 5 championships won.
He also guided Steaua to two
Romanian Cup
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s in 1996 and 1997, and two
Romanian Supercup
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s in 1994 and 1995.
In 1994, he was the assistant coach to
Anghel Iordănescu
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in the
1994 FIFA World Cup
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.
In the 1997–98 season he reached the
Cup Winners' Cup
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quarter-finals
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as
AEK Athens FC
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manager, losing a semi-final place to
Lokomotiv Moscow
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in the last minute of the second leg match.
Honours
Player
;Steaua București
*
Romanian Cup
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(3):
1968–69,
1969–70,
1970–71
Manager
;Steaua București
*
Romanian First League
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(3):
1994–95,
1995–96,
1996–97
*
Romanian Cup
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(2):
1995–96,
1996–97
*
Romanian Supercup
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(2):
1994
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,
1995
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;Rapid București
*
Romanian First League
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(1):
1998–99
;Rocar București
*
Romanian Cup
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runner-up (1):
2000–01
;FCSB
*
Romanian First League
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(1):
2004–05
Notes
The 1965–1966 appearances and goals made for
ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.
The 1966–1967 appearances made for
ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.
References
External links
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*
Dumitru Dumitriu profileat SteauaFC.com
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Living people
1945 births
Footballers from Bucharest
Romanian footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Rapid București players
FC Olimpia Satu Mare players
CSA Steaua București footballers
Liga I players
Romania international footballers
Romanian expatriate football managers
Romanian football managers
AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila players
Apollon Limassol FC managers
AEK Athens F.C. managers
CSA Steaua București managers
FC Steaua București managers
FC Rapid București managers
FC Politehnica Timișoara managers
ASC Oțelul Galați managers
AFC Rocar București managers
Panionios F.C. managers
A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia managers
FCM Bacău managers
FC Bihor Oradea managers
CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers
Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
Expatriate football managers in Greece
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus