Dumitru Ivan (14 May 1938 – 17 June 2015) was a Romanian

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Club career

Dumitru Ivan was born on 14 May 1938 in

București Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...

and started to play football in 1955 at the junior squads of Locomotiva București. in 1959 he started his senior career at Divizia B team,

Dinamo Obor București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

, transferring after one season at

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

, making his

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debut on 19 June 1960 in a 3–1 away loss against Farul Constanța, spending a total 8 seasons at the club, winning four consecutive

titles from 1962 until 1965, in the first he played 26 matches, in the second he played 25 games and scored one goal, in the last two he made 19 appearances in each. He also won the

1963–64 Cupa României The 1963–64 Cupa României was the 26th edition of Romania's most prestigious Association football, football Single-elimination tournament, cup competition. The title was won by FC Dinamo București, Dinamo București against FC Steaua Bucureș ...

with '' The Red Dogs'' and represented them in 10

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matches, transferring in 1967 at Argeș Pitești where on 7 December 1969 he made his last

appearance in a 2–2 against Universitatea Craiova, a competition in which he gained a total of 163 appearances with two goals scored, also he played six games in the

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for Argeș. In 1970, Ivan went to play in West Germany at TUS Wansee for five seasons, after which he retired from his playing career. Dumitru Ivan died in 17 June 2015 at age 77 in his home from

, after suffering from cirrhosis and diabetes.

International career

Dumitru Ivan played 6 matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1961 under coach

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in a friendly which ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey. His following game was a 3–1 victory against Spain at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers. Ivan's following matches were friendlies, the last one being a 0–0 against Turkey played on 9 October 1963. He also played for Romania's Olympic team, competing in the men's tournament at the

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where he played in a 1–1 against Iran from the group stage, the team finishing the competition on the 5th place.

Honours

Dinamo București *

: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 1963–64

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