Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in Bucharest), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian football (soccer), footballer and coach. He is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu II)'' who was an International footballer and champion of Romania with FC Rapid București, Rapid București and the elder brother of Constantin Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu IV)'' who won the Romanian championship with CSA Steaua București (football), Steaua București.

Playing career

Dumitriu started his youth career with FC Rapid București, Rapid București and made his senior career debut with FC Târgoviște, Metalul Târgoviște in 1964. After a year, he moved to ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA Târgu Mureș, where he spent three years. In 1968, he signed with CSA Steaua București (football), Steaua București, where he played until 1972. In the same year he joined Bucharest city rivals FC Rapid București, Rapid București. He also played for Olimpia Satu Mare, Dunărea Galați, FCM Galați and ICSIM București. He won a cap for Romania national football team, Romania 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 and also winning the Divizia A, Romanian First League in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1999 and 2005 he won the championship again, this time with FC Rapid București, Rapid București and then with FCSB, leading him to a total of 5 championships won. He also guided Steaua to two Romanian Cups in 1996 and 1997, and two Romanian Supercups in 1994 and 1995. In 1994, he was the assistant coach to Anghel Iordănescu in the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In the 1997–98 season he reached the Cup Winners' Cup 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, quarter-finals as AEK Athens FC manager, losing a semi-final place to Lokomotiv Moscow in the last minute of the second leg match.

Honours

Player

;Steaua București *Cupa României, Romanian Cup (3): 1968–69 Cupa României, 1968–69, 1969–70 Cupa României, 1969–70, 1970–71 Cupa României, 1970–71

Manager

;Steaua București *Liga I, Romanian First League (3): 1994–95 Divizia A, 1994–95, 1995–96 Divizia A, 1995–96, 1996–97 Divizia A, 1996–97 *Cupa României, Romanian Cup (2): 1995–96 Cupa României, 1995–96, 1996–97 Cupa României, 1996–97 *Supercupa României, Romanian Supercup (2): 1994 Supercupa României, 1994, 1995 Supercupa României, 1995 ;Rapid București *Liga I, Romanian First League (1): 1998–99 Divizia A, 1998–99 ;Rocar București *Cupa României, Romanian Cup runner-up (1): 2000–01 Cupa României, 2000–01 ;FCSB *Liga I, Romanian First League (1): 2004–05 Divizia A, 2004–05

Notes

The 1965–1966 appearances and goals made for ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.
The 1966–1967 appearances made for ASA Târgu Mureș (1962), ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.

References

External links

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Dumitru Dumitriu profile
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