Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in

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), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian

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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

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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

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

. He also played for

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and ICSIM București. He won a cap for

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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

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and also winning the

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in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1999 and 2005 he won the championship again, this time with

and then with

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, leading him to a total of 5 championships won. He also guided Steaua to two

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s in 1996 and 1997, and two

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s in 1994 and 1995. In 1994, he was the assistant coach to

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in the

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. In the 1997–98 season he reached the

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manager, losing a semi-final place to

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in the last minute of the second leg match.

Honours

Player

;Steaua București *

(3): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71

Manager

;Steaua București *

(3): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97 *

(2): 1995–96, 1996–97 *

(2):

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;Rapid București *

(1): 1998–99 ;Rocar București *

runner-up (1): 2000–01 ;FCSB *

(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 profile
at SteauaFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumitriu, Dumitru 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