Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950, 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 ...

), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a

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former professional

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, and manager who played as a

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from 1967 until 1989. He is currently a youth coach at the Kalonji Soccer Academy in

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Career

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, Dumitru represented his country at the

1970 FIFA World Cup The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...

. Regarded as one of Romania's greatest players he won the

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in 1973 and 1975.

Honours

Player

;Rapid București *

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: 1971–72 ;Steaua București *

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: 1975–76, 1977–78 *

: 1975–76, 1978–79 ;Universitatea Craiova *

: 1982–83

Individual

: 1973, 1975

Manager

;Jiul Petroșani *

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: 1995–96 ;Al-Jaish *

Syrian League The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...

: 1999 *

Arab Club Championship The Arab Club Champions Cup ( ar, كأس العرب للأندية الأبطال, french: Ligue des Champions Arabe) is an annual regional club football competition organised by the Union of Arab Football Associations (UAFA) and contested by elit ...

Runner-up:

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* * 1950 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Olympic footballers of Romania Romania international footballers Association football forwards FC Rapid București players FC Steaua București players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC CFR Timișoara players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Romanian football managers Romanian expatriate football managers FC Rapid București managers Liga I players Liga II players FC Politehnica Timișoara managers FC Progresul București managers CSM Jiul Petroșani managers AFC Rocar București managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers Würzburger Kickers managers Al-Ta'ee managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Saudi Professional League managers {{romania-footy-forward-stub