Silviu Dumitrescu (born 4 February 1953) is a

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n former professional

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and manager.

Career

Silviu Dumitrescu played in the

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in over 150 matches for CS Târgoviște, being one of the members of the so called "golden generation" of the club along with players such as:

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, Ion Ene, Florea Alexandru, Ionel Pitaru, Dumitru Gheorghe, Claudius Sava, Nelu Isaia, Gheorghe Greaca, Florin Grigore, Nicolae Enache, Petre Marinescu, Ion Constantin, Ilie Niculescu, Viorel Radu, Constantin Miia, Gheorghe Voinea, Mihai Iatan, Mihai Banu, Mihai Mărgelatu, Gheorghe Filipescu and Dumitru Economu. This generation achieved two promotions in the top tier and the best performance in the history of the football from

Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the ...

(7th place).

Manager career

As a football manager Dumitrescu started his career in 1992 at Cimentul Fieni and after two good seasons he was appointed by Chindia Târgoviște. At Chindia, together with his assistants, Vasile Silaghi and Gheorghe Păsărică, he created one of the best squads that ever played on Eugen Popescu Stadium. Even if probably this team was not as good as Dumitrescu's generation, the promotion achieved in 1996, after 12 years of lower divisions, the style of playing and the composition of the squad, made of local players, won the heart of the supporters and gave to the club a nickname that will last for years, "Micul Ajax" (The Little Ajax). In that Chindia squad were players such as:

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, Vasile Bârdeș, Bogdan Liță, Cristian Țermure,

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, Remus Gâlmencea or

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. Dumitrescu left Târgoviște in 1997, but his career would reach the peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Firstly he obtained a qualification in the

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with

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, then two promotions in the

with

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(1999) and Gaz Metan Mediaș (2001). In 2006 after a season spent at Târgoviște, Dumitrescu moved to

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were he had two short spells at

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and

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. In 2011 he returned to Chindia, firstly as a manager, then as a technical director and again as a manager.

Honours

Player

; CS Târgoviște *

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: Winner (2): 1976–77, 1980–81

Manager

; Chindia Târgoviște *

: Winner: 1995–96 *

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

: Winner: 1994–95 ; Rocar București *

: Winner: 1998–99 ; Gaz Metan Mediaș *

: Winner: 2000–01

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Silviu Dumitrescu
at labtof.ro 1953 births Living people Footballers from Târgoviște Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FCM Târgoviște players Romanian football managers FC Argeș Pitești managers AFC Rocar București managers CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers FK Apolonia Fier managers KF Besa Kavajë managers AFC Chindia Târgoviște managers Romanian expatriate football managers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate football managers in Albania {{Romania-footy-defender-stub