Dorin Mateuț (born 2 August 1965) is a retired

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who played as an offensive midfielder.

Club career

Mateuț was born in Bogata-Curtuiuș,

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on 2 August 1965, but his birth was declared by his family to the authorities on 5 August 1965. He made his Divizia A on 14 October 1981 playing for

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in a 3–1 victory against Olt Scornicești under coach

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, a coach who he would also work with at

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and

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. After 5 seasons and a half in which he scored 36 goals in 132 Divizia A matches for Corvinul, helping the club finish 3rd in the

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, also appearing in three games in which he scored one goal in the

1982–83 UEFA Cup The 1982–83 UEFA Cup was the 12th edition of the UEFA Cup. It was won by Belgian club R.S.C. Anderlecht, Anderlecht on 2–1 aggregate over Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, Benfica. Association team allocation A total of 64 teams from 31 UEFA mem ...

, he was transferred in the middle of the 1986–87 season to

. He scored an astounding 43 goals, only one from a penalty kick, to take the top goalscorer title and even the

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in the 1988–89 season. In the following season Mateuț helped Dinamo win the league championship contributing with 9 goals scored in 22 matches, the Romanian cup in which he scored one goal in the final which ended with a 6–4 victory against Steaua București and he scored 4 goals in 8 matches as Dinamo reached the

1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup The 1989–90 season of the European Cup Winners' Cup was won for the only time by Sampdoria in the final against Anderlecht, 2–0 at Nya Ullevi in Gothenburg, on 9 May 1990. They went on to win 1990–91 Serie A, also being runners-up in the 199 ...

semi-finals. After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Mateuț went to play abroad, in Spain at

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club,

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. He retired after having spells in Italy at

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clubs,

and Reggiana, had a comeback at Dinamo and ended his career at Sportul Studențesc where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 23 March 1996 in a 1–0 victory against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. Dorin Mateuț has a total of 281 Divizia A appearances in which he scored 134 goals and 25 games played with 12 goals scored in European competitions.

International career

Dorin Mateuț played 56 matches and scored 10 goals for

, making his debut on 7 February 1984 when coach

sent him on the field in the 81st minute in order to replace Aurel Țicleanu in a friendly which ended 1–1 against

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. In his following game, a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against

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, Mateuț scored his first goal. He played four games, scoring one goal at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, five games in which he scored one goal at the Euro 1988 qualifiers and 6 games in which he scored two goals at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, also being part of the

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squad, playing in a group game against

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which ended 1–1. Mateuț's last game for the national team was a 1–1 against

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at the Euro 1992 qualifiers, where he appeared in a total of six games in which he scored two goals. For representing his country at the

, Mateuț was decorated by

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on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mateuț goal''.

Honours

Club

Dinamo București * Divizia A: 1989–90 * Cupa României: 1989–90

Individual

* Divizia A top scorer: 1989 *

Romanian Footballer of the Year The Romanian Footballer of the Year ( ro, Fotbalistul român al anului), also known as the Nicolae Dobrin Trophy ( ro, Trofeul Nicolae Dobrin), is an annual association football award given by the '' Gazeta Sporturilor'' newspaper to the Romanian ...

: 1988 *

European Golden Shoe The European Golden Shoe, also known as European Golden Boot, is an award that is presented each season to the leading goalscorer in league matches from the top division of a European national league. The trophy is a sculpture of a football boo ...

: 1989

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mateut, Dorin 1965 births Living people Romanian footballers Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers CS Corvinul Hunedoara players FC Dinamo București players Real Zaragoza players Brescia Calcio players A.C. Reggiana 1919 players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Liga I players La Liga players Serie A players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Italy 1990 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders People from Cluj County