Dorel Mutică (born 14 March 1973) is a

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n former professional

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and currently a manager. He played mainly as a defender for teams such as:

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

Rapid București Rapid(s) or RAPID may refer to: Hydrological features * Rapids, sections of a river with turbulent water flow * Rapid Creek (Iowa River tributary), Iowa, United States * Rapid Creek (South Dakota), United States, namesake of Rapid City Sport ...

CSM Reșița Asociația Club Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional Football (soccer), football club based in Reșița, Caraș-Severin County, which competes in the Liga II. The club was foun ...

, Steaua București or Lombard Pápa, among others. After retirement Mutică started his career as a football manager, occupying this position at fourth tier sides Frontiera Curtici and Progresul Pecica, both from

Arad County Arad County () is an administrative division ( județ) of Romania roughly translated into county in the western part of the country on the border with Hungary, mostly in the region of Crișana and few villages in Banat. The administrative cente ...

, where Mutică settled. His nickname, Mutamba, was given to him by

Iulian Chiriță Iulian Chiriță (born 2 February 1967) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Chiriță was born on 2 February 1967 in Târgoviște, Romania, starting to play youth level football at CSȘ T ...

, after Congolese footballer Mutamba Kabongo.

International career

Mutică played for Romania U21 since he was a second division player at UTA Arad, then he made his debut for the first representative of Romania on 2 February 2000 in a friendly match against

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Personal life

Dorel Mutică is married to his wife, Mirela, for over 15 years and they have a son together, named Denis Alexandru.

Honours

Player

; Rapid București *

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: Winner 1998–99 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: Runner-up 1994–95 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

: Winner

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

; Runner-up

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

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* * * 1973 births Living people Footballers from Gorj County Romanian men's footballers Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players FC UTA Arad players FC Rapid București players FC Brașov (1936) players CSM Reșița players FCSB players FC U Craiova 1948 players CS Național Sebiș players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Pápai FC footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Romanian football managers {{Romania-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub