Dorin Mateuț

Dorin Mateuț (born 2 August 1965) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.

Club career

Corvinul Hunedoara

Dorin Mateuț was born in Bogata-Curtuiuș, Cluj County on 2 August 1965, but his birth was declared by his family to the authorities on 5 August. He made his Divizia A debut on 14 October 1981, playing for Corvinul Hunedoara in a 3–1 victory against Olt Scornicești under coach Mircea Lucescu, a coach who he would also work with at Dinamo București and Brescia. The highlights of his five seasons and a half spent at Corvinul were a third place in the 1981–82 Divizia A season, also appearing in three games from the 1982–83 UEFA Cup campaign, as they got past Grazer AK in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by FK Sarajevo against whom he scored a goal.

Dinamo București

He was transferred in the middle of the 1986–87 season to Dinamo București. He scored an astounding 43 goals, only one from a penalty kick, to take the top-goalscorer title and even the European Golden Boot in the 1988–89 season, also he scored two goals against Dundee United in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup campaign as the team reached the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria. In the following season, Mateuț helped Dinamo win The Double, Lucescu giving him 22 appearances in which he scored nine goals, also scoring one goal in the Cupa României final which ended with a 6–4 victory against rivals Steaua București and he scored one goal with Dinamo Tirana, then three goals against Panathinaikos in eight matches from the 1989–90 European Cup Winners' Cup as Dinamo reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated after 2–0 on aggregate by Anderlecht. For the way he played in 1988, Mateuț was named the Romanian Footballer of the Year.

Real Zaragoza

After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Mateuț went to play abroad, in Spain at Real Zaragoza. He made his La Liga debut on 14 October 1990 under coach Ildo Maneiro in a 1–1 with Betis Sevilla. In the following three games he scored a goal in a 2–2 with Real Valladolid, netted both goals of the 2–0 over Tenerife and the only goal in the 1–0 with Athletic Bilbao, managing a total of seven league goals until the end of the season. In the next season he scored only three league goals, then before leaving the club he scored a hat-trick in November 1992 against Boldklubben Frem in a 5–1 from the second round of the 1992–93 UEFA Cup.

Brescia and Reggiana

Mateuț went to play for Mircea Lucescu's " Brescia Romena" as during around that period his fellow Romanians Gheorghe Hagi, Florin Răducioiu, Ioan Sabău and Dănuț Lupu also played for the club. He made his Serie A debut on 29 November 1992 in a 2–1 away loss in front of Inter Milan.

In the following season he left Brescia to go and play for Reggiana where in his first game he scored a goal in a 2–0 win over Cremonese, until the end of the season scoring two more goals in another two victories against Cagliari and Lecce.

Return to Romania

In 1995, Mateuț made a comeback at Dinamo for one year and a half, then he went at Sportul Studențesc where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 23 March 1996 in a 1–0 victory against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, having a total of 281 matches with 134 goals scored in the competition, also gaining a total of 25 games played with 12 goals scored in European competitions.

International career

Dorin Mateuț played 56 matches and scored 10 goals for Romania, making his debut on 7 February 1984 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him on the field in the 81st minute in order to replace Aurel Țicleanu in a friendly which ended 1–1 with Algeria. In his following game, a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Greece, Mateuț scored his first goal. He played four games, scoring one goal at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, five games in which he scored once at the Euro 1988 qualifiers and six games in which he scored twice at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, also being selected by coach Emerich Jenei to be part of the final tournament squad, playing the final minutes in a group game against Argentina which ended 1–1. Mateuț's last game for the national team was a 1–1 with Bulgaria 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 1990 World Cup, Mateuț was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

Career statistics

International

:''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: 1988–89
*'' Gazeta Sporturilor'' Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1988
* European Golden Shoe: 1988–89

References

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1965 births
Living people
Romanian men's footballers
Romania men's under-21 international footballers
Romania men's international footballers
FC Corvinul Hunedoara players
FC Dinamo București players
Real Zaragoza players
Brescia Calcio players
AC Reggiana 1919 players
FC Sportul Studențesc București players
Liga I players
La Liga players
Serie A players
Romanian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
1990 FIFA World Cup players
Men's association football midfielders
Footballers from Cluj County
20th-century Romanian sportsmen