Nicolae Dumitru (footballer)

Nicolae "Nicușor" Dumitru (12 December 1928 – 8 August 2005) was a Romanian striker and manager. He is the coach with the most championship titles won in Romania, winning Divizia A on nine occasions (five as an assistant coach), all with Dinamo Bucharest.[1][2] Nicolae Dumitru also won two Romanian Cups, and went on to guide Dinamo to the European Cup semi-finals in the 1983–84 season.[1] He has a total of 558 matches as manager in Divizia A.[3]

Nicolae Dumitru
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Nicușor Dumitru
Date of birth (1928-12-12)12 December 1928
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 8 August 2005(2005-08-08) (aged 76)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1947 Sportul Studențesc 25 (11)
1947–1949 Metalul București 23 (10)
1949–1959 Dinamo București 166 (45)
Total 214 (66)
National team
1953–1955 Romania 8 (0)
Teams managed
1959–1962 Dinamo București
1965–1967 Victoria București
1967–1969 SC Bacău
1969–1970 Dinamo București
1971–1972 Dinamo București
1973–1974 Ghana
1974–1976 Dinamo București
1976–1978 SC Bacău
1982–1984 Dinamo București
1984–1986 SC Bacău
1986–1988 Victoria București
1988–1989 Argeș Pitești
1991 Progresul Brăila
1993 Progresul București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Nicolae Dumitru played 8 games at international level for Romania.[4] He made his debut at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers under coach Gheorghe Popescu I, playing in three games, the first one was a 2–0 loss against Czechoslovakia, the second was a 3–1 victory against Bulgaria and the third was a 1–0 loss against Czechoslovakia.[4][5][6][7] His following five games were friendlies, his last appearance was in a 1–1 against Bulgaria.[4][8]

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

Manager

Dinamo București

References
  1. ""Scaraoschi" de la Dinamo" ["Scaraoschi" from Dinamo] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 3 September 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  2. Nicolae Dumitru at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  3. "Top 60 antrenori" [Top 60 coaches] (in Romanian). RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  4. "Nicolae Dumitru "Nicuşor"". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. "Czechoslovakia – Romania 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  6. "Romania – Bulgaria 3:1". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  7. "Romania – Czechoslovakia 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. "Romania – Bulgaria 1:1". European Football. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  9. Nicolae Dumitru at National-Football-Teams.com

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