Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and coach. He is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu II)'' who was an International footballer and champion of Romania with

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and the elder brother of

Constantin Dumitriu Constantin Dumitriu (born 14 November 1953), commonly known as Dumitriu IV is a Romanian former football midfielder. He is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu II)'' and Dumitru Dumitriu ''(Dumitriu III)'' who were international fo ...

''(Dumitriu IV)'' who won the Romanian championship with Steaua București.

Playing career

Dumitriu started his youth career with

and made his senior career debut with Metalul Târgoviște in 1964. After a year, he moved to ASA Târgu Mureș, where he spent three years. In 1968, he signed with Steaua București, where he played until 1972. In the same year he joined Bucharest city rivals

. He also played for

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and ICSIM București. He won a cap for

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in 1967.

Coaching career

After he quit playing in 1977, he became quickly a player/manager for ICSIM București, amongst others in the beginning he managed lower league sides such as Rapid Fetești, Autobuzul București, Steaua Mizil, and Rulmentul Bârlad. The highlight of his career as a manager was with Steaua București, qualifying them three times in a row in the

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and also winning the Romanian First League in 1995, 1996 and 1997. In 1999 and 2005 he won the championship again, this time with

and then with

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, leading him to a total of 5 championships won. He also guided Steaua to two

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s in 1996 and 1997, and two Romanian Supercups in 1994 and 1995. In 1994, he was the assistant coach to

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in the

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. In the 1997–98 season he reached the

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manager, losing a semi-final place to

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in the last minute of the second leg match.

Honours

Player

;Steaua București *

(3): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71

Manager

;Steaua București / FCSB * Romanian First League (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05 *

(2): 1995–96, 1996–97 * Romanian Supercup (2):

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

;Rapid București * Romanian First League (1): 1998–99 ;Rocar București *

runner-up (1): 2000–01

Notes

The 1965–1966 appearances and goals made for ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.
The 1966–1967 appearances made for ASA Târgu Mureş are unavailable.

References

External links

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Dumitru Dumitriu profile
at SteauaFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumitriu, Dumitru Living people 1945 births Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders FC Rapid București players FC Olimpia Satu Mare players CSA Steaua București footballers Liga I players Romania men's international footballers Romanian expatriate football managers Romanian football managers AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila players Apollon Limassol FC managers AEK Athens F.C. managers CSA Steaua București managers FCSB managers FC Rapid București managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers AFC Rocar București managers Panionios F.C. managers A.P.O. Akratitos Ano Liosia managers FCM Bacău managers FC Bihor Oradea (1958) managers CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Expatriate football managers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus 20th-century Romanian sportsmen