Ion Dumitru

Liță Dumitru

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Personal information
Full name	Ion Dumitru
Date of birth	(1950-01-02) 2 January 1950
Place of birth	Bucureşti, Romania
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1963–1964	Confecția București
1964–1967	Rapid Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1967–1972	Rapid Bucureşti	110	(11)
1972–1980	Steaua Bucureşti	213	(47)
1980–1982	Politehnica Timişoara	46	(2)
1982–1983	Universitatea Craiova	4	(0)
1983–1984	CFR Timişoara
1984–1985	Politehnica Timişoara	33	(1)
1985–1988	Rapid Bucureşti	37	(3)
Total		443	(64)
International career
1970–1980	Romania	57	(12)
Managerial career
1985	Politehnica Timişoara
1987–1988	Rapid Bucureşti
1994–1995	Progresul Bucureşti
1995–1996	Jiul Petroșani
1996–1997	Rapid Bucureşti
2007–2008	Concordia Chiajna
2009–2010	Concordia Chiajna
2011	Steaua II Bucureşti
2015–2016	Concordia II Chiajna
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950 in Bucureşti, Romania), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a former Romanian footballer and manager who played as a midfielder.

Career

A Romanian international, Dumitru represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Regarded as one of Romania's greatest players he won the Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1973 and 1975.

Honours

Club

Rapid Bucureşti

• Cupa României: 1971–72

Steaua București

• Romanian Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78
• Cupa României: 1975–76, 1978–79

Universitatea Craiova

• Cupa României: 1982–83

Individuale

• Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1973, 1975

External links

• Ion Dumitru's profile on romaniansoccer.ro

Sporting positions
Preceded by Lajos Sătmăreanu	Steaua captain 1975–1980	Succeeded by Anghel Iordănescu