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Biography
Dumitru Dumitriu (born 19 November 1945 in Bucharest), commonly known as Țiți Dumitru or Dumitriu III, is a retired Romanian footballer and coach. He being the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu (Dumitru II) and the elder brother of Constantin Dumitriu (Dumitriu IV).
Playing career
He played as a youngster for Rapid București before beginning his senior career at CS Târgoviște. After a year he moved to ASA Târgu Mureș, where he played for 4 years. In 1968, he signed with Steaua București, where he played until 1972, when he returned to Rapid. He also played for Olimpia Satu Mare, FCM Galați and for ICSIM București.
He won a cap for the Romania national football team.
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 teams to gain more experience like Rapid Fetești, Autobuzul București, Steaua Mizil, and Rulmentul Bârlad.
The highlight of his career as a manager was with Steaua Bucureşti, qualifying them three times in a row in the UEFA Champions League and also winning Divizia A in 1995, 1996, 1997 and 2005. Plus two Romanian Cup titles in 1996 and 1997, and a Romanian Supercup title in 1995.
In the 1997-98 season he reached the Cup Winners' Cup quarter-finals as AEK Athens FC manager, losing a semifinal place to Lokomotiv Moscow in the last minute of second leg´s injury time.
In 1994, he was the assistant coach for Anghel Iordănescu in the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Honours
Player
- Romanian Cup (3): 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Manager
- Nehru Cup (1): 1991
- Romanian League (4): 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05
- Romanian Cup (2): 1995–96, 1996–97
- Romanian Supercup (2): 1994, 1995
- Romanian Cup Runner-up (1): 2000–01