Nicolae Dumitru (footballer)

Nicolae Dumitru
Dumitru (back row, first from the right) as head coach of Victoria București in 1966
Personal information
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 Sparta București 14 (2)
1947–1949 Metalochimic București 23 (11)
1949–1959 Dinamo București 168 (45)
Total 205 (58)
International career
1953–1955 Romania 8 (0)
Managerial career
1959–1963 Dinamo București
1963–1964 Dinamo București
1965–1967 Victoria București
1967–1969 SC Bacău
1969–1972 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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicolae "Nicușor" Dumitru (12 December 1928 – 8 August 2005) was a Romanian striker and manager.

He is the most successful Manager in Romania, winning the Romanian first league on seven occasions, all with Dinamo București. Nicolae Dumitru also won two Romanian Cups, and went on to guide Dinamo to the European Cup semi-finals in the 1983–84 season. He has a total of 558 matches as manager in Divizia A.