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{{short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Liță Dumitru
| image = Ion Dumitru 2.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| full_name = Ion Dumitru
| caption = Dumitru with Steaua Bucharest
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|1|2}}
| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania
| height = 1.79 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]] (technical director)
| youthyears1 = 1963–1964
| youthyears2 = 1964–1967
| youthclubs1 = Confecția București
| youthclubs2 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| years1 = 1967–1972
| years2 = 1972–1980
| years3 = 1980–1982
| years4 = 1982–1983
| years5 = 1983–1984
| years6 = 1984–1985
| years7 = 1986–1988
| years8 = 1988–1989
| clubs1 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timişoara]]
| clubs4 = [[CS Universitatea Craiova (football)|Universitatea Craiova]]
| clubs5 = [[FC CFR Timișoara|CFR Timişoara]]
| clubs6 = [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timişoara]]
| clubs7 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| clubs8 = [[Würzburger Kickers]]
| caps1 = 110
| caps2 = 213
| caps3 = 46
| caps4 = 4
| caps5 = 
| caps6 = 33
| caps7 = 37
| caps8 = 
| totalcaps = 443
| goals1 = 11
| goals2 = 47
| goals3 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 
| goals6 = 1
| goals7 = 3
| goals8 = 
| totalgoals = 64
| nationalyears1 = 1971–1976 | nationalteam1 = [[Romania Olympic football team|Romania Olympic]]<ref>{{NFT|17642}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1  = 7         | nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalyears2 = 1970–1980
| nationalteam2 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=5119|title=Ion Dumitru|publisher=European Football|access-date=27 January 2021}}</ref>
| nationalcaps2 = 50
| nationalgoals2 = 10
| manageryears1  = 1985       | managerclubs1  = [[FC Politehnica Timișoara|Politehnica Timişoara]] (player/coach)
| manageryears2  = 1987–1988  | managerclubs2  = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] (player/coach)
| manageryears3  = 1989–1993  | managerclubs3  = [[Würzburger Kickers]]
| manageryears4  = 1994–1995  | managerclubs4  = [[AS Progresul București|Național București]] 
| manageryears5  = 1995–1996  | managerclubs5  = [[CS Jiul Petroșani|Jiul Petroșani]]
| manageryears6  = 1996–1997  | managerclubs6  = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] 
| manageryears7  = 1998       | managerclubs7  = [[AFC Rocar București|Rocar București]]
| manageryears8  = 1999       | managerclubs8  = [[Al-Jaish SC (Syria)|Al-Jaish Damascus]]
| manageryears9  = 2000       | managerclubs9  = [[Al-Ta'ee]]
| manageryears10  = 2000–2001 | managerclubs10  = [[FC Politehnica Iași (1945)|Politehnica Iași]]
| manageryears11  = 2001      | managerclubs11  = [[FC Callatis Mangalia|Callatis Mangalia]]
| manageryears12  = 2001–2002 | managerclubs12  = [[Romania national under-19 football team|Romania U19]]
| manageryears13  = 2002–2003 | managerclubs13  = [[FC Heilbronn|VfR Heilbronn]]
| manageryears14  = 2003–2005 | managerclubs14  = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]] (youth)
| manageryears15  = 2007–2008 | managerclubs15  = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]]
| manageryears16  = 2009–2010 | managerclubs16  = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]]
| manageryears17  = 2011      | managerclubs17  = [[FC Steaua II București|Steaua II București]]
| manageryears18  = 2013–2014 | managerclubs18  = [[Romania national under-19 football team|Romania U18]]
| manageryears19  = 2015–2017 | managerclubs19  = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]] (youth)
| manageryears20  = 2016–2017 | managerclubs20  = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia II Chiajna]]
| manageryears21  = 2017–2024 | managerclubs21  = Kalonji Soccer Academy (youth)
| manageryears22  = 2024–     | managerclubs22  = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]] (technical director)
| manageryears23  = 2024–2025 | managerclubs23  = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]] (caretaker)
}}
'''Ion Dumitru''' (born 2 January 1950), commonly known as '''Liță Dumitru''', is a Romanian former professional [[association football|football]] player and manager who is technical director at [[Liga II]] club [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]]. He played as a [[midfielder]].

==Career==
A [[Romania national football team|Romanian international]], Dumitru represented his country at the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=48772/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905234308/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=48772/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 September 2017|title=Ion DUMITRU|publisher=FIFA|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref> Regarded as one of Romania's greatest players he won the [[Romanian Footballer of the Year]] in 1973 and 1975.<ref name=rsssf.com>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/roempoy.html|title=Romania – Player of the Year Awards|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|author1=Razvan Toma|date=8 January 2015|access-date=10 September 2015}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|1970||9||0
|-
|1971||4||0
|-
|1972||7||0
|-
|1973||5||2
|-
|1974||4||1
|-
|1975||7||1
|-
|1976||2||0
|-
|1977||8||5
|-
|1978||1||0
|-
|1979||2||1
|-
|1980||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!50!!10
|}

''Scores and results table. "Score" indicates the score after the player's goal:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
!#
!Date
!Venue
!Opponent
!text-align: center;" |Score
!text-align: center;" |Result
!Competition
|-
|1 || 6 May 1973 || [[Qemal Stafa Stadium|Stadiumi Qemal Stafa]], [[Tirana]], Albania || {{fb|ALB|1946}} ||align="center"|1–0 ||align="center"|4–1|| [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|2 || 14 October 1973 || [[Stadionul Naţional (1953)|Stadionul 23 August]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{Fb|FIN}} ||align="center"|1–0 ||align="center"|9–0|| [[1974 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|1974 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|3 || 23 July 1974 || [[Stadionul Farul|Stadionul 1 Mai]], [[Constanța]], Romania || {{Fb|JAP}} ||align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|4–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|4 || 24 September 1975 || [[Kaftanzoglio Stadium|Kaftanzoglio Stadio]], [[Thessaloniki]], Greece || {{fb|GRE|old}} ||align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || [[1973–76 Balkan Cup]]
|-
|5 || 23 March 1977 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{Fb|TUR}} ||align="center"|2–0 ||align="center"|4–0 || [[1977–80 Balkan Cup]]
|-
|6 || 27 April 1977 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{Fb|DDR}} ||align="center"|1–1 ||align="center"|1–1 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|7 || rowspan="3"|21 September 1977 || rowspan="3"|[[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || rowspan="3"|{{fb|GRE|old}} ||align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|6–1 || rowspan="3"|[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|8 ||align="center"|3–1  
|-
|9 ||align="center"|5–1 
|-
|10 || 21 March 1979 || [[Stadionul Steaua (1974)|Stadionul Steaua]], [[Bucharest]], Romania || {{Fb|GRE}} ||align="center"|1–0 ||align="center"|3–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Rapid București'''
* [[Cupa României]]: [[1971–72 Cupa României|1971–72]]

'''Steaua București'''
* [[Divizia A]]: [[1975–76 Divizia A|1975–76]], [[1977–78 Divizia A|1977–78]]
* Cupa României: [[1975–76 Cupa României|1975–76]], [[1978–79 Cupa României|1978–79]]

'''Politehnica Timișoara'''
* Cupa României runner-up: [[1980–81 Cupa României|1980–81]]
    
'''Universitatea Craiova'''
*Cupa României: [[1982–83 Cupa României|1982–83]]

===Individual===
* [[Romanian Footballer of the Year]]: 1973, 1975;<ref name=rsssf.com/> runner-up 1971; fifth place 1972

===Coach===
'''Würzburger Kickers'''
* [[Landesliga Bayern-Nord]]: 1989–90

'''Jiul Petroșani'''
* [[Divizia B]]: [[1995–96 Divizia B|1995–96]]

'''Al-Jaish '''
* [[Syrian Premier League|Syrian League]]: 1999
* [[Arab Club Championship]] runner-up: [[1999 Arab Club Champions Cup|1999]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{RomanianSoccer|671/ion-lita-dumitru}}
* {{WorldFootball|ion-dumitru}}

{{Romanian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Romania squad 1970 FIFA World Cup}}
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{{FC Rapid București managers}}
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