| Dumitru Ivan | |
| Birth Date: | 14 May 1938 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Death Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Height: | 1.77 m |
| Position: | Left back |
| Youthyears1: | 1955–1957 |
| Years1: | 1959–1960 |
| Clubs1: | Dinamo Obor București |
| Years2: | 1960–1967 |
| Clubs2: | Dinamo București |
| Caps2: | 121 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1967–1970 |
| Clubs3: | Argeș Pitești |
| Caps3: | 42 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| Years4: | 1970–1975 |
| Clubs4: | TUS Wansee |
| Totalcaps: | 163 |
| Totalgoals: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1961–1964 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Dumitru Ivan (14 May 1938 – 17 June 2015) was a Romanian football left back.
Dumitru Ivan was born on 14 May 1938 in București and started to play football in 1955 at the junior squads of Locomotiva București.
In 1959 he started his senior career at Divizia B team, Dinamo Obor București, transferring after one season at Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 19 June 1960 in a 3–1 away loss against Farul Constanța. He then won four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965, in the first he worked with three coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru who gave him 26 appearances, in the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 25 matches in which he scored one goal in a 2–2 with rivals Steaua București in the first and in 19 games in the second, also making 19 appearances in the last one under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[1] [2] [3] [4] Ivan also won the 1963–64 Cupa României with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu using him all the minutes in the 5–3 victory over Steaua in the final.[5] He represented Dinamo in 10 European Cup matches, including playing all four games of the 1963–64 European Cup campaign as they got pass East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid and also appearing in a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan in the 1965–66 edition who were the winners of the last two seasons of the competition.[6]
In 1967, Ivan was transferred at Argeș Pitești where on 7 December 1969 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–2 against Universitatea Craiova, a competition in which he gained a total of 163 appearances with two goals scored, also he played six games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup for Argeș. In 1970, Ivan went to play in West Germany at TUS Wansee for five seasons, after which he retired from his playing career.[1] [7]
Dumitru Ivan played 6 matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a friendly which ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey.[8] His following game was a 3–1 win over Spain at the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers. Ivan's following matches were friendlies, the last one being a 0–0 with Turkey played on 9 October 1963. He also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad from Tokyo where he played in a 1–1 against Iran from the group stage, the team finishing the competition on the fifth place.[9] [10]
Dumitru Ivan died in 17 June 2015 at age 77 in his home from București, after suffering from cirrhosis and diabetes.[1] [2] [3] [7]
Dinamo București
1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65