| Liță Dumitru | |
| Fullname: | Ion Dumitru |
| Birth Date: | 1950 1, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Concordia Chiajna (caretaker) |
| Youthyears1: | 1963–1964 |
| Youthyears2: | 1964–1967 |
| Youthclubs1: | Confecția București |
| Youthclubs2: | 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: | Rapid București |
| Clubs2: | Steaua București |
| Clubs3: | Politehnica Timişoara |
| Clubs4: | Universitatea Craiova |
| Clubs5: | CFR Timişoara |
| Clubs6: | Politehnica Timişoara |
| Clubs7: | Rapid București |
| Clubs8: | Würzburger Kickers |
| Caps1: | 110 |
| Caps2: | 213 |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Caps6: | 33 |
| Caps7: | 37 |
| Totalcaps: | 443 |
| Goals1: | 11 |
| Goals2: | 47 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 3 |
| Totalgoals: | 64 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1971–1976 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania Olympic |
| Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1970–1980 |
| Nationalteam2: | Romania[1] |
| Nationalcaps2: | 50 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 10 |
| Manageryears1: | 1985 |
| Managerclubs1: | Politehnica Timişoara (player/coach) |
| Manageryears2: | 1987–1988 |
| Managerclubs2: | Rapid București (player/coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 1989–1993 |
| Managerclubs3: | Würzburger Kickers |
| Manageryears4: | 1994–1995 |
| Manageryears5: | 1995–1996 |
| Managerclubs5: | Jiul Petroșani |
| Manageryears6: | 1996–1997 |
| Manageryears7: | 1998 |
| Managerclubs7: | Rocar București |
| Manageryears8: | 1999 |
| Managerclubs8: | Al-Jaish Damascus |
| Manageryears9: | 2000 |
| Managerclubs9: | Al-Ta'ee |
| Manageryears10: | 2000–2001 |
| Managerclubs10: | Politehnica Iași |
| Manageryears11: | 2001 |
| Managerclubs11: | Callatis Mangalia |
| Manageryears12: | 2001–2002 |
| Managerclubs12: | Romania U19 |
| Manageryears13: | 2002–2003 |
| Managerclubs13: | VfR Heilbronn |
| Manageryears14: | 2003–2005 |
| Managerclubs14: | Rapid București (youth) |
| Manageryears15: | 2007–2008 |
| Managerclubs15: | Concordia Chiajna |
| Manageryears16: | 2009–2010 |
| Managerclubs16: | Concordia Chiajna |
| Manageryears17: | 2011 |
| Managerclubs17: | Steaua II București |
| Manageryears18: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs18: | Romania U18 |
| Manageryears19: | 2015–2017 |
| Managerclubs19: | Concordia Chiajna (youth) |
| Manageryears20: | 2016–2017 |
| Managerclubs20: | Concordia II Chiajna |
| Manageryears21: | 2017–2024 |
| Managerclubs21: | Kalonji Soccer Academy (youth) |
| Manageryears22: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs22: | Concordia Chiajna (technical director) |
| Manageryears23: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs23: | Concordia Chiajna (caretaker) |
Ion Dumitru (born 2 January 1950), commonly known as Liță Dumitru, is a Romanian former professional footballer, and manager who played as a midfielder.
He is currently technical director at Liga II club Concordia Chiajna.
A Romanian international, Dumitru represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.[2] Regarded as one of Romania's greatest players he won the Romanian Footballer of the Year in 1973 and 1975.[3]
| Romania national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 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 | |
| Total | 50 | 10 | |
Scores and results table. "Score" indicates the score after the player's goal:
| Date | Venue | Opponent | text-align: center;" | Score | text-align: center;" | Result | Competition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 May 1973 | Stadiumi Qemal Stafa, Tirana, Albania | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 2 | 14 October 1973 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 9–0 | 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification | |||
| 3 | 23 July 1974 | Stadionul 1 Mai, Constanța, Romania | 2–0 | 4–1 | Friendly | |||
| 4 | 24 September 1975 | Kaftanzoglio Stadio, Thessaloniki, Greece | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1973–76 Balkan Cup | |||
| 5 | 23 March 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1977–80 Balkan Cup | |||
| 6 | 27 April 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | |||
| 7 | 21 September 1977 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 6–1 | Friendly | |||
| 8 | 3–1 | |||||||
| 9 | 5–1 | |||||||
| 10 | 21 March 1979 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
1973, 1975,[3] (runner-up): 1971, (fifth place): 1972,
1989–90
1999