Constantin Dinulescu

Constantin Dinulescu (19 April 1931 – 1 February 2017) was a Romanian football forward who played for Romania in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.^[2]

Constantin Dinulescu

Personal information
Date of birth	19 April 1931
Place of birth	București, Romania
Date of death	1 February 2017(2017-02-01) (aged 85)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Forward
Youth career
1945–1948	Unirea Tricolor București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948–1949	UCB București
1950	Progresul ICAS București
1952–1953	Știința Iași
1954–1956	Știința Timișoara	65	(32)
1957–1962	Progresul București[a]	79	(33)
1962–1964	Farul Constanța	40	(15)
Total		184	(80)
International career
1956–1957	Romania B	2	(0)
1959	Romania Olympic	1	(0)
1958–1960	Romania	3	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Dinulescu was born on 19 April 1931 in București, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1945 at Unirea Tricolor București.^[1] He started playing senior-level football in the regional championship for UCB București.^[1] In 1950 he joined Divizia B club Progresul ICAS București.^[1] Subsequently, in 1952 he went to play for Știința Iași in the same division.^[1] Two years later he joined Știința Timișoara, making his Divizia A debut on 21 March 1954 under coach Eugen Mladin in a 0–0 away draw against Metalul Hunedoara.^[1][3] Dinulescu scored a personal record of 17 goals in the 1955 season which made him the second top-scorer of the league, having one goal fewer than teammate Ion Ciosescu.^[4] On 1 July 1956 he scored a goal in a 2–1 West derby victory against UTA Arad.^[5] He won the 1959–60 Cupa României with Progresul, but coach Augustin Botescu did not use him in the final.^[1][6] In 1957, Dinulescu switched teams again, transferring from Politehnica to Progresul București.^[1] Five years later, in 1962 he went to Farul Constanța where he was part of the team's prolific offensive trio alongside Ciosescu and Iosif Bükössy.^[1][7] There, he made his last Divizia A appearance on 8 December 1963 in a 1–0 away loss to Petrolul Ploiești, having a total of 184 matches with 80 goals scored in the competition.^[1]

International career

Between 1956 and 1959, Dinulescu made several appearances for Romania's B and Olympic teams.^[8]

Dinulescu played three games and scored two goals for Romania.^[9] He made his debut on 30 September 1962, opening the score under coach Augustin Botescu in a 2–1 friendly loss to rivals Hungary in which he was also sent off in the 67th minute.^[9][10] Subsequently, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over Turkey in the Euro 1960 qualifiers which helped his side reach the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Czechoslovakia who advanced to the final tournament.^[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dinulescu goal.

List of international goals scored by Constantin Dinulescu^[9]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	26 October 1958	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania	Hungary	1–0	1–2	Friendly match
2	2 November 1958	Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania	Turkey	3–0	3–0	1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying

Refereeing career

After he ended his playing career, Dinulescu became a referee who officiated 113 Divizia A matches over the course of 12 seasons.^[11] He also officiated at international and European club level.^[12]

Personal life and death

In 2008, Dinulescu received the Honorary Citizen of Timișoara title.^[13]

Dinulescu died on 1 February 2017 at age 85.^[14]

Honours

Progresul București

• Cupa României: 1959–60^[15]

Notes

1. The statistics for the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not taken into consideration.^[1]