Constantin Dumitriu

Constantin Dumitriu (born 14 November 1953), commonly known as Dumitriu IV is a Romanian former football midfielder.

Constantin Dumitriu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1953-11-14) 14 November 1953 (age 72)[1]
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position	Central midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1972	Progresul București	29	(2)
1972–1976	Steaua București	72	(4)
1976–1982	Corvinul Hunedoara	156	(16)
Total		257	(22)
International career
1973–1975	Romania U23	11	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Dumitriu was born on 14 November 1953 in Bucharest, Romania.^[1] He began playing football at Progresul București, making his Divizia A debut on 8 May 1971 under coach Petre Moldoveanu in a 1–0 home victory against Rapid București.^[1][2] The team was relegated by the end of the season, but he stayed with the club for one more season in Divizia B.^[1] In 1972, Dumitriu joined Steaua București.^[1] In the 1975–76 season, he helped Steaua win The Double, being used by coach Emerich Jenei in 15 league games.^[1][3] Subsequently, he went to play for Corvinul Hunedoara in 1976.^[1] There, in the 1977–78 season, he scored a career best of seven goals.^[1] The club was relegated at the end of the 1978–79 season, but Dumitriu stayed with the team, helping them gain promotion back to the first league after one year.^[1] On 2 June 1982, he made his last Divizia A appearance in Corvinul's 3–1 away loss to Politehnica Timișoara, having a total of 207 matches with 19 goals in the competition.^[1]

International career

Dumitriu played 11 matches from 1973 to 1975 for Romania's under-23 team.^[4]

Personal life

Dumitriu is the younger brother of Emil Dumitriu, also known as Dumitriu II, and Dumitru Dumitriu, known as Dumitriu III, both of whom were international footballers.^[5][6]

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1975–76^[1]
• Cupa României: 1975–76^[5]

Corvinul Hunedoara

• Divizia B: 1979–80^[1]