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Dumitru Ivan

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Dumitru Ivan
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Dumitru Ivan (14 May 1938 – 17 June 2015) was a Romanian football left back.

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Club career

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Ivan was born on 14 May 1938 in București and began playing junior-level football in 1955 at Locomotiva București.[2]

In 1959 he started his senior career at Divizia B team, Dinamo Obor București, transferring after one season to Dinamo București, making his Divizia A debut on 19 June 1960 in a 3–1 away loss to Farul Constanța.[2] Ivan won four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965.[2][3][4][5][6] In the first one he worked with three coaches, Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 26 appearances.[2][6] In the following two Dumitru and Ionescu used him in 25 matches in the first, scoring one goal in a 2–2 draw against rivals Steaua București and in 19 games in the second.[2][6][7] He made 19 appearances in the last one under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[2][6] Ivan also won the 1963–64 Cupa României with The Red Dogs, coach Ionescu using him the entire match in the 5–3 victory over Steaua in the final.[8] He represented Dinamo in 10 European Cup matches.[2] He played in all four games of the 1963–64 European Cup campaign as they got past East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid.[2][9] In the 1965–66 edition, Ivan appeared in a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan, who were the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition.[2][10]

In 1967, Ivan was transferred to Argeș Pitești where on 7 December 1969 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–2 draw against Universitatea Craiova, totaling 163 appearances with two goals scored in the competition.[2][11] He also played six games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup for Argeș.[2] In 1970, Ivan joined TUS Wansee in West Germany for five seasons, after which he retired from his playing career.[2][3][11][12]

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International career

Ivan played six matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu in a friendly that ended with a 4–0 victory against Turkey.[1][13] His next game was a 3–1 win over Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.[1] Ivan's following matches were friendlies, the last one being a 0–0 draw against Turkey played on 9 October 1963.[1] He also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by coach Silviu Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad in Tokyo where he played in a 1–1 draw against Iran in the group stage, the team finishing the competition in fifth place.[14][15]

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Death

Ivan died on 17 June 2015 at the age of 77 in his native București, after suffering from cirrhosis and diabetes.[2][3][4][5][12]

Honours

Dinamo București

Notes

  1. Including 6 appearances for Romania's Olympic team[1]

References

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