Dumitru Marcu

Dumitru Marcu

Dumitru Marcu in the early 1970s.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-04-09) 9 April 1950 (age 74)
Place of birth	Drăghiceni, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1965–1970	CFR Caracal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1971	Steaua București	16	(4)
1972–1980	Universitatea Craiova	203	(63)
1980–1981	Mecanică Fină București	?	(?)
1981–1982	Steaua București	7	(0)
1982–1984	Mecanică Fină București	?	(?)
1984–1987	Gloria Buzău	57	(16)
Total		283	(83)
International career‡
1972–1973	Romania U-23	1	(0)
1972–1987	Romania	16	(3)
Managerial career
1991–1993	Jiul Petroșani
1997	Jiul Petroșani
2000–2001	Al-Wehda[1]
2002	Jiul Petroșani
2002	FC U Craiova (caretaker)
2003–2004	Jiul Petroșani
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 March 2018

Dumitru "Mitică" Marcu (born 9 April 1950) is a Romanian former professional football forward and manager. Despite Marcu started his career at Steaua București, he remained as a legendary player of the first golden generation of Universitatea Craiova, nicknamed "The Champion of a Great Love", together with players such as: Ion Oblemenco, Petre Deselnicu, Alexandru Boc or Theodor Țarălungă, among others. Marcu scored 63 goals in 203 matches for the white and blues.^[2]

After retirement, Marcu started his career as a manager, managing Jiul Petroșani, several times and FC U Craiova. Between 2012 and 2016, Marcu was the sporting director of FC Gloria Buzău.^[3]

International career

Dumitru Marcu played in 16 matches for Romania and scored 3 goals.^[4]

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova

• Divizia A: 1973–74, 1979–80
• Cupa României: 1977–78, 1978–79

References

External links

• Dumitru Marcu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Dumitru Marcu at WorldFootball.net

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