Cornel Dinu

Cornel Dinu (born 2 August 1948) is a retired Romanian football defender. An attack minded sweeper, Dinu is commonly regarded as one of Romania's greatest players.

Not to be confused with Cornel Dinu (footballer, born 1989).

Cornel Dinu
Personal information
Date of birth (1948-08-02) 2 August 1948
Place of birth Târgoviște, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Sweeper
Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1963–1966 Metalul Târgoviște
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1983 Dinamo București 454 (53)
National team
1968–1981 Romania 67 (3)
Teams managed
1984–1985 Dinamo București
1985–1987 CS Târgoviște
1987–1988 ASA Târgu Mureș
1988 Oțelul Galați
1989 Universitatea Cluj
1989–1990 Olt Scornicești
1992–1993 Romania
1996 Dinamo București
1998–2001 Dinamo București
2002–2003 Dinamo București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He was born in Târgoviște and debuted in Divizia A with Dinamo București in 1966. He remained with Dinamo throughout his career, winning six league titles and two cup titles.[1]

In total, Dinu won 67 caps for Romania between 1968 and 1981 and scored 3 goals (75/7 including Romania's Olympic team games).[2] He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup and for the participation in that tournament he was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul „Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[3][4] In 1970, Dinu, along with Dinamo teammate Florea Dumitrache were nominated for the Ballon d'Or.[5][6]

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

Individual

Manager

Dinamo București

References
  1. Cornel Dinu at WorldFootball.net
  2. "Cornel Dinu". European Football. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  3. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  4. "Decorarea unor personalități ale fotbalului românesc". Administrația Prezidențială. 25 March 2008. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  5. Pierrend, José Luis (1 February 2006). "European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 1970". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  6. "Dumitru Macri, primul fotbalist român nominalizat la Balonul de Aur! Gică Hagi, aproape de succes în 1994" [Dumitru Macri, the first Romanian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball! Gica Hagi, almost successful in 1994] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 30 November 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
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