Cornel Dinu

Cornel Dinu

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1948-08-02) 2 August 1948
Place of birth	Târgoviște, Romania
Height
Position(s)	Sweeper Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1963–1966	Metalul Târgoviște
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1966–1983	Dinamo București	454	(53)
International career
1968–1981	Romania	75	(7)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

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.

Dinu got 75 caps and seven goals for the Romanian national team between 1968 and 1981. He represented his country at the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

• Romanian League: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83
• Romanian Cup: 1967–68, 1981–82

Individual

• Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1970, 1972, 1974

Manager

Dinamo București

• Romanian League: 1999–2000
• Romanian Cup: 2000, 2001

External links

• Profile at RomanianSoccer.ro
• Profile at National-football-teams.com