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Name
  
Cornel Dinu

Position
  
Defender

1966–1983
  
Dinamo Bucuresti

Weight
  
73 kg

Years
  
Team

Height
  
1.78 m

1963–1966
  
Metalul Targoviste

Role
  
Football player



Date of birth
  
(1948-08-02) 2 August 1948 (age 67)

Playing position
  
Sweeper Defensive midfielder

Education
  
Facultatea de drept, Universitatea Bucuresti

Place of birth
  
Targoviste, Romania

Violence against Pele (vs Romania, WC'70)


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.

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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.

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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 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.

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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: 1999–2000, 2000–01
  • References

    Cornel Dinu Wikipedia