Dumitru Ivan

Dumitru Ivan
Ivan in 1963.
Personal information
Date of birth (1938-05-14)14 May 1938
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 17 June 2015(2015-06-17) (aged 77)
Place of death Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1955–1957 Locomotiva București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1960 Dinamo Obor București
1960–1967 Dinamo București 121 (1)
1967–1970 Argeș Pitești 42 (1)
1970–1975 TUS Wansee
Total 163 (2)
International career
1961–1964 Romania 12[a] (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

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]

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]

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

  1. ^ a b c d "Dumitru Ivan". European Football. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Dumitru Ivan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. ^ a b c "Doliu în fotbalul românesc. Fostul dinamovist Dumitru Ivan a decedat la vârsta de 77 de ani" [Mourning in Romanian football. Former Dinamo player Dumitru Ivan died at the age of 77] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Dumitru Ivan, de patru ori campion cu Dinamo, condus pe ultimul drum! A plecat supărat!" [Dumitru Ivan, four-time champion with Dinamo, led on the last road! He left angry!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Câinii roșii au îmbrăcat straie negre: a murit un mare fotbalist de la Dinamo" [The red dogs wore black clothes: a great football player from Dinamo died] (in Romanian). Realitatea.net. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b c d "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  7. ^ "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1962–63". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
    "Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!" [This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Dumitru Ivan - Champions League 1963/1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Dumitru Ivan - Champions League 1963/1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
    "1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii" [December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  11. ^ a b c Dumitru Ivan at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ a b "Veste tristă pentru microbiști. Fostul fotbalist dinamovist Dumitru Ivan a încetat din viață" [Sad news for football fans. Former Dinamo football player Dumitru Ivan passed away] (in Romanian). Romanialibera.ro. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Romania 4-0 Turkey". European Football. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  14. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dumitru Ivan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  15. ^ "Dumitru Ivan - Olympic Games 1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
    "Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
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