Silviu Dumitrescu

Silviu Dumitrescu
Personal information
Date of birth	4 February 1953 (age 71)
Place of birth	Târgoviște, Romania
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	CS Târgoviște
Senior career*
Years	Team
1971–1988	CS Târgoviște
1988–1990	ICIM Brașov
Total
Managerial career
1992–1994	Cimentul Fieni
1994–1997	Chindia Târgoviște
1997–1998	Argeș Pitești
1998–1999	Rocar București
2000	Midia Năvodari
2000–2001	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2004–2005	FCM Târgoviște
2006	Apolonia Fier
2007	Besa Kavajë
2011	Chindia Târgoviște
2012	Chindia Târgoviște (technical director)
2012	Chindia Târgoviște (caretaker)
2012–2013	Chindia Târgoviște (technical director)
2013–2014	Chindia Târgoviște
2017	Urban Titu
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Silviu Dumitrescu (born 4 February 1953) is a Romanian football manager and former player.

Playing career

Dumitrescu played in the Divizia A in over 150 matches for CS Târgoviște,^[1] being one of the members of the so called "golden generation" of the club along with players such as: Nicolae Dobrin, Ion Ene, Florea Alexandru, Ionel Pitaru, Dumitru Gheorghe, Claudius Sava, Nelu Isaia, Gheorghe Greaca, Florin Grigore, Nicolae Enache, Petre Marinescu, Ion Constantin, Ilie Niculescu, Viorel Radu, Constantin Miia, Gheorghe Voinea, Mihai Iatan, Mihai Banu, Mihai Mărgelatu, Gheorghe Filipescu and Dumitru Economu. This generation achieved two promotions in the top tier and the best performance in the history of the football from Târgoviște (7th place).^[2]^[3]

Managerial career

As a football manager Dumitrescu started his career in 1992 at Cimentul Fieni and after two good seasons he was appointed by Chindia Târgoviște. At Chindia, together with his assistants, Vasile Silaghi and Gheorghe Păsărică, he created one of the best squads that ever played on Eugen Popescu Stadium. Even if probably this team was not as good as Dumitrescu's generation, the promotion achieved in 1996, after 12 years of lower divisions, the style of playing and the composition of the squad, made of local players, won the heart of the supporters and gave to the club a nickname that will last for years, "Micul Ajax" (The Little Ajax).^[4]^[5] In that Chindia squad were players such as: Adrian Bogoi, Vasile Bârdeș, Bogdan Liță, Cristian Țermure, Cristian Bălașa, Remus Gâlmencea or Laurențiu Reghecampf.^[6]

Dumitrescu left Târgoviște in 1997, but his career would reach the peak in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Firstly he obtained a qualification in the UEFA Cup with FC Argeș Pitești, then two promotions in the Divizia A with Rocar București (1999) and Gaz Metan Mediaș (2001). In 2006 after a season spent at Târgoviște, Dumitrescu moved to Albania where he had two short spells at Apolonia Fier and Besa Kavajë.^[7]

In 2011 he returned to Chindia, firstly as a manager, then as a technical director and again as a manager.

Honours

Player

CS Târgoviște

Divizia B: 1976–77, 1980–81

Manager

Chindia Târgoviște

Divizia B: 1995–96
Divizia C: 1994–95

Rocar București

Divizia B: 1998–99

Gaz Metan Mediaș

Divizia B: 2000–01

References

^ "MARELE ANTRENOR SI JUCATOR DE FOTBAL Silviu Dumitrescu ESTE NOUL ANTRENOR al ACS.Urban Titu" [GREAT TRAINER AND FOOTBALL PLAYER Silviu Dumitrescu IS THE NEW TRAINER of ACS.Urban Titu]. gazetadetitu.ro. 20 March 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Fotbal sub Turnul Chindiei, o carte eveniment" [Football under the Chindia Tower, an event book]. jurnaldedambovita.ro. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Săptămâna Poli – Chindia / Târgoviștea lui Dobrin, surclasată de Poli" [Poli - Chindia Week / Dobrin's Târgoviște, overwhelmed by Poli]. druckeria.ro. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Silaghi si Pasarica cred cu tarie in Silviu Dumitrescu" [Silaghi and Pasarica strongly believe in Silviu Dumitrescu]. jurnaldedambovita.ro. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Creatorul "micului Ajax" a revenit pe banca tehnică a unei echipe românești" [The creator of the "Little Ajax" returned to the technical bench of a Romanian team]. gsp.ro. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ "Istoria impresionantă şi puţin cunoscută a fotbalului în Târgovişte. Autor: "Este o carte scrisă cu multă dragoste faţă de oamenii locului"" [The impressive and little known history of the football from Targoviste. Author: "It's a book written with much love for the people of the place"]. adevarul.ro. 25 December 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
^ Pandovski, Fatjon (18 July 2007). "Besa pin hopes on Dumitrescu". UEFA. Retrieved 29 April 2019.