Dumitru Mitriță

Dumitru Mitriță
Personal information
Full name Dumitru Dorian Mitriță
Date of birth (1971-06-23) 23 June 1971
Place of birth Craiova, Romania
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 CS Universitatea Craiova 2 (0)
1991 Drobeta-Turnu Severin
1991–1992 Electroputere Craiova 42 (4)
1993 FC Universitatea Craiova 6 (1)
1993 Farul Constanța 4 (0)
1994 Electroputere Craiova 7 (0)
1994–1997 FC Universitatea Craiova 81 (1)
1997–2000 Heerenveen 83 (5)
2000–2003 Steaua București 35 (1)
2003–2004 FC Craiova 11 (2)
Total 271 (14)
International career
1999 Romania 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dumitru Dorian Mitriță (born 23 June 1971) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Mitriță was born on 23 June 1971 in Craiova, Romania and began playing-junior level football at local club Universitatea, where he won two national junior championships in 1988 and 1991.[1][2] He made his Divizia A debut under coach Sorin Cârțu on 29 September 1990 in "U" Craiova's 1–0 win over Universitatea Cluj.[1][2][3] However, he was transferred in the middle of the season to Divizia B club Drobeta-Turnu Severin, but Universitatea still managed to win The Double at the end of the season without him.[1][4][5] Subsequently, Mitriță returned to top-flight football, signing with Electroputere Craiova.[1][2] There, he made his debut in European competitions, playing in both legs of the 10–0 aggregate loss to Panathinaikos in the first round of the 1992–93 UEFA Cup.[1][6] In the middle of that season, he joined FC Universitatea Craiova.[1]

Mitriță started the 1993–94 season at Farul Constanța, but finished it by playing for Electroputere Craiova.[1][2] From 1994 to 1997, he played for FC Universitatea Craiova.[1] In 1997, Mitriță went to play for Heerenveen where he became teammates with compatriots Florin Constantinovici and Mugur Gușatu, and a young Ruud van Nistelrooy.[1][2][7] He made his Eredivisie debut on 20 August 1997 under coach Foppe de Haan in a 3–1 home win over NAC Breda.[8][9] Mitriță scored his first goal in the competition on 24 September in a 2–1 home victory against Twente.[8] Afterwards, he played three games in the 1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup, scoring a goal as Heerenveen got past Amica Wronki in the first round, but they got defeated in the following round by Varteks.[1][10] In the 1999–2000 season, he helped the club finish runner-up in the league.[1][4]

Mitriță joined Steaua București in 2000, making 14 league appearances under coach Victor Pițurcă in his first season, as they won the title.[1][4][5] Subsequently, he played four matches in the 2001–02 Champions League qualifying rounds, helping them get past Sloga Jugomagnat, but they got eliminated in the following round by Dynamo Kyiv.[1][11] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 19 May 2002 in Steaua's 2–2 derby draw against Dinamo București, totaling 177 games with seven goals in the competition and 22 games with one goal in European competitions (including seven appearances in the Intertoto Cup).[1][12] Mitriță ended his career after playing during the 2003–04 Divizia B season for FC Craiova.[1]

International career

Mitriță played one friendly game for Romania on 3 March 1999 under coach Victor Pițurcă in a 2–0 victory against Estonia.[13]

Personal life

His nephew, Alexandru, is also a professional footballer.[14]

Honours

Universitatea Craiova

Heerenveen

Steaua București

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Dumitru Mitriță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dumitru Mitriță" (in Romanian). Ucv1948.ro. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "Universitatea Cluj 0 – 1 Universitatea Craiova". Labtof. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "Unchiul lui Alex Mitriță ştie de ce s-a retras nepotul lui de la naţională: "Asta l-a făcut să ia decizia"" [Alex Mitriță's uncle knows why his nephew retired from the national team: "That's what made him make the decision"] (in Romanian). As.ro. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Romania National Champions". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "Dumitru Mitriță. UEFA Cup 1992/1993". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "Florin Constantinovici: "Campionatul olandez e perfect pentru un fotbalist român!"" [Florin Constantinovici: "The Dutch Championship is perfect for a Romanian footballer!"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 9 July 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
    ""Am venit cu un tir plin cu cadouri de la Heerenveen"" ["I came back with a truck full of gifts from Heerenveen"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 15 February 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
    "Scurta carieră la Heerenveen a lui Mugur Gușatu, românul supărat că era rezerva lui Ruud van Nistelrooy" [Mugur Gușatu's short career at Heerenveen, the Romanian angry that he was Ruud van Nistelrooy's reserve] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Dumitru Mitriță. Eredivisie 1997/1998". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  9. ↑ "Heerenveen 3:1 NAC Breda". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  10. ↑ "Dumitru Mitriță. Cup Winners' Cup 1998/1999". WorldFootball. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
    "European competitions 1998/1999". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  11. ↑ "Dumitru Mitriță. Champions League Qual. 2001/2002". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 February 2025.
  12. ↑ "Dumitru Mitriță profile". Labtof. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  13. ↑ "Dumitru Mitriță profile". European Football. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
    "Romania – Estonia 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 28 April 2026.
  14. ↑ "Mitriţă vrea în Portugalia cu U17! "Sper să conving"" [Mitriță wants to go to Portugal with the under-17s! "I want to confirm the hopes"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
    "Familia sport – De la fondare, Hagi a adus la gruparea constănțeană o mulțime de fotbaliști ai căror tați, unchi sau rude apropiate au fost sportivi de performanță" [The sport family "Since founding, Hagi brought to the team from Constanta a lot of footballers whose fathers, uncles or close relatives were performance athletes] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
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