Constantin Dinulescu
Romanian footballer
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Constantin Dinulescu (19 April 1931 – 1 February 2017) was a Romanian football forward who played for Romania in the 1960 European Nations' Cup.[2]
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 19 April 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | București, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 1 February 2017 (aged 85) | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1945–1948 | Unirea Tricolor București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948–1949 | UCB București | ||
| 1950 | Progresul ICAS București | ||
| 1952–1953 | Știința Iași | ||
| 1954–1956 | Știința Timișoara | 65 | (32) |
| 1957–1962 | Progresul București[a] | 79 | (33) |
| 1962–1964 | Farul Constanța | 40 | (15) |
| Total | 184 | (80) | |
| International career | |||
| 1956–1957 | Romania B | 2 | (0) |
| 1959 | Romania Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1958–1960 | Romania | 3 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
Dinulescu was born on 19 April 1931 in București, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1945 at Unirea Tricolor București.[1] He started playing senior-level football in the regional championship for UCB București.[1] In 1950 he joined Divizia B club Progresul ICAS București.[1] Subsequently, in 1952 he went to play for Știința Iași in the same division.[1] Two years later he joined Știința Timișoara, making his Divizia A debut on 21 March 1954 under coach Eugen Mladin in a 0–0 away draw against Metalul Hunedoara.[1][3] Dinulescu scored a personal record of 17 goals in the 1955 season which made him the second top-scorer of the league, having one goal fewer than teammate Ion Ciosescu.[4] On 1 July 1956 he scored a goal in a 2–1 West derby victory against UTA Arad.[5] He won the 1959–60 Cupa României with Progresul, but coach Augustin Botescu did not use him in the final.[1][6] In 1957, Dinulescu switched teams again, transferring from Politehnica to Progresul București.[1] Five years later, in 1962 he went to Farul Constanța where he was part of the team's prolific offensive trio alongside Ciosescu and Iosif Bükössy.[1][7] There, he made his last Divizia A appearance on 8 December 1963 in a 1–0 away loss to Petrolul Ploiești, totaling 184 matches with 80 goals in the competition.[1]
International career
Between 1956 and 1959, Dinulescu made several appearances for Romania's B and Olympic teams.[8]
Dinulescu played three games and scored two goals for Romania.[9] He made his debut on 30 September 1962, opening the score under coach Augustin Botescu in a 2–1 friendly loss to rivals Hungary in which he was also sent off in the 67th minute.[9][10] Subsequently, he scored a goal in a 3–0 win over Turkey in the Euro 1960 qualifiers which helped his side reach the quarter-finals where they were defeated by Czechoslovakia who advanced to the final tournament.[9]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dinulescu goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 26 October 1958 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania |  Hungary | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly match |
| 2 | 2 November 1958 | Stadionul 23 August, Bucharest, Romania |  Turkey | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
Refereeing career
Personal life and death
Honours
Progresul București