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Ted Dumitru Personal information Full name Theodore Dumitru Date of birth 2 September 1939 Place of birth Bucharest, Romania Club information Current club Mamelodi Sundowns Teams managed Years Team 1964–1966 Universitatea Craiova 1967–1968 Romania U-23 1969–1970 Altay Izmir 1970–1971 Beşiktaş 1971–1972 Mersin İdmanyurdu 1974–1975 Rochester Lancers 1977–1980 Tractor Sazi 1981–1982 Zambia 1983–1984 Swaziland 1986–1987 Kaizer Chiefs 1988–1995 Mamelodi Sundowns (Youth Development) 1995–1997 SAFA (Youth Development) 1997–1999 Mamelodi Sundowns 1999–2000 Orlando Pirates 2000 Manning Rangers 2000–2001 Namibia 2001–2002 Mamelodi Sundowns 2003–2005 Kaizer Chiefs 2005–2006 South Africa 2007 AmaZulu (Technical Director) 2008– Mamelodi Sundowns (Technical Director) Theodore "Ted" Dumitru (born Dumitru Teodorescu on 2 September 1939 in Bucharest, Romania) is the current Technical Director of Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League. He is a former coach of the South Africa national football team.[1]
Playing and coaching career
Playing football at Sportul Studenţesc he had a short run because injuries had ended his career prematurely; as a result, he started to coach Stiinta Craiova, Universitatea Craiova today, in the 1964–65 season, the first for "oltenii" in Divizia A. He was only 25 years old, thus establishing a record in the Liga I: the youngest coach. After saving in extremis the team from relegation in the first season as a coach, in the second he finished in the eighth place. He left Craiova in 1966 and was for a while the coach of Romania U23 national team. In 1969 he went to Turkey where he trained Altay Izmir, Beşiktaş and then Mersin.
In 1973 was called back in Romania but he refused. He arrived in Germany where he requested political asylum. In Romania, was sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison. In 1974 restart to coach, but this time across the ocean, in America, with Rochester Lancers.[2] He continued to train them, when it was moved to San Diego where he became the San Diego United. From that moment begins to be known as Ted Dumitru.
In 1980 arrives in Africa, and was appointed as technical director of Zambia, then in 1981 is called coach and leads the team in the Preliminaries African Cup of Nations, qualified in final tournament, where they don't participate, due to his U.S. passport, because tournament being hosted by Libya, a country where Americans are not welcomed.
He left Zambia and signed a contract with the African Football Confederation, is sent to Swaziland, then in Namibia to help develop football in those countries.
In South Africa came as a result of the contract signed with the Kaizer Chiefs who won two championship titles and two national cups. Then he moved to Mamelodi Sundowns, the other big team in South Africa, which has won two titles and qualified for the first time a South African team in the African Champions Cup final.
In South Africa has also trained the club of Orlando Pirates. The Fifth and Sixth title in South Africa have been conquered with the Kaiser Chiefs, where he made the big step toward national Bafana-Bafana, in November 2005 which unfortunately was not performing, being dismissed in February 2006, after the final tournament in African Cup of Nations.
He published a book about football, "Mosaic Training," which was published in Germany.
In South Africa is nicknamed "Master Ted", "The Professor" or "Mr Magic".
“The style of the game is a form of expression” Ted Dumitru is regarded as by far the most successful coach in the South African domestic scene.
References
- ^ "FINISHED: Former South Africa Coach Ted Dumitru - Pitso Mosimane Was The Only One Worthy Of Bafana - Goal.com". http://www.goal.com/en/news/1659/south-africa/2010/07/16/2028103/former-south-africa-coach-ted-dumitru-pitso-mosimane-was-the. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
- ^ http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL_AllTimeCoachesRegistry.htm
Ted Dumitru international tournaments Ted Dumitru managerial positions Beşiktaş JK – managers Şeref (1911–25) · Zinger (1925–35) · Top (1935–44) · Howard (1944–46) · Top (1946–48) · Meazza (1948–49) · Yeten (1949) · Keen (1949–50) · Yeten (1950–51) · Cable (1951–52) · Usuoğlu (1952–53) · Puppo (1953–54) · Arman (1955–56) · Mészáros (1956–57) · Bilgiç (1957) · Remondini (1957–58) · Saygun (1959) · Kuttik (1959–60) · Puppo (1960–61) · Görkey (1961) · Kuttik (1961–62) · Spajić (1962–63) · Melchior (1963–64) · Spajić (1964–67) · Janevski (1967–68) · Milev (1968–69) · Ćirić (1969–70) · Dumitru (1970–71) · Kılıç (1971–72) · Gegić (1972–73) · Türel (1973–74) · Buhtz (1974–75) · Onay (1975–76) · Arıkan (1977) · Milutinović (1977–78) · Andaç (1978–79) · Tüzün (1979–80) · Türel (1980) · Milić (1980–83) · Taner (1983–84) · Stanković (1984–86) · Milutinović (1986–87) · Milne (1987–93) · Daum (1993–96) · Koch (1996) · Kara (1996–97) · Toshack (1997–98) · Feldkamp (1998–99) · Briegel (1999–2000) · Scala (2000–01) · Daum (2001–02) · Lucescu (2002–04) · del Bosque (2004–05) · Çalımbay (2005) · Tigana (2005–07) · Sağlam (2007–08) · Denizli (2008–10) · Schuster (2010–11) · Havutçu (2011) · Carvalhal (2011–)
Zambia national football team – managers Dumitru (1981–82) · Ndhlovu (19xx–xx) · Figge (1992–93) · Chitalu (1993) · Mwila (1993) · Porterfield (1993–94) · Chama (1994) · Poulsen (1994–97) · Mungwa (1997) · Kapita (1997) · Ziese (1997–98) · Mungwa (1998) · Kapita (1998) · Bamfuchile (1998–2000) · Mungwa (2000) · Brouwer (2000–01) · Poulsen (2002) · Bwalya (2003–06) · Phiri (2006–08) · Renard (2008–10) · Bonetti (2010–11) · Renard (2011–)
Namibia national football team – managers (c) caretakerMuinjo (xxxx–xx) · Mogane (xxxx–98) · Ngubane (1998) · Boois (1998–1999) · Überjahn (1999–xx) · Katjiuongua (xxxx–2000) · Richter (2000) · Dumitru (2000–01) · Bamfuchile (2006–07) · Schans (2007–08) · Saintfiet (2008–10) · Isaacs (2010–2011c) · Isaacs (2011) · Kaanjuka (2011c–)
South Africa national football team – managers Tshabalala (1992) · Mashaba (1992) · Palacios (1992–94) · Barker (1994–97) · Sono (1998) · Troussier (1998) · Moloto (1998–00) · Queiroz (2000–02) · Sono (2002) · Mashaba (2002–04) · Phumo (2004) · Baxter (2004–05) · Dumitru (2005–06) · Mosimane (2006) · Parreira (2007–08) · Santana (2008–09) · Parreira (2009–2010) · Mosimane (2010–)
Categories:- 1939 births
- Living people
- Romanian footballers
- Romanian football managers
- People from Bucharest
- Namibia national football team managers
- Swaziland national football team managers
- South Africa national football managers
- Zambia national football team managers
- North American Soccer League coaches
- Altay S.K. managers
- Beşiktaş J.K. managers
- Mersin İdmanyurdu managers
- Expatriate football managers in South Africa
- Expatriate football managers in Turkey
- Expatriate soccer managers in the United States
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