Ted Dumitru

Ted Dumitru
Ted Dumitru
Personal information
Full name Theodore Dumitru
Date of birth 2 September 1939 (1939-09-02) (age 72)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Club information
Current club Mamelodi Sundowns
Teams managed
Years Team
19641966 Universitatea Craiova
19671968 Romania U-23
19691970 Altay Izmir
19701971 Beşiktaş
19711972 Mersin İdmanyurdu
19741975 Rochester Lancers
19771980 Tractor Sazi
19811982 Zambia
19831984 Swaziland
19861987 Kaizer Chiefs
19881995 Mamelodi Sundowns (Youth Development)
19951997 SAFA (Youth Development)
19971999 Mamelodi Sundowns
19992000 Orlando Pirates
2000 Manning Rangers
20002001 Namibia
20012002 Mamelodi Sundowns
20032005 Kaizer Chiefs
20052006 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 196465 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 expressionTed Dumitru is regarded as by far the most successful coach in the South African domestic scene.

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