Cornel Dinu
Romania
2 August 1948
midfielder
is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager who played as a sweeper or a defensive midfielder.
He started out his playing career at hometown club Metalul Tรขrgoviศte in 1965, and went on to spend the rest of his career at Dinamo Bucureศti with which he won eight domestic trophies. Internationally, Dinu appeared in over 60 matches for the Romania national team and scored three goals. He was named the Romanian Footballer of the Year three times, in 1970, 1972 and 1974, and in the former year also finished on the 24th place in the Ballon d'Or voting.
After retiring as a player, Dinu coached Dinamo Bucureศti on five occasions among other stints, initially in the role of an assistant. Between 1992 and 1993, he was at the helm of the Romania national team.
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