Dorin Mateuț

Dorin Mateuţ
Personal information
Full name Dorin Mateuţ
Date of birth 5 August 1965 (1965-08-05) (age 46)
Place of birth Bogata-Curtuiuş, Cluj County, Romania
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1979–1980 CS Hunedoara
1980–1981 Corvinul Hunedoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1981–1986 Corvinul Hunedoara 132 (36)
1986–1990 Dinamo Bucureşti 109 (80)
1990–1992 Real Zaragoza 64 (10)
1992–1993 Brescia 4 (0)
1993–1994 Reggiana 25 (3)
1994–1995 Dinamo Bucureşti 37 (8)
1995–1996 Sportul Studenţesc 3 (0)
Total 374 (137)
National team
1984–1991 Romania 56 (10)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Dorin Mateuţ (born 5 August 1965) is a retired Romanian footballer.

He was born in Bogata-Curtuiuş, Cluj County and debuted in Divizia A with Corvinul Hunadoara in 1981. In the 1986–87 season, he earned a transfer to Dinamo Bucureşti. He scored an astounding 43 goals to take the top goalscorer title and even the European Golden Boot in 1988–89, and the following year Dinamo won the league championship. He later played abroad with mixed success, in Spain and Italy.

Mateuţ made his debut for the Romania in 1984 against Algeria, and was chosen for the 1990 World Cup squad. He won 56 caps in total, the last in 1991, and scored 10 goals.

International goals

Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 07.03.1984 Stadionul Central, Craiova, Romania  Greece 2–0 2–0 Friendly
2 28.08.1985 Stadionul 1 Mai, Timișoara, Romania  Finland 2–0 2–0 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
3 04.06.1986 Stadionul 23 August, București, Romania  Norway 3–1 3–1 Friendly
4 29.04.1987 Stadionul Steaua, București, Romania  Spain 2–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 1
5 19.10.1988 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria  Bulgaria 0–1 1–3 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 02.11.1988 Stadionul Steaua, București, Romania  Greece 1–0 3–0 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 23.11.1988 Stadionul Municipal, Sibiu, Romania  Israel 2–0 3–0 Friendly
8 23.11.1988 Stadionul Municipal, Sibiu, Romania  Israel 3–0 3–0 Friendly
9 05.12.1990 Stadionul Naţional, București, Romania  San Marino 2–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2
10 13.11.1991 Stadionul Steaua, București, Romania  Switzerland 1–0 1–0 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2

External links
Liga I top scorers
1968: Eusébio | 1969: Zhekov | 1970: Müller | 1971: Skoblar | 1972: Müller | 1973: Eusébio | 1974: Yazalde | 1975: Georgescu | 1976: Kaiafas | 1977: Georgescu | 1978: Krankl | 1979: Kist | 1980: Vandenbergh | 1981: Slavkov | 1982: Kieft | 1983: Gomes | 1984: Rush | 1985: Gomes | 1986: Van Basten | 1987: Cămătaru / Polster | 1988: Çolak | 1989: Mateuţ | 1990: Sánchez / Stoichkov | 1991: Pančev | 1992: McCoist | 1993: McCoist | 1994: Taylor | 1995: Avetisyan | 1996: Endeladze | 1997: Ronaldo | 1998: Machlas | 1999: Jardel | 2000: Phillips | 2001: Larsson | 2002: Jardel | 2003: Makaay | 2004: Henry | 2005: Henry / Forlán | 2006: Toni | 2007: Totti | 2008: C. Ronaldo | 2009: Forlán | 2010: Messi | 2011: C. Ronaldo
Romania squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup