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Cornel Dinu

1948 - Today

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Cornel Dinu (born 2 August 1948) 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 Târgoviște in 1965, and went on to spend the rest of his career at Dinamo București 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Cornel Dinu is the 3,893rd most popular soccer player (down from 3,315th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Romania (down from 400th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Cornel Dinu ranks 3,893 out of 21,273. Before him are François Bracci, Fumiaki Nakamura, Julien Darui, Hernanes, Vintilă Cossini, and Vratislav Lokvenc. After him are Yoko Takahagi, Franz Cisar, Kevin Doyle, Marcos Llorente, Amir Karić, and Károly Fogl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Cornel Dinu ranks 549. Before him are Avery Brooks, Eizo Kenmotsu, Ján Čapkovič, Michael Kitchen, Jan van Beveren, and Phil Mogg. After him are Hans Aabech, Damir Šolman, Cissé Mariam Kaïdama Sidibé, Danuta Hübner, Zhou Xiaochuan, and Antoni Macierewicz.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Cornel Dinu ranks 431 out of 844. Before him are Adrian Ilie (1974), Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic (1946), Lajos Keresztes (1900), Ecaterina Szabo (1967), György Kulin (1905), and Vintilă Cossini (1913). After him are Michael Klein (1959), Ernő Nagy (1898), Theodor Rosetti (1837), Nicolae Lupescu (1940), Petre S. Aurelian (1833), and Ádám Bodor (1936).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Cornel Dinu ranks 57. Before him are Ilie Balaci (1956), Samuel Zauber (1901), Silviu Lung (1956), Ernst Lörtscher (1913), Adrian Ilie (1974), and Vintilă Cossini (1913). After him are Michael Klein (1959), Nicolae Lupescu (1940), Ilie Dumitrescu (1969), Emerich Dembrovschi (1945), Costică Ștefănescu (1951), and Alexandru Cuedan (1910).

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