Dumitru Ivan

Dumitru Ivan (14 May 1938 – 17 June 2015) was a Romanian footballer who played as a left-back.

Club career Ivan was born on 14 May 1938 in București, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1955 at Locomotiva București.

In 1959 he started his senior career at Divizia B team Dinamo Obor București, transferring after one season to Dinamo București. Ivan won four consecutive Divizia A titles from 1962 until 1965. In the first one he worked with three coaches, Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru, who gave him 26 appearances. He made 19 appearances in the last one under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu. He represented Dinamo in 10 European Cup matches. In the 1965–66 edition, Ivan appeared in a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan, who were the winners of the previous two seasons of the competition.

In 1967, Ivan was transferred to Argeș Pitești where on 7 December 1969 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–2 draw against Universitatea Craiova, totaling 163 appearances with two goals in the competition. He also played six games in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup for Argeș.

International career Ivan played six matches for Romania, making his debut on 8 October 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu in a 4–0 friendly victory against Turkey. His next game was a 3–1 win over Spain in the 1964 European Nations' Cup qualifiers.

Death Ivan died on 17 June 2015 at the age of 77 in his native București, after suffering from cirrhosis and diabetes.

Honours Dinamo București Divizia A: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 Cupa României: 1963–64