Dumitru Macri

Club career Macri was born on 28 April 1931 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1947 at Flacăra Roșie București. Afterwards he went to play at senior level for Rapid București, making his Divizia A debut on 19 March 1950 in a 0–0 draw against Știința Timișoara.

Macri spent all of his career with Rapid București, totalling 15 seasons, during which he was the club's captain between 1952 and 1966. During this period he had two runner-up positions in the first league, and reaching two Cupa României finals in 1961 and 1962, both of which ended in defeat. They also won the 1957 Cupa Primăverii and the 1963–64 Balkans Cup. During his stay at Rapid, the team was relegated twice to Divizia B, but Macri stayed with the club each time, helping it get promoted back to the first division.

Macri played eight games for Romania, making his debut under coach Augustin Botescu on 26 October 1958 in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss against Hungary. Following a 1–0 victory in a friendly against Turkey, He also coached in Algeria, first from 1971 until 1973 at RC Kouba, then the Algerian national team between 1974 and 1975. In 1981 he was Constantin Cernăianu's assistant at Romania's under-20 national team that obtained a third place in the FIFA World Youth Championship.

Personal life and death Macri was of Greek heritage through his father, who originated from Ampelochori, a small village near Kalabaka, Greece. He left Romania in 1986, moving to France with his son, an architect, being forced to do so by Romania's communist regime which was concerned that he had relatives living outside the country.

Honours Rapid București Divizia A runner-up: 1950, 1963–64, 1964–65 Divizia B: 1952, 1955 Cupa României runner-up: 1960–61, 1961–62 Balkans Cup: 1963–64 Cupa Primăverii: 1957

Individual Ballon d'Or: 1961 (35th place)