Dumitru Mitriță

Dumitru Dorian Mitriță (born 23 June 1971) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career Mitriță was born on 23 June 1971 in Craiova, Romania and began playing-junior level football at local club Universitatea, where he won two national junior championships in 1988 and 1991. He made his Divizia A debut under coach Sorin Cârțu on 29 September 1990 in "U" Craiova's 1–0 win over Universitatea Cluj. However, he was transferred in the middle of the season to Divizia B club Drobeta-Turnu Severin, but Universitatea still managed to win The Double at the end of the season without him. Subsequently, Mitriță returned to top-flight football, signing with Electroputere Craiova. In the middle of that season, he joined FC Universitatea Craiova. He made his Eredivisie debut on 20 August 1997 under coach Foppe de Haan in a 3–1 home win over NAC Breda. Mitriță scored his first goal in the competition on 24 September in a 2–1 home victory against Twente. In the 1999–2000 season, he helped the club finish runner-up in the league. He made his last Divizia A appearance on 19 May 2002 in Steaua's 2–2 derby draw against Dinamo București, totaling 177 games with seven goals in the competition and 22 games with one goal in European competitions (including seven appearances in the Intertoto Cup). Mitriță ended his career after playing during the 2003–04 Divizia B season for FC Craiova.

Personal life His nephew, Alexandru, is also a professional footballer.

Honours Universitatea Craiova Divizia A: 1990–91 Cupa României: 1990–91 Heerenveen Eredivisie runner-up: 1999–2000 Steaua București Divizia A: 2000–01