ASA Târgu Mureș, Universitatea Cluj and Olt Scornicești, having a total of 218 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A consisting of 118 victories, 35 draws and 65 losses. Cornel Dinu was also the head coach of Romania's national team from April 1992 until June 1993, having a total of 13 games (7 victories, 2 draws, 4 losses) including a 5–1 home victory against Wales and a 5–2 away loss against Czechoslovakia, both games at the 1994 World Cup qualifiers. After retirement After he retired from his playing and coaching football career, Dinu worked in various management positions at Dinamo București. He was also guest at various radio and television shows, with football and cultural themes. He received the Honorary Citizen of Târgoviște (2015) and Bucharest (2019) titles. Writing Cornel Dinu wrote sports columns in the magazine "Flacăra" and the daily "Scânteia tineretului" during Romania's communist era, and after 1989 in the newspapers "Sportul", "Gazeta Sporturilor", "Dimineața", "Gândul", "Național", "Adevărul", "Cultura" and "Fanatik". He also wrote a total of five volumes, two of them being about football and three autobiographical: Fotbal – Tactica astăzi (Football – The tactic of today) - co-written with Ion V. Ionescu (1977) Fotbal – Concepția de joc (Football - The concept of the game) - co-written with Ion V. Ionescu (1982) Zâmbind din iarbă (Smiling from the grass) - autobiographical novel (2007) Jucând cu destinul (Playing with destiny) - autobiographical novel (2008) Misterele lui Mister (The mysteries of Mister) - autobiographical novel (2019) Honours Player Dinamo București Divizia A: 1970–71, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83 Cupa României: 1967–68, 1981–82 Individual Romanian Footballer of the Year: 1970, 1972, 1974 Ballon d'Or: 1970 (24th place) Manager Dinamo București Divizia A: 1999–2000, 2001–02 Cupa României: 1999–2000, 2000–01 References External links Cornel Dinu's manager profile at Labtof.ro 1948 births Living people Sportspeople from Târgoviște Romanian footballers FCM Târgoviște players FC Dinamo București players Liga I players 1970 FIFA World Cup players Romania international footballers Romanian football managers FC Dinamo București managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers Romania national football team managers Association football defenders Romanian sports executives and administrators Romanian writers Romanian male writers 20th-century Romanian writers 20th-century Romanian male writers 21st-century Romanian writers 21st-century Romanian male writers