Dorin Rotariu

Early career and Dinamo București

Rotariu played as a youngster for FC Politehnica Timișoara's academy, and in September 2012 was loaned to top-flight club Dinamo București. Several other teams had previously wished to sign him, including ACS Poli Timișoara—the supposed successor of FC Politehnica which was dissolved during the same month of the player's transfer. Rotariu chose to join Dinamo București in order to play alongside teammates from the national under-19 squad. He stayed with the reserve team before making his Liga I debut against Concordia Chiajna in March 2013, aged only 17 years and eight months. After his loan expired in the summer of 2013, Dinamo București reached a full transfer agreement with the owner of the defunct FC Politehnica society, Marian Iancu, despite interest from fellow league side FC Vaslui. Rotariu was signed as a free agent, but the capital-based club promised to pay 50% of a future transfer fee to the businessman. On the eve of his 18th birthday, Rotariu recorded his first goal in a match against FC Vaslui, which ended 2–0. On 11 August 2013, he netted in a derby against FC Steaua București. Twelve days later, he scored again in a 6–0 victory over Universitatea Cluj. Rotariu was the most efficient young player in the first part of the 2016–17 Liga I campaign, having scored six goals and offering one assist.

Club Brugge

On 31 January 2017, the last day of the winter transfer window in Belgium, it was announced that Rotariu…

Rotariu was called up by manager Christoph Daum to the Romania national team squad to face Montenegro in September 2016. He earned his first cap on 8 October that year, in a 5–0 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier win over Armenia, in which he came on for Alexandru Chipciu in the 67th minute. Rotariu scored his first goal for the full side on 27 March 2018, coming on as a 53rd-minute substitute for Alexandru Mitriță and netting the only goal in a friendly against Sweden.

Rotariu's main position is that of a winger, preferably on the right flank, but he can also be deployed as a supporting or a lone striker. Cristian Dulca, his coach at the Romania under-21 national team, stated that his best quality is ball control, and that he advances well while looking for spaces between lines.

Rotariu's father Ilie was a footballer who totalled two games in the Romanian top tier, and has an identical twin named Iosif. The latter also played for Politehnica Timișoara and the Romania national team, among others.