Dumitru Mitu

In 1992 Mitu started his senior football career in his hometown team of Faur București, then joining Steaua București, where he was loaned out to Farul Constanţa and FC Braşov. He also played for UTA Arad, before moving to NK Osijek during the 1996–1997 season. He was a big star at the Croatian side. After 159 appearances and 26 goals for NK Osijek and seven years spent at club, he transferred to Dinamo, where he won four national championships. Then he was sold to Greek Panathinaikos and he played there 6 games mainly in UEFA Champions League. Shortly after UEFA Champions League champaign at Panathinaikos he returned to Croatia with HNK Rijeka. After one season he returns to Dinamo Zagreb where he won First League title. Then he returns to homeland at CFR Cluj where he played 12 games with one goal but in second season leadership of CFR Cluj decided to cancel the Mitu's contract. The player came at CFR Cluj from Dinamo Zagreb and had a contract of 70,000 dollars per season. He scored just one goal for CFR Cluj in second part of last season. In this season, Mitu did not play any minute at CFR Cluj, being sent to train and to play at second team, Unirea Dej, after the leadership heard that he spent multiple nights in a night club. "It was the decision of the leadership, because I had decided to give him another chance. But he disappointed me with his declarations after the match with Dinamo, when he told the press that I prefer to send on the field the foreign players of CFR…

Mitu was born in Bucharest, but spent his childhood years in the nearby village of Dobroieşti. His father worked at the village bar, while his mother was a kiosk saleswoman. At age six and a half he started to play as a junior for Metalul (Faur) București, then a second division club, eventually reaching the first team. In 1992, aged 17, he signed for Steaua's junior squad.

NK Osijek

Croatian Cup: 1998–99 Dinamo Zagreb

Croatian League: 2002–03, 2005–06 Croatian Cup: 2003–04 Croatian Supercup: 2002, 2003 HNK Rijeka

Croatian Cup: 2004–05