Dumitru Moraru

Moraru was born on 8 May 1956 in București, Romania, growing up in the Pantelimon neighborhood, where he started playing football in 1966 at the junior teams of Metalul București. There, he earned the nickname "Țețe" (Tsetse) after a teammate told him in a training camp that he sleeps so much as if he had been bitten by a tsetse fly. In 1972 he started playing for Metalul's senior team, making 56 appearances in Divizia B, before joining Steaua București. Moraru made his Divizia A debut under coach Constantin Teașcă on 25 August 1974, playing for Steaua in a derby against Dinamo București, which ended with a 2–0 loss, but his performance in the match was appreciated by journalist Eftimie Ionescu who gave him a grade 8 in the Sportul newspaper. He played 24 games in the 1975–76 Divizia A season and 26 in the 1977–78 season, helping The Military Men win the title in each of them and also won the 1975–76 Cupa României, all these performances being obtained under the guidance of coach Emerich Jenei. In 1978 he went to play for three seasons at Sportul Studențesc București where he won the 1979–80 Balkans Cup. Then Moraru was transferred from Sportul Studențesc to Dinamo București in exchange for Andrei Speriatu and Constantin Pană. There, he played 31 league games in each of his first three seasons as the club won the title in all of them, working with coach Valentin Stănescu for the first one and with Nicolae Dumitru for the other two. He also won three Cupa României, the first…

Moraru played 38 games for Romania, making his debut on 24 September 1975 under coach Valentin Stănescu in a 1–1 draw against Greece in the 1973–76 Balkan Cup. He played one game in each of the 1978 and 1982 World Cup qualifiers. Subsequently, he made three appearances, including two clean sheets in wins over Sweden and World Cup holders Italy during the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers. Moraru played one game under coach Mircea Lucescu in the final tournament in a 1–0 loss to Portugal as Romania did not get past the group stage. He made one appearance during the 1986 World Cup qualifiers which was a 2–0 victory against Finland, then kept another clean sheet in a 4–0 win over Austria in the Euro 1988 qualifiers. Moraru's last game played for the national team took place on 30 March 1988 in a 3–3 friendly draw against East Germany.

Moraru's cousin Ștefan Georgescu was a footballer who played for Metalul București. Sports commentator Ilie Dobre wrote a book about him titled Țețe Moraru - Glorie. Reflexe. Amintiri (Țețe Moraru - Glory. Reflexes. Memories), which was released in 2001.

Steaua București

Divizia A: 1975–76, 1977–78 Cupa României: 1975–76 Sportul Studențesc București

Balkans Cup: 1979–80 Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86 Individual

Romanian Footballer of the Year (fifth place): 1984