Florea Dumitrache

Italian club Juventus wanted to sign Dumitrache after his performance at the 1970 World Cup but Nicolae Ceaușescu's communist regime refused.

[3][8] In the following three editions of the Cupa României, the team would reach the final in each of them, Dumitrache scoring a goal in each of the first two, all of them being lost in front of rivals Steaua București.

[3][4][7][14][15][16] Italian club Juventus wanted to sign the 24 year-old Dumitrache after his performance at the 1970 World Cup, making an estimated $1.5 million offer for him, but Nicolae Ceaușescu's communist regime refused.

[7][19] Florea Dumitrache made his last Divizia A appearance, playing for Corvinul on 17 September 1983 in a 2–0 home loss in front of his former team, Jiul Petroșani, having a total of 357 matches with 170 goals scored in the competition.

[21] He played five games in which he scored three goals at the successful 1970 World Cup qualifiers, also making a good performance at the final tournament, being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in all three games from the group stage in which he scored two goals, one against Czechoslovakia and one against Brazil and impressing with his dribbling abilities, especially in front of England's defenders Bobby Moore and Terry Cooper, however Romania did not manage to advance to the next stage.

Dumitrache in action for Dinamo Bucharest
Dumitrache with Romania