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Former Chelsea player Adrian Mutu named general manager of Dinamo Bucharest

Former Chelsea striker Adrian Mutu has taken up his first job in management at Romanian club Dinamo Bucharest.

Mutu, who called time on a 19-year playing career in May, has been named general manager of a side for whom he played between 1999 and 2000, scoring 29 goals in 42 games.

“I am pleased that Adrian Mutu is with us and am confident that his experience in international football will lead us to a new standard of performance both domestically and in Europe,” Dinamo’s majority shareholder, Ionut Negoita, told the club’s official website.

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“It’s an honour for me that Dinamo offered me the chance to debut in a role so important and I thank Mr Negoita for this huge challenge in my career,” Mutu, who also counts Juventus and Fiorentina among his former clubs, said. “I hope to repay this trust.”

Mutu, now 37, joined Chelsea from Parma in summer 2003 but his contract was terminated a year later after he tested positive for cocaine.

He later lost a protracted legal battle and was ordered to pay the Stamford Bridge club £14m in damages for breach of contract

Patrick Ekeng: Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder dies after collapse

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Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng has died aged 26 of a suspected heart attack after collapsing on the pitch.

Ekeng fell to the floor in the 70th minute of a televised Romanian league match between Dinamo and Viitorul.

He was pronounced dead in hospital two hours later.

The Romanian Football Federation announced on Saturday, external the Romanian Cup final between Dinamo and Cluj would be put back a week to 17 May.

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It said all games scheduled for this weekend would be postponed.

The Cameroonian FA confirmed Ekeng’s death on Twitter, external on Friday, while his former club Cordoba tweeted:, external “We have no words to express our sadness at the loss.”

Ekeng had also previously played for Le Mans and Lausanne.

In 2003, Cameroon international midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe died, external after collapsing during a Confederations Cup match against Colombia in France.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino said: “At moments like this, words seem insufficient. Messages I’ve read online from teammates, his club in Romania, and former teams, show just how highly Patrick was regarded.”

 

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