Ilie Datcu (born 20 July 1937), also known as İlyas Datça is a Romanian former

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goalkeeper and coach.

Club career

Ilie Datcu was born on 20 July 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. He started his career playing at the junior squads of Constructorul București in 1950, continuing at Metalul Câmpina and Progresul CPCS București, before he started his senior career in 1958 at Divizia B team,

Dinamo Obor București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

for which he played three seasons, reaching the

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which was lost with 2–0 in front of

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. He went to play for

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

where he made his

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

debut on 20 August 1961 in a 4–3 away loss against Dinamo Pitești, making a total of 20 league appearances in his first season, helping the team win the title. In the following three seasons Datcu won another three titles, in the first he played 13 games, in the second he played 26 games and in the third he made 24 appearances. After 8 seasons spent with '' The Red Dogs'' in which he also won two

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, he went to play for in Turkey for Fenerbahçe where in his first season he was coached by Traian Ionescu and was teammate with

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, all of them previously working together at

Dinamo A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

, winning the

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in which he made 29 appearances in which he conceded only 6 goals, also winning the TSYD Cup in which he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory from the final against

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. In the following seasons he won another title in the 1973–74 season, making 21 appearances, also winning another TSYD Cup and a

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in 1973 and a Turkish Cup in 1974. Datcu ended his career by spending the 1975–76 season at

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, he has a total of 166 matches played in

, 130 matches in the

and 22 appearances in European competitions.

International career

Ilie Datcu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 12 May 1963 under coach

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in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against East Germany. He played two games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers and also played for Romania's Olympic team and participated at the

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in Tokyo where he made four appearances, helping the team finish in the 5th place.

Managerial career

Ilie Datcu started his managerial career at Fenerbahçe with whom he won the TSYD Cup. He spent his entire career in Turkey, coaching numerous teams, also working as a goalkeeper coach at Fenerbahçe where he noticed and promoted

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and at

where he was bought by his former teammate Mircea Lucescu.

Honours

Player

Dinamo Obor București *

runner-up: 1959–60 Dinamo București *

: 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65 *

: 1963–64, 1967–68 Fenerbahçe *

: 1969–70, 1973–74 * Turkish Cup: 1973–74 * Turkish Super Cup: 1973 *

: 1973 * TSYD Cup: 1969, 1973

Manager

Fenerbahçe * TSYD Cup: 1976

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Datcu, Ilie 1937 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Romanian football managers Olympic footballers of Romania Footballers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Liga I players Liga II players Süper Lig players Expatriate footballers in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Romanian expatriate footballers Victoria București players FC Dinamo București players Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Giresunspor footballers Romanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Turkey Fenerbahçe football managers Eskişehirspor managers Göztepe S.K. managers Naturalized citizens of Turkey Association football goalkeepers