Ilie Datcu

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Ilie Datcu
Datcu lifting the Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-07-20) 20 July 1937 (age 86)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1950–1954 Constructorul București
1955 Metalul Câmpina
1956 Progresul CPCS București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958–1961 Dinamo Obor București
1961–1969 Dinamo București 166 (0)
1969–1975 Fenerbahçe 110 (0)
1975–1976 Giresunspor 20 (0)
Total 296 (0)
International career
1963–1967 Romania 13[a] (0)
Managerial career
1976 Fenerbahçe
1977–1978 Vefa S.K.
1978 Çaykur Rizespor
1978–1979 Türkiyemspor Berlin
1979 Hertha Zehlendorf
1979–1980 Eskişehirspor (assistant)
1981 Göztepe Izmir
1982–1983 Fatih Karagümrük
1984 İstanbulspor
1984–1985 Göztepe Izmir
1985–1986 Denizlispor
1986–1987 Kartalspor
1987–1988 Diyarbakırspor
1988 Bakırköyspor
1988–1990 Türk Telekomspor
1991 Eskişehirspor
1991–1992 Türk Telekomspor
1992–1993 Gaziosmanpaşaspor
1995–1999 Fenerbahçe Istanbul (GK coach)
2002–2005 Beşiktaş Istanbul (GK coach)
2007 Kütahyaspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ilie Datcu (born 20 July 1937), also known as İlyas Datça is a Romanian former football goalkeeper and coach.

Club career[edit]

Ilie Datcu was born on 20 July 1937 in Bucharest, Romania.[2] 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 for which he played three seasons, reaching the 1960 Cupa României Final which was lost with 2–0 in front of Progresul București.[3][4] He went to play for Dinamo București where he made his Divizia A 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.[3] 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.[3] After 8 seasons spent with The Red Dogs in which he also won two Cupa României, he went to play for in Turkey for Fenerbahçe where in his first season he was coached by Traian Ionescu and was teammate with Ion Nunweiller, all of them previously working together at Dinamo, winning the Turkish League 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 Beşiktaş Istanbul.[3][5][6][7][8][9] In the following seasons he won another title in the 1973–74 season, making 21 appearances, also winning another TSYD Cup and a Chancellor Cup in 1973 and a Turkish Cup in 1974.[5][6] Datcu ended his career by spending the 1975–76 season at Giresunspor, he has a total of 166 matches played in Divizia A, 130 matches in the Turkish League and 22 appearances in European competitions.[3][5][6]

International career[edit]

Ilie Datcu played six games at international level for Romania, making his debut on 12 May 1963 under coach Silviu Ploeșteanu in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against East Germany.[1][10] He played two games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers and also played for Romania's Olympic team and participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he made four appearances, helping the team finish in the 5th place.[1][2][11][12]

Managerial career[edit]

Ilie Datcu started his managerial career at Fenerbahçe with whom he won the TSYD Cup.[13] He spent his entire career in Turkey, coaching numerous teams, also working as a goalkeeper coach at Fenerbahçe where he noticed and promoted Rüştü Reçber and at Beşiktaş Istanbul where he was bought by his former teammate Mircea Lucescu.[7][13][14][15][16][17]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Dinamo Obor București

Dinamo București

Fenerbahçe

Manager[edit]

Fenerbahçe

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Including 7 appearances for Romania's Olympic team[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Ilie Datcu". European Football. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ilie Datcu Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Ilie Datcu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1959–1960". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Ilie Datcu at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ a b c d e f "Ilie Datcu player profile" (in Turkish). Mackolik.com.
  7. ^ a b "Ilie Datcu, primul bașkan român în fotbal" [Ilie Datcu, the first Romanian baskan in football] (in Romanian). Sptfm.ro. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Răzvane, ia taurul de coarne!" [Răzvan, take the bull by the horns!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Romania – East Germany 3:2". European Football. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  11. ^ Ilie Datcu at National-Football-Teams.com
  12. ^ "Ilie Datcu - Olympic Games 1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  13. ^ a b c "Ilie Datcu manager profile" (in Turkish). Mackolik.com.
  14. ^ "Ilie Datcu manager profile" (in Turkish). Tff.org.
  15. ^ "Nlari tanidiniz mi?" [Do you know them?] (in Turkish). Denizligundem.com. 4 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Adnan Suvari ve Mustafa Fedai" [Adnan Suvari and Mustafa Fedai] (in Turkish). Denizligundem.com. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  17. ^ "Ilie Datcu : "Steaua e modestă rău, n-are şanse"" [Ilie Datcu: "Steaua is modest, unfortunately, they have no chance"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2022.

External links[edit]

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