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Lucian Ilie

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Lucian Ilie
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-10-14) 14 October 1967 (age 58)
Place of birth Dâmbovița, Romania
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1989 Rapid București 44 (2)
1989–1990 Jönköpings Södra 20 (6)
1990–1991 Mechelen 4 (0)
1991–1992 FC Wageningen 16 (1)
1992–1993 Groningen 32 (1)
1993–1995 Veendam 62 (3)
1995–1997 FC Zwolle 64 (11)
1998–2000 Veendam 49 (1)
2001–2003 DVS '33 30 (7)
Total 321 (32)
International career
1989 Romania U21 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucian Ilie (born 14 October 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Club career

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Ilie was born on 14 October 1967 in Dâmbovița, Romania.[1][2] He started his senior career at Rapid București, making his Divizia A debut on 13 December 1987, when coach Ion Dumitru sent him in the 72nd minute to replace Fănel Țîră in a 4–0 loss to rivals Steaua București.[1][3] The team suffered relegation at the end of the 1988–89 season.[1][4][5] Subsequently, he made five appearances in the 1989 Intertoto Cup, scoring a goal in a 3–1 defeat to Spartak Varna.[4] Seeking to escape Romania's communist regime, Ilie and his teammates Gabriel Ciolponea and Alexandru Aprodu fled their hotel on 19 July 1989, following a 2–0 loss to Örgryte, to request political asylum in Sweden.[4][5][6] They were helped by Adrian Oprișan, a former Sportul Studențesc București player who defected four years earlier.[4][5][6] Oprișan also helped them secure contracts with Jönköpings Södra.[1][4]

In 1990, Ilie went to play for Belgian side Mechelen, moving one year later to Dutch Eerste Divisie club FC Wageningen.[1][4] Subsequently, he joined Groningen, making his Eredivisie debut on 16 August 1992 under coach Pim Verbeek in a 1–1 draw against Willem II.[1][7][8] On 6 December, he scored his only goal in the competition in a 2–0 away win over Den Bosch.[1][7] He also played in both legs of the 2–1 aggregate loss to Vác in the first round of the 1992–93 UEFA Cup.[1][9] In 1993, Ilie went back to Eerste Divisie football at Veendam.[1] Two years later, he moved to FC Zwolle only to return to Veendam two seasons later.[1] From 2000 to 2003, Ilie played for amateur club DVS '33, retiring afterwards.[1]

International career

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Ilie played one game for Romania's under-21 team on 16 May 1989 in a 1–1 draw against Bulgaria.[10]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lucian Ilie at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. Lucian Ilie at WorldFootball.net
  3. "Rapid București 0 – 4 Steaua București". Labtof. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Povestea celor trei fotbaliști rapidiști rămași în Suedia în 1989: Aprodu, Ilie și Ciolponea. Cu ce se ocupă ei azi și cum l-au păcălit pe securistul lotului vișiniu" [The story of the three footballers of Rapid who remained in Sweden in 1989: Aprodu, Ilie and Ciolponea. What are they doing today and how they tricked the Securitate officer who was with Rapid' squad] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Florin Constantinovici, fost coleg cu Ilie, Aprodu şi Ciolponea, fugiţi în Suedia în 1989, s-a temut pentru soarta celor de acasă: "Familia ar fi avut de suferit"" [Florin Constantinovici, a former colleague of Ilie, Aprodu and Ciolponea, who fled to Sweden in 1989, feared for the fate of those at home: "The family would have suffered"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Florin Constantinovici, fost coleg cu Ilie, Aprodu şi Ciolponea, fugiţi în Suedia în 1989, s-a temut pentru soarta celor de acasă: "Familia ar fi avut de suferit"" [Florin Constantinovici, a former colleague of Ilie, Aprodu and Ciolponea, who fled to Sweden in 1989, feared for the fate of those at home: "The family would have suffered"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Lucian Ilie. 1992/93 Eredivisie". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  8. "Groningen 1:1 Willem II". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  9. "Lucian Ilie. 1992/93 UEFA Cup". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  10. "Lucian Ilie". 11v11. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
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