Lucian Ilie
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 October 1967 | ||
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]Ilie played one game for Romania's under-21 team on 16 May 1989 in a 1–1 draw against Bulgaria.[10]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Lucian Ilie at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ↑ Lucian Ilie at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "Rapid București 0 – 4 Steaua București". Labtof. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1 2 "Lucian Ilie. 1992/93 Eredivisie". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
- ↑ "Groningen 1:1 Willem II". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
- ↑ "Lucian Ilie. 1992/93 UEFA Cup". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
- ↑ "Lucian Ilie". 11v11. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Lucian Ilie at Labtof.ro
- Lucian Ilie at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 March 2012) at Voetbal International
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- FC Rapid București players
- KV Mechelen players
- FC Wageningen players
- PEC Zwolle players
- FC Groningen players
- SC Veendam players
- Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Romanian expatriate men's footballers
- Footballers from Dâmbovița County
- Jönköpings Södra IF players
- Liga I players
- Eredivisie players
- Eerste Divisie players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Romanian defectors
- DVS '33 players
- 20th-century Romanian sportsmen