Ilie Datcu
 Datcu lifting the Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe in 1974 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 20 July 1937 | ||
| 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][3] 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][5]
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, working with three coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin Teașcă and Nicolae Dumitru.[4][6] In the following three seasons Datcu won another three titles, in the first two he was coached by Dumitru and Ionescu who used him 13 games in the first one and in 26 games in the second, while in the last one he played in 24 matches under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu.[4][6] During his period spent with The Red Dogs, he also won two Cupa României, being used the first 85 minutes by Ionescu who then replaced him with Iuliu Uțu in the 5–3 victory over rivals Steaua București from the 1964 final, then in the one from 1968 he played the whole match which was a 3–1 over Rapid București, being coached by Bazil Marian.[4][7][8] He also made some performances in European competitions with Dinamo as in the 1963–64 European Cup campaign he kept two clean sheets in the 3–0 aggregate win over East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next phase by Real Madrid and also appearing in a historical 2–1 win over Inter Milan in the 1965–66 edition who were the winners of the last two seasons of the competition.[4][9]
In 1969, Datcu 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][4][7][10][11][12][13] 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.[3][7][10] 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][4][7][10]
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.[3][1][14] He played two games at the Euro 1968 qualifiers and also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by Ploeșteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad from Tokyo where he made four appearances, helping the team finish on the fifth place.[3][1][2][15]
Managerial career
[edit]Ilie Datcu started his managerial career at Fenerbahçe with whom he won the TSYD Cup.[3][16] 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 from Dinamo and the national team, Mircea Lucescu.[3][11][16][17]
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Dinamo Obor București
- Cupa României runner-up: 1959–60[5]
Dinamo București
Fenerbahçe
- Turkish League: 1969–70, 1973–74[7]
- Turkish Cup: 1973–74[7]
- Turkish Super Cup: 1973[10]
- Chancellor Cup: 1973[10]
- TSYD Cup: 1969, 1973[10]
Manager
[edit]Fenerbahçe
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ilie Datcu". European Football. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Românul Ilie Datcu sau turcul Ilyas Datca?" [The Romanian Ilie Datcu or the Turk Ilyas Datca?] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Ilie Datcu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b "Romanian Cup – Season 1959–1960". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ilie Datcu at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!" [This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă" [The story of a fabulous cup final] (in Romanian). Welovesport.ro. 16 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
"Romanian Cup – Season 1968–1969". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 14 September 2024. - ^ "Ilie Datcu - Champions League 1963/1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
"1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii" [December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 1 December 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2024. - ^ a b c d e f "Ilie Datcu player profile" (in Turkish). Mackolik.com. 20 July 1937.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Răzvane, ia taurul de coarne!" [Răzvan, take the bull by the horns!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ "Romania – East Germany 3:2". European Football. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
- ^ Ilie Datcu at National-Football-Teams.com
"Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria" [How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
"Ilie Datcu - Olympic Games 1964". WorldFootball. Retrieved 3 October 2022. - ^ a b c "Ilie Datcu manager profile" (in Turkish). Mackolik.com. 20 July 1937.
- ^ "Ilie Datcu manager profile" (in Turkish). Tff.org.
"Nlari tanidiniz mi?" [Do you know them?] (in Turkish). Denizligundem.com. 4 March 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
"Adnan Suvari ve Mustafa Fedai" [Adnan Suvari and Mustafa Fedai] (in Turkish). Denizligundem.com. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
"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]- Ilie Datcu at WorldFootball.net
- Ilie Datcu – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ilie Datcu at www.mackolik.com (also at arsiv.mackolik.com) (in Turkish)
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- Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers
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- Naturalized citizens of Turkey
- Men's association football goalkeepers
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