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Răzvan Ionilă

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Răzvan Ionilă
Personal information
Full name Răzvan Costel Ionilă
Date of birth (1982-01-10) 10 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Craioval, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2004 Poli AEK Timișoara 13 (0)
2005–2006 CF Braila 15 (0)
2006 Petrolul Ploiești 15 (0)
2007 Alro Slatina
2007–2008 Dunărea Galați
2008–2010 Fortuna Covaci 3 5 (0)
2010–2011 Real Madrid 21 (15)
2011 Comprest GIM
2012–2013 Spartak Gottlob
Total 78 (0)
Managerial career
2010–2011 Flacăra Făget
2011 Comprest GIM
2011 Nuova Mama Mia Becicherecu Mic
2013 Flacăra Făget
2019–2021 Poli Timișoara (assistant manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Răzvan Costel Ionilă (born 10 January 1982) is a Romanian retired professional footballer. Although primarily a defender, Ionilă also played as a defensive midfielder.

Club career

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Ionilă made his debut in the Romanian Divizia A while playing for Poli AEK Timișoara.[1] After struggling with injuries, he gradually moved towards the lower leagues, making appearances for CF Brăila and Petrolul Ploiești, before calling an early end to his professional playing career at the age of 30.

Managerial career

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In his late playing career, Ionilă fulfilled the role of player-manager for several lower league teams, before finally taking on the manager position in 2013 at Flacăra Făget.[2] His focus then moved to coaching juniors football, joining Galaxy Timișoara, the academy of his former teammate, Silviu Bălace.[3] Alongside Bălace, he became assistant manager at Poli Timișoara in 2019.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Poli AEK squad" (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 25 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Flacăra, reaprinsă, după o iarnă zbuciumată profile" (in Romanian). druckeria.ro. 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Silviu Balace: La Galaxy vrem sa crestem copii care sa joace fotbal cu zambetul pe buze" (in Romanian). debanat.ro. 22 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Poli Timișoara staff profile" (in Romanian). acspoli.ro. 25 February 2021.
  5. ^ "ACS Poli a apelat la serviciile lui Silviu Bălace pentru a se redresa în C" (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 4 September 2019.
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