Ilie Datcu

Ilie Datcu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1937-07-20) 20 July 1937
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Constructorul Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1961–1969	Dinamo Bucureşti	166	(0)
1969–1975	Fenerbahçe	110	(0)
1975–1976	Giresunspor	20	(0)
International career
1963–1967	Romania	13	(0)
Managerial career
1976	Fenerbahçe
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ilie Datcu (born 20 July 1937 in Bucharest) is a Romanian former football goalkeeper and coach.

Datcu most notable played for Dinamo Bucharest in Romania and Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He played between 1969-75 in Fenerbahçe squad a total of 220 matches. He won three Turkish Football League Championships. After his retirement as a player, Datcu become a coach and was active in Turkey. He discovered Turkish international goalkeeper, Rüştü Reçber whom he coached. During 2002, he worked with former Dinamo Bucharest teammate Mircea Lucescu, who appointed him as goalkeeping coach at Beşiktaş.

He also has Turkish citizenship since 1978 with the name 'İlyas Datça and is now living in Bodrum.

Club career

• Metalul Câmpina (1955)
• Progresul Bucureşti (1956–1958)
• Dinamo Obor Bucureşti (1958–1961)
• Dinamo Bucureşti (1961–1969)
• Fenerbahçe (1969–1975)
• Giresunspor (1975–1976)

Teams managed

• Fenerbahçe
• Vefa S.K.
• Rizespor
• Türkiyemspor Berlin
• Göztepe A.Ş.
• Fatih Karagümrük SK
• Denizlispor
• Kartalspor
• Diyarbakırspor
• Bakırköyspor
• PTT (1988–1989) now, Türk Telekomspor
• Eskişehirspor
• Türk Telekomspor
• Gaziosmanpaşaspor
• Kütahyaspor

Club honours

Dinamo Bucureşti

• Romanian League: 4
  • 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65
• Romanian Cup: 2
  • 1963–64, 1967–68

Fenerbahçe

• Turkish League: 3
  • 1969–70, 1973–74, 1974–75
• Turkish Cup: 1
  • 1973–74
• Turkish Super Cup: 2
  • 1973, 1975
• Chancellor Cup: 1
  • 1973
• TSYD Cup: 3
  • 1969, 1973, 1975

External links

• Ilie Datcu – FIFA competition record
• Ilie Datcu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ilie Datcu career stats in Turkey at mackolik.com