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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1937-07-20)20 July 1937 (age 88) | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1950–1954 | Constructorul București | ||
| 1955 | Metalul Câmpina | ||
| 1956–1957 | 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(GK coach) | ||
| 2002–2005 | Beşiktaş(GK coach) | ||
| 2007 | Kütahyaspor | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ilie Datcu (born 20 July 1937), also known asİlyas Datça is aRomanian formerfootballgoalkeeper and coach.[2]
Datcu was born on 20 July 1937 inBucharest, Romania.[3][4] He began playing football at the junior squads of Constructorul București in 1950, four years later going toMetalul Câmpina and then joining Progresul CPCS București.[4][5] He started his senior career in 1958 atDivizia B teamDinamo Obor București.[4][5] During this three-season spell, the club reached the1960 Cupa României final, where coachConstantin Teașcă used him the entire match in the 2–0 loss toProgresul București.[4][5][6]
Datcu went to play forDinamo București where he made hisDivizia A debut on 20 August 1961 in a 4–3 away loss againstDinamo Pitești.[5] He made a total of 20 league appearances in his first season, helping the team win the title, working with coachesTraian Ionescu,Constantin Teașcă andNicolae Dumitru.[5][7] In the following three seasons, Datcu won another three titles.[5][7] In the first two he was coached by Dumitru and Ionescu who used him 13 games in the first one and 26 in the second.[5][7] For the last title, Datcu played in 24 matches under the guidance ofAngelo Niculescu.[5][7] During his period spent withThe Red Dogs, he also won twoCupa României.[5][8] In the1964 final, Ionescu played him for the first 85 minutes, then replaced him with Iuliu Uțu in the 5–3 victory againstrivalsSteaua București, but in1968, coachBazil Marian did not use him in the 3–1 win overRapid București.[9]
He also made some performances in European competitions with Dinamo as in the1963–64 European Cup campaign he kept two clean sheets in the 3–0 aggregate win overEast Germany champion,Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next round byReal Madrid.[5][10] He subsequently appeared in a historical 2–1 win overInter Milan in the1965–66 edition who were the winners of the last two editions of the competition.[5][11]
In 1969, aged 31, Datcu went to play inTurkey forFenerbahçe where in his first season he was coached byTraian Ionescu and was teammates withIon Nunweiller, all of them previously working together at Dinamo.[4][5][12][13][14] They won the1969–70 Turkish League in which Datcu made 29 appearances, conceding only six goals, and also kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory in theTSYD Cup final againstBeşiktaş.[4][5][12][13][14] In the following years he won another title in the1973–74 season, making 21 appearances, also winning another TSYD Cup, aChancellor Cup in 1973 and aTurkish Cup in 1974.[4][8][12] Datcu ended his career by spending the1975–76 season atGiresunspor.[4][5][8] He has a total of 166 matches played in Divizia A, 130 games in the Turkish League and 22 appearances in European competitions.[4][5][8]
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Datcu played six games forRomania, making his debut on 12 May 1963 under coachSilviu Ploeșteanu in a 3–2 friendly victory againstEast Germany.[1][4][15] He played two matches in theEuro 1968 qualifiers.[1] He also played forRomania's Olympic team, being chosen by Ploeșteanu to be part of the1964 Summer Olympics squad inTokyo where he made four appearances, helping the team finish in fifth place.[3][4][16]
He started his managerial career atFenerbahçe in 1976.[2][17] Datcu mostly coached inTurkey, working at numerous clubs.[13][18][19] In the 1982–83Turkish Second League season, he helpedFatih Karagümrük gain promotion to thefirst league after an absence of 20 years.[20] He also worked as a goalkeeper coach, first atFenerbahçe, where he noticed and promotedRüştü Reçber, then atBeşiktaş, being brought there by his former teammate from Dinamo and the national team,Mircea Lucescu.[13][18][19]
Datcu resides inBodrum, Turkey.[17] He also holds Turkish citizenship under the nameİlyas Datça.[4]
Dinamo Obor București
Dinamo București
Fenerbahçe
Fatih Karagümrük
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