 Isăilă in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Ionuț Isăilă | ||
| Date of birth | (1972-06-29)29 June 1972 (age 52) | ||
| Place of birth | Brașov, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Baniyas (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1992 | FC Brașov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Tractorul Brașov | 55 | (1) |
| 1997–2000 | FC Brașov | 89 | (3) |
| 1997–1998 | →Tractorul Brașov (loan) | 32 | (4) |
| 2000 | Rapid București | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2006 | FC Brașov | 107 | (5) |
| Total | 292 | (13) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | FC Săcele | ||
| 2007–2010 | FC Brașov (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2010–2011 | FC Brașov (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| 2012–2013 | FCM Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2013–2014 | Astra Giurgiu | ||
| 2014 | Astra Giurgiu | ||
| 2014–2016 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2018 | Romania U21 | ||
| 2018–2020 | Al-Hazem | ||
| 2020–2023 | Baniyas | ||
| 2023–2024 | Ajman | ||
| 2024 | Khor Fakkan | ||
| 2025– | Baniyas | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Ionuț Isăilă (born 29 June 1972) is a Romanian professionalfootballmanager and former player. He is the current head coach ofUAE Pro League clubBaniyas.
A former defender, Isăilă played 149 matches inLiga I, scoring seven goals. He played eight times in theUEFA Cup, four games each withRapid București andFC Brașov.
He began his coaching career in 2006 atsecond league clubFC Săcele. He then joined the technical staff ofRăzvan Lucescu, becoming his assistant at FC Brașov.
From July 2010 he was in numerous occasions the head coach of FC Brașov, overseen by technical directorDaniel Oprea, Isăilă not having the PRO License coach certificate yet.
In November 2011, Isăilă signed a contract for four seasons withSportul Studențesc. The club relegated under his command. In August 2012, he moved to second division clubFCM Târgu Mureș, where he received a contract for a season with the main objective being promotion inLiga I. He resigned in the middle of the season, because the team was far from reaching the target, being only 5th after 16 games.
In April 2013, he was appointed head coach ofLiga I sideAstra Giurgiu. With Astra Giurgiu he had fantastic performances and in two years he won almost everything possible. In his first season in charge, he won theCupa României at the National Arena Stadium againstSteaua Bucharest in front of 53,000 Steaua supporters. On 11 July he won the second historical cup for Astra, the Supercup, again against Steaua Bucharest. After the best performance of Astra Giurgiu in theChampionship, (2nd place) he qualified his team in theEuropa League group stages for the first time, winning againstLyon in a fantastic double match which will remain in the history of the club. In October 2014, he stepped down as manager of Astra. In October the same year, he became one of the assistant coaches for theRomania national team working underAnghel Iordănescu and laterChristoph Daum.
In December 2016, Isăilă was named as the head coach ofRomania under-21 national team. After nearly two years in control he gave up the national team, thus leaving it with chances of qualifying to the2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
In June 2018, he signed with newly promotedSaudi Professional League sideAl-Hazem. He was sacked on 31 January 2020 following a 0–0 draw withAl-Taawoun.[1]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win % | |||
 FC Săcele | 1 July 2006 | 30 June 2007 | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 43 | 032.35 |
| FC Braşov | 9 July 2010 | 17 December 2010 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 033.33 |
| FC Braşov | 31 August 2011 | 1 November 2011 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 022.22 |
| Sportul Studenţesc | 3 November 2011 | 22 August 2012 | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 34 | 022.73 |
| FCM Târgu Mureș | 24 August 2012 | 11 March 2013 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 17 | 052.94 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 14 April 2013 | 22 March 2014 | 45 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 87 | 44 | 055.56 |
| Astra Giurgiu | 8 May 2014 | 10 October 2014 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 55 | 31 | 065.22 |
| Romania U21 | 13 December 2016 | 8 June 2018 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 025.00 |
 Al-Hazem | 8 June 2018 | 31 January 2020 | 49 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 57 | 82 | 026.53 |
 Baniyas | 27 June 2020 | 1 June 2023 | 113 | 40 | 27 | 46 | 158 | 167 | 035.40 |
| Ajman | 3 October 2023 | 1 June 2024 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 034.78 |
| Khor Fakkan | 25 June 2024 | 6 November 2024 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 22 | 020.00 |
| Baniyas | 9 January 2025 | present | error | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 037.50 |
| Total | error | 142 | 99 | 140 | 519 | 524 | 037.17 | ||
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