Ilie Datcu (born 20 July 1937), also known as ðlyas Datça is a Romanian former football goalkeeper and coach.
Datcu was born on 20 July 1937 in Bucharest, Romania. He began playing football at the junior squads of Constructorul BucureÃÂti in 1950, four years later going to Metalul Câmpina and then joining Progresul CPCS BucureÃÂti. He started his senior career in 1958 at Divizia B team Dinamo Obor BucureÃÂti. During this three-season spell, the club reached the 1960 Cupa României final, where coach Constantin TeaÃÂcàused him the entire match in the 2âÂÂ0 loss to Progresul BucureÃÂti.
Datcu went to play for Dinamo BucureÃÂti where he made his Divizia A debut on 20 August 1961 in a 4âÂÂ3 away loss against Dinamo PiteÃÂti. He made a total of 20 league appearances in his first season, helping the team win the title, working with coaches Traian Ionescu, Constantin TeaÃÂcàand Nicolae Dumitru. 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 26 in the second. For the last title, Datcu played in 24 matches under the guidance of Angelo Niculescu. During his period spent with The Red Dogs, he also won two Cupa României. In the 1964 final, Ionescu played him for the first 85 minutes, then replaced him with Iuliu UÃÂu in the 5âÂÂ3 victory against rivals Steaua BucureÃÂti, but in 1968, coach Bazil Marian did not use him in the 3âÂÂ1 win over Rapid BucureÃÂti. He also made some performances in European competitions with Dinamo as in the 1963âÂÂ64 European Cup campaign he kept two clean sheets in the 3âÂÂ0 aggregate win over East Germany champion, Motor Jena, being eliminated in the next round by Real Madrid. He subsequently appeared in a historical 2âÂÂ1 win over Inter Milan in the 1965âÂÂ66 edition who were the winners of the last two editions of the competition.
In 1969, aged 31, Datcu went to play in Turkey for Fenerbahçe where in his first season he was coached by Traian Ionescu and was teammates with Ion Nunweiller, all of them previously working together at Dinamo. They won the 1969âÂÂ70 Turkish League in which Datcu made 29 appearances, conceding only six goals, and also kept a clean sheet in the 1âÂÂ0 victory in the TSYD Cup final against Beà Âiktaà Â. In the following years he won another title in the 1973âÂÂ74 season, making 21 appearances, also winning another TSYD Cup, a Chancellor Cup in 1973 and a Turkish Cup in 1974. Datcu ended his career by spending the 1975âÂÂ76 season at Giresunspor. He has a total of 166 matches played in Divizia A, 130 games in the Turkish League and 22 appearances in European competitions.
Datcu played six games for Romania, making his debut on 12 May 1963 under coach Silviu PloeÃÂteanu in a 3âÂÂ2 friendly victory against East Germany. He played two matches in the Euro 1968 qualifiers. He also played for Romania's Olympic team, being chosen by PloeÃÂteanu to be part of the 1964 Summer Olympics squad in Tokyo where he made four appearances, helping the team finish in fifth place.
He started his managerial career at Fenerbahçe in 1976. Datcu mostly coached in Turkey, working at numerous clubs. In the 1982âÂÂ83 Turkish Second League season, he helped Fatih Karagümrük gain promotion to the first league after an absence of 20 years. He also worked as a goalkeeper coach, first at Fenerbahçe, where he noticed and promoted Rüà Âtü Reçber, then at Beà Âiktaà Â, being brought there by his former teammate from Dinamo and the national team, Mircea Lucescu.
Datcu resides in Bodrum, Turkey. He also holds Turkish citizenship under the name ðlyas Datça.
Dinamo Obor BucureÃÂti
Dinamo BucureÃÂti
Fenerbahçe
Fatih Karagümrük