Vasile Ilie "LicÃÂ" Jula (born 13 December 1974) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender.
Jula was born on 13 December 1974 in Dej, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1984 at Universitatea Cluj. He made his Divizia A debut on 20 June 1993, playing for "U" under the guidance of coach Remus Vlad in a 5âÂÂ1 away loss to Gloria BistriÃÂa. Afterwards he spent one and a half seasons at Divizia B club ArmÃÂtura ZalÃÂu. In the middle of the 1994âÂÂ95 season, Jula returned to Universitatea.
In 1999, he joined Gloria BistriÃÂa where he spent five seasons, the highlight of this period being a third place in the 2002âÂÂ03 season. In 2004, Jula switched teams again, going to CFR Cluj. Under coach Dorinel Munteanu he played eight games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past VÃÂtra, Athletic Bilbao, Saint-ÃÂtienne and à ½algiris, scoring once against each of the first and the latter, the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4âÂÂ2 on aggregate by Lens. He also helped The Railwaymen earn a third place in the 2006âÂÂ07 season.
Jula moved to Dacia Mioveni for the following season where on 23 February 2008 he made his last Romanian first league appearance in a 3âÂÂ0 away loss to Vaslui, totaling 301 matches with seven goals in the competition and 13 games with two goals in the Intertoto Cup. In 2008 he joined third league side FC ZalÃÂu where he played for five years, retiring afterwards.
In 2005, he was called up by coach Victor PiÃÂurcÃÂ to play for Romania, but he was only a reserve during the 2006 World Cup qualification game against Finland.
In the first part of the 2013âÂÂ14 season, Jula was the manager of FC ZalÃÂu in the third league. In February 2019, he was appointed head coach at Unirea MirÃÂid, managing by the end of the season to earn promotion from the fourth to the third league. In April 2021, Jula was the caretaker manager of SCM ZalÃÂu.
CFR Cluj
Unirea MirÃÂid