Ilie Datcu

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

Ilie Datcu

Datcu lifting the Turkish Cup with Fenerbahçe in 1974
Personal information
Date of birth	(1937-07-20) 20 July 1937
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Playing 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)
National team
1963–1967	Romania	13[lower-alpha 1]	(0)
Teams managed
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	Karagümrük SK
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 Istanbul (GK coach)
2002–2005	Beşiktaş Istanbul (GK coach)
2007	Kütahyaspor
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Datcu was born in Bucharest, and most notably played for Dinamo Bucharest in Romania and Fenerbahçe in Turkey. He played between 1969-75 for Fenerbahçe a total of 220 matches. He won three Turkish League titles. 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. In 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.