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{{short description|Romanian footballer and coach}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ilie Datcu
| image = Ilie Datcu 1963.jpg
| caption =  
| image_size = 200
| fullname =
| height = 1.76m
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1937|7|20}}
| birth_place = [[Bucharest]], Romania
| position = [[Goalkeeper (association football)|Goalkeeper]]
| youthyears1 = 1950–1954
| youthclubs1 = Constructorul București
| youthyears2 = 1955
| youthclubs2 = [[FCM Câmpina|Metalul Câmpina]]
| youthyears3 = 1956–1957
| youthclubs3 = Progresul CPCS București
| years1 = 1958–1961
| years2 = 1961–1969
| years3 = 1969–1975
| years4 = 1975–1976
| clubs1 = [[Victoria București|Dinamo Obor București]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| clubs3 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]]
| clubs4 = [[Giresunspor]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 166
| caps3 = 110
| caps4 = 20
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| totalcaps = 296 
| totalgoals = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1963–1967
| nationalteam1 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps1 = 13{{efn|name="ROM"|Including 7 appearances for Romania's Olympic team<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=4275|title=Ilie Datcu|publisher=European Football|access-date=24 December 2019}}</ref>}}
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1976
| managerclubs1 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]]
| manageryears2 = 1977–1978
| managerclubs2 = [[Vefa S.K.]]
| manageryears3 = 1978     
| managerclubs3 = [[Çaykur Rizespor]]
| manageryears4 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs4 = [[Türkiyemspor Berlin]]
| manageryears5 = 1979 
| managerclubs5 = [[Hertha Zehlendorf]]
| manageryears6 = 1979–1980
| managerclubs6 = [[Eskişehirspor]] <small>(assistant)</small>
| manageryears7 = 1981
| managerclubs7 = [[Göztepe Izmir]]
| manageryears8 = 1982–1983
| managerclubs8 = [[Fatih Karagümrük SK|Fatih Karagümrük]]
| manageryears9 = 1984
| managerclubs9 = [[İstanbulspor]]
| manageryears10 = 1984–1985
| managerclubs10 = [[Göztepe Izmir]]
| manageryears11 = 1985–1986
| managerclubs11 = [[Denizlispor]]
| manageryears12 = 1986–1987
| managerclubs12 = [[Kartalspor]]
| manageryears13 = 1987–1988
| managerclubs13 = [[Diyarbakırspor]]
| manageryears14 = 1988
| managerclubs14 = [[Bakırköyspor]]
| manageryears15 = 1988–1990
| managerclubs15 = [[Türk Telekomspor]]
| manageryears16 = 1991
| managerclubs16 = [[Eskişehirspor]]
| manageryears17 = 1991–1992
| managerclubs17 = [[Türk Telekomspor]]
| manageryears18 = 1992–1993
| managerclubs18 = [[Gaziosmanpaşaspor]]
| manageryears19 = 1995–1999
| managerclubs19 = [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football)|Fenerbahçe]] <small>(GK coach)</small>
| manageryears20 = 2002–2005
| managerclubs20 = [[Beşiktaş J.K.|Beşiktaş]] <small>(GK coach)</small>
| manageryears21 = 2007
| managerclubs21 = [[Kütahyaspor]]
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'''Ilie Datcu''' (born 20 July 1937), also known as '''İlyas Datça''' is a [[Romania]]n former [[Association football|football]] [[Goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and coach.<ref name=fenerbahce>{{cite news|url=https://www.fenerbahce.org/taraftar/liste/fenerbahce-tarihine-damga-vuran-4-kaleci|title=Fenerbahçe tarihine damga vuran 4 kaleci|work=Fenerbahçe|language=tr|date=29 July 2019|access-date=16 September 2020}}</ref>

==Club career==
Ilie Datcu was born on 20 July 1937 in [[Bucharest]], Romania.<ref name=sports>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/ilie-datcu-1.html |title=Ilie Datcu Biography and Olympic Results &#124; Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2008-12-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010000855/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/ilie-datcu-1.html |archive-date=10 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name=welove>{{cite web|url=https://welovesport.ro/stiri/fotbal-vintage-romanul-ilie-datcu-sau-turcul-ilyas-datca-33400|title=Românul Ilie Datcu sau turcul Ilyas Datca?|publisher=WeLoveSport.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=The Romanian Ilie Datcu or the Turk Ilyas Datca?|date=13 September 2024 |access-date= 3 October 2022}}</ref> He started his career playing at the junior squads of Constructorul București in 1950, continuing at [[FCM Câmpina|Metalul Câmpina]] and Progresul CPCS București, before he started his senior career in 1958 at [[Liga II|Divizia B]] team, [[Victoria București|Dinamo Obor București]] for which he played three seasons, reaching the [[1960 Cupa României final]] which was lost with 2–0 in front of [[FC Progresul București|Progresul București]].<ref name=welove/><ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|546/ilie-datcu}}</ref><ref name=RSCR>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1959_1960.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1959–1960|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

He went to play for [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]] where he made his [[Liga I|Divizia A]] debut on 20 August 1961 in a 4–3 away loss against [[FC Argeș Pitești|Dinamo Pitești]], making a total of 20 league appearances in his first season, helping the team win the title, working with three coaches [[Traian Ionescu]], [[Constantin Teașcă]] and [[Nicolae Dumitru (footballer)|Nicolae Dumitru]].<ref name=RS/><ref name=RSC>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions |publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref> 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 in 26 games in the second, while in the last one he played in 24 matches under the guidance of [[Angelo Niculescu]].<ref name=RS/><ref name=RSC/> During his period spent with ''[[FC Dinamo București|The Red Dogs]]'', he also won two [[Cupa României]], being used the first 85 minutes by Ionescu who then replaced him with Iuliu Uțu in the 5–3 victory over [[Eternal derby (Romania)|rivals]] [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] from the [[1964 Cupa României final|1964 final]], then in the one from [[1968 Cupa României final|1968]] he played the whole match which was a 3–1 over [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]], being coached by [[Bazil Marian]].<ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT>{{NFT|37671}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.sport.ro/cupa-romaniei/video-finala-steaua-dinamo-cu-cei-mai-multi-spectatori-cum-s-au-omorat-70-000-de-fani-sa-vada-umilinta.html | title=Asta e prima finala Steaua - Dinamo din istorie! Omul care i-a inventat pe Lucescu si Dinu a umilit-o pe Steaua in fata a 70.000 de fani!| publisher=Sport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=This is the first Steaua - Dinamo final in history! The man who invented Lucescu and Dinu humiliated Steaua in front of 70,000 fans!| date=23 May 2011 | access-date=28 September 2024}}<br>{{cite web | url=https://welovesport.ro/stiri/fotbal-vintage-povestea-unei-fabuloase-finale-de-cupa-27058 | title=Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă| publisher=Welovesport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The story of a fabulous cup final| date=16 June 2023 | access-date=28 September 2024}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1963_1964.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1963–1964|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=14 September 2024}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1968_1969.shtml|title=Romanian Cup – Season 1968–1969|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>[[File:Dinamo - Jena 1963.jpg|thumb|left|220px|{{center|Datcu in action during the [[1963–64 European Cup]] match against [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Motor Jena]] in Bucharest.}}]] He also made some performances in European competitions with Dinamo as in the [[1963–64 European Cup]] campaign he kept two clean sheets in the 3–0 aggregate win over [[East Germany]] champion, [[FC Carl Zeiss Jena|Motor Jena]], being eliminated in the next phase by [[Real Madrid CF|Real Madrid]] and also appearing in a historical 2–1 win over [[Inter Milan]] in the [[1965–66 European Cup|1965–66]] edition who were the winners of the last two seasons of the competition.<ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ilie-datcu/champions-league-1963-1964/dinamo-bucuresti/3/|title=Ilie Datcu - Champions League 1963/1964|access-date=14 September 2024}}<br>{{cite web | url=https://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/retro-gsp-video-si-foto-1-decembrie-1965-ziua-nationala-a-cainilor-cea-in-care-au-invins-dubla-campioana-a-europei-si-a-lumii-584274.html | title=1 decembrie 1965, Ziua națională a "câinilor": cea în care au învins dubla campioană a Europei și a lumii| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=December 1, 1965, the national day of the "dogs": the one in which they defeated the double champion of Europe and the world| date=1 December 2019 | access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>
[[File:Ilie Datcu 1974.jpg|left|thumb|220px|Datcu lifting the [[Turkish Cup]] with Fenerbahçe in 1974]]

In 1969, at the age of 31, Datcu went to play in [[Turkey]] for [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]] where in his first season he was coached by [[Traian Ionescu]] and was teammate with [[Ion Nunweiller]], all of them previously working together at Dinamo, winning the [[Turkish Super League|Turkish League]] in which he made 29 appearances in which he conceded only 6 goals, also winning the [[TSYD Cup]] in which he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory from the final against [[Beşiktaş Istanbul]].<ref name=welove/><ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=mackolik>{{cite web | url=http://arsiv.mackolik.com/Player/Default.aspx?id=60223 | title=Ilie Datcu player profile| date=20 July 1937| publisher=Mackolik.com| language=Turkish}}</ref><ref name=sptfm>{{cite web|url=https://sptfm.ro/ilie-datcu-primul-baskan-roman-in-fotbal/|title=Ilie Datcu, primul bașkan român în fotbal|publisher=Sptfm.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=Ilie Datcu, the first Romanian baskan in football|date=2 December 2020 |access-date= 3 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=wesport>{{cite web | url=https://welovesport.ro/stiri/fotbal-vintage-povestea-unei-fabuloase-finale-de-cupa-27058 | title=Povestea unei fabuloase finale de Cupă| publisher=Welovesport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The story of a fabulous cup final| date=16 June 2023 | access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/razvane-ia-taurul-de-coarne-350711|title=Răzvane, ia taurul de coarne!|publisher=Libertatea.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=Răzvan, take the bull by the horns!|date=5 June 2009 |access-date= 3 October 2022}}</ref> In the following seasons he won another title in the [[Turkish First Football League 1973–74|1973–74]] season, making 21 appearances, also winning another [[TSYD Cup]] and a [[Chancellor Cup]] in 1973 and a [[Turkish Cup]] in 1974.<ref name=welove/><ref name=NFT/><ref name=mackolik/> Datcu ended his career by spending the [[Turkish First Football League 1975–76|1975–76]] season at [[Giresunspor]]. He has a total of 166 matches played in Divizia A, 130 matches in the Turkish League and 22 appearances in European competitions.<ref name=welove/><ref name=RS/><ref name=NFT/>

==International career==
[[File:Echipa României (fotbal) 1963.jpg|right|thumb|230px|Datcu (pictured in white) with the Romania Olympic team in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark (1963)]]
Datcu played six games at international level for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], making his debut on 12 May 1963 under coach [[Silviu Ploeșteanu]] in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 victory against [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]].<ref name=welove/><ref name=EU/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=13364|title=Romania – East Germany 3:2|publisher=European Football|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref> He played two games at the [[UEFA Euro 1968 qualifying|Euro 1968 qualifiers]] and also played for [[Romania Olympic football team|Romania's Olympic team]], being chosen by Ploeșteanu to be part of the [[Football at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Summer Olympics]] squad from [[Tokyo]] where he made four appearances, helping the team finish on the fifth place.<ref name=welove/><ref name=EU/><ref name=sports/><ref>{{NFT|37671}}<br>{{cite web|url=https://theplaymaker.ro/ultima-participare-a-romaniei-la-olimpiada-1964-sfert-cu-ungaria/5341/|title=Cum a fost ultima participare a României la Olimpiadă, în 1964, când "tricolorii" au pierdut dramatic sfertul cu Ungaria|publisher=Theplaymaker.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=How was Romania's last participation in the Olympics, in 1964, when "The Tricolors" dramatically lost the quarter to Hungary|date=27 June 2019 |access-date=17 September 2024}}<br>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ilie-datcu/olympische-spiele-1964/rumaenien-olymp-team/3/|title=Ilie Datcu - Olympic Games 1964|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
He started his managerial career at [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]] in 1976.<ref name=fenerbahce/><ref name=datcu/> Datcu spent the majority of his coaching career in [[Turkey]], coaching numerous clubs, also working as a goalkeeper coach at [[Fenerbahçe S.K. (football team)|Fenerbahçe]], where he noticed and promoted [[Rüştü Reçber]] and at [[Beşiktaş Istanbul]], where he was bought by his former teammate from Dinamo and the national team, [[Mircea Lucescu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adevarul.ro/sport/ilie-datcu-steaua-e-modesta-rau-n-are-sanse-689690.html|title=Ilie Datcu : „Steaua e modestă rău, n-are şanse“|trans-title=Ilie Datcu: "Steaua is modest, unfortunately, they have no chance"|publisher=Adevarul.ro|language=ro|date=5 November 2009|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=sptfm/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageID=527&antID=2169|title=Ilie Datcu - Coach Details |work=Turkish Football Federation|access-date=14 September 2018}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Datcu resides in [[Bodrum]], Turkey.<ref name=datcu>{{cite news|url=https://fenerbahcetarihi.org/2023/12/ilie-datcu-roportaji/|title=lie Datcu Röportajı|work=FenerbahceTarihi.org |language=tr|date=16 December 2009|access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref> He also holds Turkish citizenship under the name '''İlyas Datça'''.<ref name=welove/>

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Dinamo Obor București'''
*[[Cupa României]] runner-up: [[1959–60 Cupa României|1959–60]]<ref name=RSCR/>
'''Dinamo București'''
*[[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[Divizia A 1961–62|1961–62]], [[Divizia A 1962–63|1962–63]], [[Divizia A 1963–64|1963–64]], [[Divizia A 1964–65|1964–65]]<ref name=RS/>
*[[Cupa României]]: [[1963–64 Cupa României|1963–64]], [[1967–68 Cupa României|1967–68]]<ref name=NFT/><ref name=wesport/>
'''Fenerbahçe'''
*[[Turkish Super League|Turkish League]]: [[Turkish First Football League 1969–70|1969–70]], [[Turkish First Football League 1973–74|1973–74]], [[1974–75 1.Lig|1974–75]]<ref name=fenerbahce/>
*[[Turkish Cup]]: 1973–74<ref name=fenerbahce/>
*[[Turkish Super Cup]]: 1973<ref name=fenerbahce/>
*[[Prime Minister's Cup (Turkey)|Prime Minister's Cup]]: 1973<ref name=fenerbahce/>

===Manager===
'''Fatih Karagümrük'''
*[[TFF 1. Lig|Türkiye 2. Futbol Ligi]]: 1982–83<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.istdergi.com/sehir/spor/karagumruk-super-ligin-yeni-istanbullusu |title=Karagümrük: Süper Lig'in yeni İstanbullusu |last=Aytuna|first=Fethi|work=İST Dergi |language= Turkish |date=26 November 2020 |accessdate=14 July 2021}}</ref> 

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
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