Ilie Balaci
| Ilie Balaci | ||
 Ilie Balaci (1983)
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| Personnel | ||
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| birthday | September 13, 1956 | |
| place of birth | Bistreț , Romania | |
| date of death | October 21, 2018 | |
| Place of death | Craiova , Romania | |
| position | Attacking midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1965-1973 | Universitatea Craiova | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1973-1984 | Universitatea Craiova | 285 (76) |
| 1984-1986 | FC Olt Scorniceşti | 30 (7) |
| 1986-1988 | Dinamo Bucharest | 32 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1974-1986 | Romania | 69 (8) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1988-1989 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | |
| 1989-1991 | CS Drobeta Turnu Severin | |
| 1991-1992 | Club Africain Tunis | |
| 1992-1994 | Olympique Casablanca | |
| 1994-1996 | Al Shabab | |
| 1996-1997 | Al-Nasr | |
| 1997-1998 | Al-Hilal | |
| 1998 | Universitatea Craiova | |
| 1998-2000 | Al Ain Club | |
| 2001 | Universitatea Craiova | |
| 2001-2002 | Al-Sadd | |
| 2002-2003 | Al-Hilal | |
| 2004-2005 | Al-Ahli | |
| 2005-2006 | Al-Arabi | |
| 2006 | Al Shabab | |
| 2009-2010 | Kazma SC | |
| 2011 | Raja Casablanca | |
| 2013 | Al-Nahda FC | |
| 2016 | al-Hilal Khartoum | |
| 2017-2018 | Al-Suwaiq Club | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Ilie Balaci (born September 13, 1956 in Bistreț ; † October 21, 2018 in Craiova ) was a Romanian football player and football coach . He was an attacking midfielder and belonged to the so-called "golden generation" of the club Universitatea Craiova in the 1980s . He played a total of 347 games in the highest Romanian soccer league, Divizia A , and came to 69 missions for the Romanian national soccer team .
Since the end of his career he has worked as a football coach, primarily in the Persian Gulf and North Africa .
Player career
At the age of nine, Balaci started playing football at Universitatea Craiova . After he had gone through all the youth teams, he moved at the beginning of the season 1973/74 in the first team and came on August 12, 1973 its first use in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A . Balaci made the leap to become a regular player straight away and was able to win the Romanian championship in his first season. He remained loyal to Universitatea Craiova until 1985 and experienced the club's most successful period as a player in the early 1980s, when the club won the championship again in 1980 and 1981 and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1983 . During this time he was voted Romanian Footballer of the Year twice . Four cup wins rounded off the successful time.
In the fall of 1983 Balaci was seriously injured and was hardly used for a year. In the fall of 1984 he moved to league rivals FC Olt Scorniceşti to get back to match practice. He joined Dinamo Bucharest in 1986 before retiring in 1988.
National team
Balaci played a total of 69 games for the Romanian national soccer team and scored eight goals. He made his debut against France on March 23, 1974 at the age of 17 . Due to a protracted injury, he was unable to take part in the 1984 European Football Championship in France, although he had previously been part of the squad for many years.
Coaching career
After the end of his active career, Balaci initially took over CS Drobeta Turnu Severin , who played in the second-class Divizia B , as player-coach. From there he moved to Tunisia in 1991 and took over Club Africain Tunis , where he won the triple CAF Champions League , Championnat de Tunisie and Tunisian Cup in 1992. In the same year Balaci moved to Morocco to Olympique Casablanca , where he was twice Arab cup winner, twice Moroccan cup winner and once Moroccan champion .
But Balaci left Casablanca in 1994 and moved to Al Shabab in the United Arab Emirates . Before he left the club in 1996, he won the championship and cup there. From 1996 to 1998 Balaci coached the Saudi Arabian clubs Al-Nasr (with Ion Manu as co-trainer) and Al-Hilal , with whom he won the Gulf States Cup as well as one championship. With Al-Hilal he reached the final of the AFC Champions League in 1998 .
In 1998 Balaci returned to Romania and took over his hometown club Universitatea Craiova . There he was released before the winter break, so he returned to the United Arab Emirates and took over the Al Ain Club . Here he added other titles to his collection by winning the Arab Cup, a championship and a cup win.
Due to his success in the Persian Gulf, Balaci was again given the opportunity to take over Universitatea Craiova in spring 2001. But this time too, his engagement ended prematurely after five games. Balaci returned to the Middle East and in the following years looked after the two Qatari clubs Al-Sadd and Al-Arabi as well as the two teams of Al-Ahli and again Al Shabab from the United Arab Emirates.
In December 2002 Balaci returned to his old place of work at the Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal. After the decisive game in the golf club cup against Al-Arabi al-Kuwait was lost, he gave up his position in March 2003. In February 2006 Balaci became the main shareholder of the Romanian second division club FC Caracal with 37.5% .
After his release from Al Shabab in November 2006, Balaci was without a club for a while before becoming a manager at Universitatea Craiova. In July 2009, he announced his contract and hired in the Kuwaiti Premier League at Kazma SC , which he was in charge of until March 2010. Immediately before the start of the group stage in the CAF Champions League 2011 , Balaci signed a contract with the Moroccan first division club Raja Casablanca on July 14, 2011 . In 2013, Balaci worked for a few months as a trainer for Al-Nahda in Saudi Arabia. From April to October 2016 he coached the Sudanese club al-Hilal Khartoum , with which he was able to win the championship.
He died of a myocardial infarction in October 2018 at the age of 62 . He had two daughters. The older one was married to the football player and coach Eugen Trică and has been divorced from him since 2015. The younger, Liana Ungur , is a professional tennis player and married to professional tennis player Adrian Ungur .
successes
As a player
- Romanian champions: 1974, 1980, 1981
- Romanian Cup Winner: 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983
- UEFA Cup semi-finals: 1983
- Romanian Footballer of the Year : 1981, 1982
As a trainer
- CAF Champions League winner : 1992
- AFC Champions League finalist : 1998
- Cup winners of the Arab states: 1993, 1994, 2000, 2002
- Cup winners of the national champions of the Gulf States: 1997, 1998
- Tunisian champion: 1992
- Tunisian Cup Winner: 1992
- Moroccan champion: 1994
- Moroccan Cup Winner: 1993, 1994
- Champion of the United Arab Emirates: 1995, 2000
- United Arab Emirates Cup Winners: 1999, 2004
- Saudi Arabian champion: 1998
- Sudanese champion: 2016
Web links
- Ilie Balaci. In: RomanianSoccer. (English).
- Ilie Balaci. In: labtof.ro. Archived from the original on October 23, 2007 (Romanian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Odihneste-te in pace, Ilie Balaci! Universitatea Craiova, October 21, 2018, accessed October 21, 2018 (Romanian).
- ^ Ion Jianu: Lorena Balaci-Trica, presedinte de onoare. In: Gazeta de Sud. February 25, 2006, archived from the original on December 27, 2015 ; Retrieved October 21, 2018 (Romanian).
- ↑ Mircea Oglindoiu: Tiţa face istorie la Aleppo! Echipa siriană sa calificat în premieră în semifinalele Cupei AFC. In: ProSport.ro. September 25, 2010, accessed October 21, 2018 (Romanian).
- ↑ FIFA Club World Cup 2011: Exciting duels expected. In: FIFA.com. July 15, 2011, accessed October 21, 2018 .
- ↑ Zi neagră în Bănie: Ilie Balaci a decedat! . In: Gazeta de Sud . Retrieved October 21, 2018.
- ↑ Sute de oameni au venit să-i aducă un ultim omagiu lui Ilie Balaci, înainte de înmormântare . In: Digi Sport , October 22, 2018.
- ↑ Romania mourns Ilie Balaci. UEFA , October 22, 2018, accessed October 23, 2018 .
- ↑ Eugen Trică, sprijinul Lorenei, la înmormântarea lui Ilie Balaci. Cei doi au divorţat de three ani! , spynews.ro, October 23, 2018
- ↑ Liana, fata cea mica a lui Ilie Balaci, duce mai departe traditia sportiva a familiei! . wowbiz.ro. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Balaci, Ilie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bistreț |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 2018 |
| Place of death | Craiova |