Ilie Poenaru

Ilie Poenaru (born 11 November 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player who played as a left-back.^[1]

Ilie Poenaru

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-11-11) 11 November 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Youth career
0000–1996	Steaua București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	Steaua București	0	(0)
1997–1998	Metalul Plopeni	32	(2)
1998–2002	Fulgerul Bragadiru	90	(2)
1998–1999	→ Gloria Buzău (loan)	13	(1)
2002–2005	Politehnica Timișoara	55	(3)
2005–2010	Argeș Pitești	99	(1)
2010–2011	Concordia Chiajna	10	(0)
Total		299	(9)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Inter Clinceni
2014–2015	Voluntari
2015	Voluntari (assistant)
2017	Dinamo București U19
2018–2021	Academica Clinceni
2021–2022	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2022	UTA Arad
2023–2024	Voluntari
2024	Concordia Chiajna
2025–	Chindia Târgoviște
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Poenaru started his professional career at Steaua București, but he did not appear in an official game for the club. Poenaru made his Liga I debut on 19 February 2002, for Politehnica Timișoara, in a 1–3 defeat against Farul Constanța. In his career Ilie played mostly for Politehnica Timișoara and Argeș Pitești with short periods spent at Metalul Plopeni, FC Gloria Buzău and Concordia Chiajna.^[2]

Managerial career

After retirement, Poenaru started his football manager career and coached teams such as: Inter Clinceni, Voluntari or Dinamo București U-19. In January 2018, he was appointed as manager of Liga II club Academica Clinceni.^[3]

Honours

Player

Fulgerul Bragadiru

• Divizia B: 2001–02
• Divizia C: 1999–2000

Argeș Pitești

• Liga II: 2007–08

Coach

Voluntari

• Liga II: 2014–15