Sabin Ilie

Sabin Ilie (born 11 May 1975) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker in Romania, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Hungary, China and Greece.

Sabin Ilie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-05-11) 11 May 1975 (age 50)
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
0000–1993	CSȘ Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	Electroputere Craiova	4	(0)
1994–1995	Brașov	19	(5)
1995–1997	Steaua București	54	(33)
1997	Fenerbahçe	12	(3)
1998	Kocaelispor	7	(2)
1998–2002	Valencia	0	(0)
1999	→ Lleida (loan)	20	(3)
1999	→ Steaua București (loan)	15	(3)
2000	→ Național București (loan)	24	(14)
2001	→ Energie Cottbus (loan)	10	(0)
2001	→ Dinamo București (loan)	7	(3)
2002	→ Național București (loan)	23	(5)
2002–2003	Debrecen	10	(6)
2003–2004	Rapid București	31	(18)
2005	Changchun Yatai	24	(14)
2005	Vaslui	4	(0)
2006	Jiangsu Sainty	5	(1)
2006	UTA Arad	8	(1)
2007	Iraklis	3	(1)
2007	Dunărea Giurgiu	4	(0)
2008	Qingdao Hailifeng	22	(18)
2018	Viitorul Domnești
Total		306	(130)
International career
1996–1997	Romania U21	4	(0)
Managerial career
2018	Viitorul Domnești (player/manager)
2019	Daco-Getica București (team manager)
2021–2022	Academica Clinceni (scouting team manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Ilie had a long career, playing for nineteen clubs. He began his career with Electroputere Craiova, and played for Steaua București and Național București before short spells in Turkey, Spain and Germany.^[1] He had a spell with Fenerbahçe and Kocaelispor in the Turkish Süper Lig.^[2]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of fellow footballer Adrian Ilie.^[1]

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1995–96, 1996–97
• Cupa României: 1995–96, 1996–97
• Supercupa României: 1995

Individual

• Divizia A top scorer: 1996–97 (31 goals)
• China League One top scorer: 2008 (18 goals)