Lucian Ilie

Romanian footballer

Lucian Ilie
Personal information
Date of birth	(1967-10-14) 14 October 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth	Dâmbovița, Romania
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1989	Rapid București	44	(2)
1989–1990	Jönköpings Södra	20	(6)
1990–1991	K.V. Mechelen	4	(0)
1991–1992	FC Wageningen	16	(1)
1992–1993	FC Groningen	32	(1)
1993–1995	BV Veendam	62	(3)
1995–1997	FC Zwolle	64	(11)
1998–2000	BV Veendam	49	(1)
2001–2003	DVS '33	30	(7)
Total		321	(32)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lucian Ilie (born 14 October 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played for Rapid Bucharest, in Sweden for Jönköpings Södra, and Belgian side K.V. Mechelen, in the Netherlands for FC Wageningen, FC Groningen, BV Veendam, FC Zwolle and DVS '33.^[1] In 1989, while playing for Rapid Bucharest, after a match in Sweden against IFK Göteborg, Lucian Ilie alongside teammates Gabriel Ciolponea and Alexandru Aprodu fled from the hotel and asked for political asylum in Sweden, they were three of the few Romanian players who fled the country to escape the communist regime.^[2]^[3]^[4]

References

^ Lucian Ilie at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ "Trei fotbalişti de la Rapid au cerut azil politic în Suedia!" [Three Rapid footballers have applied for political asylum in Sweden!] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.antena3.ro. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "Florin Constantinovici, fost coleg cu Ilie, Aprodu şi Ciolponea, fugiţi în Suedia în 1989, s-a temut pentru soarta celor de acasă: "Familia ar fi avut de suferit"" [Florin Constantinovici, a former colleague of Ilie, Aprodu and Ciolponea, who fled to Sweden in 1989, feared for the fate of those at home: "The family would have suffered"] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
^ "Povestea celor trei fotbaliști rapidiști rămași în Suedia în 1989: Aprodu, Ilie și Ciolponea. Cu ce se ocupă ei azi și cum l-au păcălit pe securistul lotului vișiniu" [The story of the three footballers of Rapid who remained in Sweden in 1989: Aprodu, Ilie and Ciolponea. What are they doing today and how they tricked the Securitate officer who was with Rapid' squad] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2023.