Ilie Balaci
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ilie Balaci | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Bistreţ, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Playmaker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Club Sportif Sfaxien (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1965–1973 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1984 | Universitatea Craiova | 285 | (76) |
| 1985–1986 | Olt Scorniceşti | 30 | (7) |
| 1986–1988 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 32 | (1) |
| Total | 347 | (84) | |
| National team | |||
| 1974–1986 | Romania | 65 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1988–1989 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| 1989–1991 | Drobeta Turnu-Severin | ||
| 1991–1992 | Club Africain | ||
| 1992–1994 | Olympique Casablanca | ||
| 1994–1996 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 1996–1997 | Al-Nassr | ||
| 1997–1998 | Al-Hilal | ||
| 1998 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 1998–2000 | Al-Ain | ||
| 2000–2001 | Al-Hilal | ||
| 2001 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
| 2001–2002 | Al-Sadd | ||
| 2002–2003 | Al-Hilal | ||
| 2003–2005 | Al-Ahli | ||
| 2005–2006 | Al-Arabi | ||
| 2006 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 2007–2009 | Universitatea Craiova (general manager) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Kazma | ||
| 2011 | Raja Casablanca | ||
| 2013 | Al-Nahda | ||
| 2016– | Al-Hilal Omdurman | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ilie Balaci (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈli.e ˈbalat͡ʃʲ]; born 13 September 1956 in Bistreţ, Dolj County) is a retired Romanian football midfielder and current manager of Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal.
He spent 12 of his 15 years as a professional with Universitatea Craiova, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club and winning seven major titles.
Balaci is considered one of the greatest Romanian footballers of all time, along with Gheorghe Hagi, Nicolae Dobrin, Marcel Răducanu and Florea Dumitrache.
Balaci is a product of Universitatea Craiova's youth system. He made his first team debut in 1973, at the age of 16, and won the league title in his first season. He soon managed to become one of the youngest players ever to score in the Romanian League. Balaci went on to play twelve seasons with Craiova, helping them to win two consecutive league titles in 1980 and 1981. He also won the Romanian Cup four times, in the years 1977, 1978, 1981 and 1983. He became an integral part of the team helping them reach the 1982–83 UEFA Cup semi-finals, before moving to Olt Scorniceşti in the winter of 1984. In December 1982, he signed a pre-contract with Italian side AC Milan, but the transfer did not materialize because of the communist regime in Romania.
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