Lucian Ilie

{{Short description|Romanian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lucian Ilie

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|10|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dâmbovița, Romania

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| position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1987–1989

| years2 = 1989–1990

| years3 = 1990–1991

| years4 = 1991–1992

| years5 = 1992–1993

| years6 = 1993–1995

| years7 = 1995–1997

| years8 = 1998–2000

| years9 = 2001–2003

| clubs1 = Rapid București

| clubs2 = Jönköpings Södra

| clubs3 = K.V. Mechelen

| clubs4 = FC Wageningen

| clubs5 = FC Groningen

| clubs6 = BV Veendam

| clubs7 = FC Zwolle

| clubs8 = BV Veendam

| clubs9 = DVS '33

| caps1 = 44

| caps2 = 20

| caps3 = 4

| caps4 = 16

| caps5 = 32

| caps6 = 62

| caps7 = 64

| caps8 = 49

| caps9 = 30

| goals1 = 2

| goals2 = 6

| goals3 = 0

| goals4 = 1

| goals5 = 1

| goals6 = 3

| goals7 = 11

| goals8 = 1

| goals9 = 7

| totalcaps = 321

| totalgoals = 32

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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.{{RomanianSoccer|4533/lucian-ilie}} 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.{{cite web | url=https://jurnalul.antena3.ro/scinteia/special/trei-fotbalisti-de-la-rapid-au-cerut-azil-politic-in-suedia-514112.html | title=Trei fotbalişti de la Rapid au cerut azil politic în Suedia!| publisher=Jurnalul.antena3.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Three Rapid footballers have applied for political asylum in Sweden!| date=10 July 2009 | access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/florin-constantinovici-fost-coleg-cu-ilie-aprodu-si-ciolponea-fugiti-in-suedia-in-1989-s-a-temut-pentru-soarta-celor-de-acasa-familia-ar-fi-avut-de-suferit-552906 | title=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"| publisher=Libertatea.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=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"| date=21 February 2011 | access-date=22 May 2020}}{{cite web | url=https://www.prosport.ro/fotbal-intern/povestea-celor-trei-fotbalisti-rapidisti-ramasi-in-suedia-in-1989-19103400 | title=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| publisher=Prosport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=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| date=24 September 2020 | access-date=30 April 2023}}