Nicolae Ilea

{{short description|Romanian footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name= Nicolae Ilea

| image =

| fullname = Nicolae Cornel Ilea

| height = 1.83 m

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1969|11|29}}

| birth_place = Satu Mare, Romania

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1989–1991

| clubs1 = Olimpia Satu Mare

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1991–1992

| clubs2 = Universitatea Cluj

| caps2 = 28

| goals2 = 16

| years3 = 1992–1994

| clubs3 = Gloria Bistrița

| caps3 = 59

| goals3 = 7

| years4 = 1994–1999

| clubs4 = Debrecen

| caps4 = 152

| goals4 = 66

| years5 = 1999–2000

| clubs5 = MTK Hungaria

| caps5 = 10

| goals5 = 3

| years6 = 2000

| clubs6 = Videoton

| caps6 = 9

| goals6 = 2

| years7 = 2001

| clubs7 = Nyíregyháza

| caps7 = 10

| goals7 = 2

| years8 = 2001–2002

| clubs8 = Olimpia Satu Mare

| caps8 = 8

| goals8 = 2

| years9 = 2002–2006

| clubs9 = Oașul Negrești{{efn|name="ROM"|The statistics for the 2002–03 and 2005–06 Divizia C seasons are unavailable.}}

| caps9 = 51

| goals9 = 15

| totalcaps = 327 | totalgoals = 113

}}

Nicolae Cornel Ilea (born 29 November 1969) is a retired Romanian football striker.{{RomanianSoccer|3654/nicolae-cornel-ilea}}{{WorldFootball.net|niculae-ilea}}{{cite web|url=https://www.magyarfutball.hu/hu/szemelyek/adatlap/11740/nicolae-ilea |title=Nicolae Ilea|publisher=Magyarfutball|accessdate=19 September 2020}} He scored the only goal of the 1994 Cupa României final against FC Universitatea Craiova, which helped Gloria Bistrița win the first trophy in the club's history.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1993_1994.shtml |title=Romanian Cup - Season 1993 - 1994|publisher=RomanianSoccer|accessdate=19 September 2020}}