Ilie Greavu

Ilie "Cauciuc" Greavu (19 July 1937 – 1 April 2007) was a Romanian football defender and manager. Domestically he mostly played for Rapid București, winning with them the national title in 1967.[5]

Personal information
Date of birth 19 July 1937
Place of birth Sibiu, Romania[1]
Date of death 1 April 2007 (aged 69)
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Position(s) Left back
Youth career
1952–1954 Progresul Sibiu
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1955–1956 Progresul București
1957–1971 Rapid București[2] 294 (1)
National team
1961–1966 Romania[lower-alpha 1] 22 (0)
Teams managed
1988 Rapid București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Ilie Greavu played 10 matches for Romania, making his debut on 14 May 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 victory against Turkey.[6][7] He played in six games at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[6] His last appearance for the national team was on 21 September 1966 in a friendly against East Germany which ended with a 2–0 loss.[6] He also played 12 games for Romania's Olympic team, and participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo where he played in all 6 games, helping the team finish in the 5th place.[1][5][8][9]

Honours

Rapid București

Notes
  1. Including 12 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.[3][4]

References
  1. Ilie Greavu. sports-reference.com
  2. Ilie Greavu. romaniansoccer.ro
  3. "Ilie Greavu". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  4. Ilie Greavu at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. "A murit Ilie Greavu" [Ilie Greavu died] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  6. "Ilie Greavu profile". European Football. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. "Turkey - Romania 0:1". European Football. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. "Ilie Greavu". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. "Ilie Greavu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 1 July 2021.


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