Ilie Iordache (born 23 March 1985 in București) is a Romanian former

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who played as a

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, most recently for German club FC Holzhausen.

Career

Iordache started his professional career at

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in 2003. Iordache was sold to Universitatea Craiova making there his debut on

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against Gloria Bistriţa. During 2005–06, Iordache signed for Dinamo București II, he was a mainstay in the starting 11 and was regularly playing as an

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. Iordache also scored the goal which won the derby against their rivals FC Rapid Bucharest. Iordache then transferred to

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agreeing to a 3-year contract, being their greatest signing in the summer 2006. Iordache scored on his debut against

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. Iordache also scored the winning goal against Rapid Bucharest in the cup final. Iordache did not resign his contract since he is ready to play abroad. On 17 June, Iordache signed a 3-year contract with AEK. At the start of 2010, Rapid completed the loan deal that will bring Iordache (back in Romania, at least until the end of the season. Iordache has a contract with AEK Athens that will only expire in 2012, but the player seems to have realized that he has slim chances to play regular there and spoke about the possibility of a permanent deal. On 19 July 2010 Iordache released on a free by AEK. Iordache previously played for Romania squads U-17 and U-19.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iordache, Ilie 1986 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers CSM Reșița players Faur București players FC U Craiova 1948 players CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu players FC Rapid București players AEK Athens F.C. players ACF Gloria Bistrița players CS Concordia Chiajna players ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș players AFC Săgeata Năvodari players Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Super League Greece players Liga I players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Men's association football midfielders 21st-century Romanian sportsmen