Sabin Ilie (born 11 May 1975) is a Romanian former professional

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who played as a striker in Romania, Turkey, Spain, Germany, Hungary, China and Greece.

Career

Ilie had a long career, playing for nineteen clubs. He began his career with Electroputere Craiova, and played for

Steaua București Steaua or Steaua București may refer to: * CSA Steaua București, a Romanian multi-sports club * CSA Steaua București (football), the football team of the multi-sports club * Fotbal Club FCSB, a football team that used this name between 2003 ...

and Național București before short spells in Turkey, Spain and Germany. He had a spell with Fenerbahçe and

Kocaelispor Kocaelispor is a Turkish football club based in İzmit. They were founded in 1966 and played in the top level between 1980–1988 and 1992–2003. Their best finish was in 1992–93 season, where they finished fourth. They have won the Turkish ...

in the Turkish

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Personal life

He is the younger brother of fellow footballer

Adrian Ilie Bucurel Adrian “The Cobra” Ilie (born 20 April 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented the Romania national team in one World Cup and two European Championships. Club career Ilie began ...

Honours

Steaua București *

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: 1995–96, 1996–97 * Cupa României: 1995–96, 1996–97 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...

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Individual *

top scorer: 1996–97 (31 goals) *

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top scorer:

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(18 goals)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ilie, Sabin 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian footballers Association football forwards Romania under-21 international footballers Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers Kocaelispor footballers CSA Steaua București footballers FC Dinamo București players FC Rapid București players FC Progresul București players FC UTA Arad players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Vaslui players Iraklis Thessaloniki F.C. players Debreceni VSC players Liga I players La Liga players Süper Lig players Valencia CF players UE Lleida players FC Energie Cottbus players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Bundesliga players Super League Greece players China League One players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Jiangsu F.C. players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Spain Expatriate footballers in Turkey Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Hungary Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Romanian football managers