Lucian Ilie

Lucian Ilie (born 14 October 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career Ilie was born on 14 October 1967 in Dâmbovița, Romania. He started his senior career at Rapid București, making his Divizia A debut on 13 December 1987, when coach Ion Dumitru sent him in the 72nd minute to replace Fănel Țîră in a 4–0 loss to rivals Steaua București. The team suffered relegation at the end of the 1988–89 season. Subsequently, he made five appearances in the 1989 Intertoto Cup, scoring a goal in a 3–1 defeat to Spartak Varna. They were helped by Adrian Oprișan, a former Sportul Studențesc București player who defected four years earlier. On 6 December, he scored his only goal in the competition in a 2–0 away win over Den Bosch. In 1993, Ilie went back to Eerste Divisie football at Veendam.