Ilie Poenaru

Ilie Poenaru
Personal information
Date of birth	11 November 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Left Back
Team information
Current team	Academica Clinceni (assistant)
Youth career
	Steaua București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1996–1997	Steaua București
1997–1998	Metalul Plopeni
1998–2002	AEK București
1998–1999	→ Gloria Buzău (loan)
2002–2005	Poli Timișoara
2005–2010	Argeș Pitești
2010–2011	Concordia Chiajna
Total
Managerial career
2012–2013	Inter Clinceni
2014–2015	Voluntari
2018–	Academica Clinceni
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 March 2018

Ilie Poenaru (born 11 November 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player currently in charge of Liga I club Academica Clinceni. He played as a left back.^[1]

Club career

Poenaru started his professional career at Steaua București, but he did not appear in an official game for the club. Poenaru made his Liga I debut on 19 February 2002, for Politehnica Timișoara, in a 1–3 defeat against Farul Constanța. In his career Ilie played mostly for Politehnica Timișoara and Argeș Pitești with short periods spent at Metalul Plopeni, FC Gloria Buzău and Concordia Chiajna.^[2]

After retirement, Poenaru started his football manager career and coached teams such as: Inter Clinceni, Voluntari or Dinamo București U-19. In January 2018, he was appointed as manager of Liga I club Academica Clinceni.^[3]

^ "Ilie Poenaru, foc și pară pe jucătorii săi" [Ilie Poenaru, very upset on his players]. Digi Sport (in Romanian). 20 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ "Nostalgiile lui Ilie Poenaru la revenirea la Timişoara" [Ilie Poenaru nostalgia at his Timişoara return]. ProSport (in Romanian). 11 March 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ Ilie Poenaru, noul antrenor al Academicii Clinceni, in studioul Sport Total FM: „Este un nou inceput!”. sptfm.ro (in Romanian)

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