Ilie Greavu

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[a]	22	(0)
Teams managed
1988	Rapid București
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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]

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

• Divizia A: 1966–67^[4]

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