Ion Motroc

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Ion Motroc
Personal information
Date of birth (1937-02-14) 14 February 1937 (age 84)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
1950–1953 Locomotiva București
1953–1955 Ştiinţa București
1955–1957 Progresul București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1960 Dinamo București 38 (0)
1960–1969 Rapid București 227 (1)
1969–1970 Altay Izmir 8 (0)
1970 Sportul Studențesc 2 (0)
Total 275 (1)
National team
1961–1965 Romania 2 (0)
Teams managed
1970–1972 Sportul Studențesc
1973 Mersin İdmanyurdu
1974–1977 Rapid București
1977–1978 FCM Reşiţa
1982–1983 Politehnica Iaşi
1983 MC Oujda
1983–1986 Raja Casablanca
1997 Chindia Târgovişte
1997–1998 Al-Merrikh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Ion Motroc (born 14 February 1937) is a former Romanian football defender who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.

He is the father of Florin Motroc, also a former footballer and currently a manager.[1] His nephew, Vlad Motroc, is currently a player of Liga II side Daco-Getica București.[1]

Career[]

Born in Bucharest, Motroc started playing football for FC Dinamo București.[2] In 1960, he joined rivals FC Rapid București, winning the Romanian league during the 1966–67 season.[2][3]

Motroc next moved to Turkey to join Altay S.K..[4] He made eight appearances in the Süper Lig during the 1969–70 season.[5]

Motroc made two appearances for Romania, making his debut on 14 May 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 away victory against Turkey.[6][7][8] His second game was also an away game against Turkey, this time the result being a 2–1 loss at the 1966 World Cup qualifiers.[6]

After retiring from playing football, Motroc became a football manager in Romania, Turkey, Morocco, Sudan and Egypt.

Honours[]

Player[]

Dinamo București
Rapid București

Manager[]

Rapid București

References[]

  1. ^ a b Un nou jucător de la Dinamo a ajuns în curtea lui U Cluj! Vlad Motroc a semnat azi!. gsp.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b Ion Motroc at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  3. ^ "Ion Motroc, unul dintre ultimii supraviețuitori ai echipei cu care Rapid a luat titlul din 1967:"Am plâns mult. Mi-e dor de Jamaischi și de acele vremuri frumoase"" [Ion Motroc, one of the last survivors of the team with which Rapid took the title in 1967:"I cried a lot. I miss Jamaischi and those beautiful times"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  4. ^ Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro.
  5. ^ Ion Motroc at National-Football-Teams.com
  6. ^ a b "Ion Motroc profile". European Football. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Turkey 0-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  8. ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1960–1969 – Details". RSSSF.

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