Ilie Savu was a Romanian football player who played as a goalkeeper and was also the first ever goalkeeper to play for Steaua Bucureşti.

Player career

Born in Cornăţelu, Dâmboviţa County

Dâmbovita County

Dâmbovița ; also spelt Dîmbovița is a county of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Târgoviște.-Demographics:In 2002, it had a population of 541,763 and the population density was 134/km²...

, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

, Ilie Savu began his career at 14 years of age, playing as a striker and as a goalkeeper. He played two seasons for Prahova Ploieşti

Prahova Ploiesti

Prahova Ploieşti was a football club based in Ploieşti, Prahova County, Romania. It was founded in 1911 and it soon became one of the best teams in the country, winning one Romanian Championships in 1916. The club was dissolved in 2000.-History:...

 before he moved to Bucharest, where he played 5 seasons for Venus Bucureşti

Venus Bucuresti

Venus București was a Romanian football club based in Bucharest, nicknamed Negrii due to their all black shirts. Before being dissolved by the Communist authorities, Venus was the most successful football club in Romania, winning eight Liga I championships.The club's colours were black and white,...

. In this period he played also two matches in Romania national youth team. After Venus, he signed with Corvinul Deva, where he played in a period of four years only a few matches because of the Second World War

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 . After the war, he signed with Steaua Bucureşti, being the goalkeeper of the first Steaua squad. He played three years for Steaua before his retirement.

Manager career

He was the trainer of Steaua's Gold Team in 1956 when the team won the championship and played in a tourney in England. After Steaua, he managed Corvinul Hunedoara and he promoted this team into Liga I

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

. He returned in 1965 at Steaua, but after only two years he left the team.

Death

Ilie Savu died on 16 November 2010, shortly after midnight, at the Central Military Hospital in Bucharest losing the battle with a hepatic disease.

Honours

Player

Venus Bucureşti

• Romanian League: 2
  • 1938–39, 1939–40

Manager

Steaua Bucureşti

• Romanian League: 1
  • 1956
    Divizia A 1956
    -Final classification:-Top scorers:*Ion Alexandrescu - CCA Bucureşti - 18 goals-References:...
    
     as co-trainer for Ştefan Dobay
    Stefan Dobay
    Ștefan Dobay , native name István Dobay, was a Austrian-Hungarian native Romanian footballer.He played for Ripensia Timișoara and the Romania national football team for whom he got 41 caps, scored 20 goals and he appeared at the 1934 and 1938 World Cups as a forward and scoring a goal in each...
    
    
• Romanian Cup
  Romanian Cup
  The Cupa României is a football competition which was held annually since 1933-34, except during the World War II. It is the country's main cup competition, and it is open to all clubs affiliated with FRF and the county football associations regardless of the league they belong to...
  
  : 2
  • 1965–66, 1966–67