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Ilie Oană (16 August 1918 – 27 April 1993) was a football player and manager who represented and coached the Romania national football team.

Ilie Oană

Personal information
Date of birth	(1918-08-16)16 August 1918
Place of birth	Indiana Harbor, United States
Date of death	27 April 1993(1993-04-27) (aged 74)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	Șoimii Sibiu
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1937	Șoimii Sibiu
1937–1951	Petrolul Ploiești
National team
1939–1948	Romania	2	(0)
Teams managed
1952–1964	Petrolul Ploiești
1965–1966	Romania
1967	Romania
1968–1969	Petrolul Ploiești
1969–1971	Panserraikos
1971–1973	Petrolul Ploiești
1973–1977	Politehnica Iași
1978	Universitatea Craiova
1979–1980	Farul Constanța
1980	Gloria Buzău
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Oană was born in Indiana Harbor to Romanian parents who emigrated from Transylvania before the outbreak of World War I. In 1921, his parents moved back to their homeland, settling in Sibiu after the 1918 Union of Transylvania with Romania. Oană began his football career with local side Șoimii Sibiu. He joined Petrolul Ploiești in 1937.[2] Because he was born in the United States, he was nicknamed "Americanul" (The American).[1][3]

Oană made two appearances for Romania, making his debut in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Hungary in October 1939.[4][5][6] He also played in a 0–0 against Poland at the 1948 Balkan Cup.[4][7]

After he retired from playing, Oană became a football coach. He managed most of his career Petrolul Ploiești and he also had an experience outside the country at the Greek Superleague side Panserraikos.[1][3][8] He won two Romanian league and one Romanian Cup titles with Petrolul and a Romanian Cup with Universitatea Craiova.[1][3][9] Oană has a total of 572 matches as a coach in Liga I (232 victories, 124 draws, 216 losses), which makes him the second coach with the most matches in the league, behind Florin Halagian who has 878.[10] The Ilie Oană Stadium from Ploiești is named in his honor.[11]

Honours

Player

Petrolul Ploiești

• Divizia B: 1940–41[1][3]

Manager

Petrolul Ploiești

• Divizia A: 1957–58, 1958–59[1][3]
• Divizia B: 1954[1][3]
• Cupa României: 1962–63[1][3]

Universitatea Craiova

• Cupa României: 1977–78[1][3]

References

External links

• Ilie Oană at National-Football-Teams.com
• Ilie Oană coaching stats in Divizia A at labtof.ro (in Romanian)

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