Ion Motroc

Ion Motroc
Personal information
Date of birth	(1937-02-14) 14 February 1937
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
1950–1953	Locomotiva București
1953–1955	Ştiinţa Bucureşti
1955–1957	Progresul București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1957–1960	Dinamo București	38	(0)
1960–1969	Rapid București	226	(1)
1969–1970	Altay Izmir	8	(0)
National team
1961–1965	Romania	2	(0)
Teams managed
1970–1973	Sportul Studențesc
1973	Mersin İdmanyurdu
1974–1977	Rapid București
1977–1978	FCM Reşiţa
1982–1983	Politehnica Iaşi
–	MC Oujda
–	Raja Casablanca
1997	Chindia Târgovişte
1997–1998	Al-Merrikh
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

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

Career

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

Motroc next moved to Turkey to join Altay S.K..^[1] He made eight appearances in the Süper Lig during the 1969–70 season.

Motroc made two appearances for the Romania national football team.^[2]

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

↑ Gheorghiu, Lucian (11 September 2011). "Pe timpul lui Ceauşescu fotbaliştii români au invadat Turcia" (in Romanian). Cotidianul.ro.
↑ Siminiceanu, Radu (10 January 2004). "Romania National Team 1960-1969 - Details". RSSSF.