Article by Cosmin Nistor – Published Friday, 06 March 2026 23:11 / Updated Friday, 06 March 2026 23:24
Adrian Ilie (51 years old), the former great Romanian international, offered the first reaction after Gigi Becali proposed him to return to FCSBthis time in the position of technical director and in charge of scouting. The owner of the Romanian champion wants to create a special department for transfers, and “Cobra” would take care of its organization, receiving a salary of approximately 12,000 euros per month.
Adrian Ilie also worked for the red-blue team in the 2007-2008 season, when he held the position of general manager. Becali's decision comes after FCSB missed qualifying for the Superliga play-off for the first time. The owner of the club announced that he will take several measures, the first being the establishment of a scouting department.
Adrian Ilie reacted after Gigi Becali's proposal: “I promised him that I would arrive”
The former striker confirmed that he had a telephone conversation with Gigi Becali and that he is going to meet with him to discuss the proposal made.
“I'm going to give him an answer. We haven't had a conversation apart from five or six days ago, on the phone, two minutes. I promised him I would get to him and I will. It is not known when, but if I promised him that I would arrive, I would arrive. Now there are matches in the championship. Didn't you see he said I was the first transfer? We are not in the transfer period yet”, said Adrian Ilie.
Asked about the salary that has been talked about in the public space, the former international denied that money would be a deciding factor.
“I assure you that I will not take any salary at Steaua (no – FCSB). I don't go on any salary. The first time I have to decide what to do, then we'll see,” said Adrian Ilie, according to prosport.ro.
Adrian Ilie's CV
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in Romania he played at Steaua and Electroputere;
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abroad at: Galatasaray, Valencia, Alaves, Beşiktaş and Zurich
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15 trophies won: 8 in Romania, all with Steaua (4 titles, two Cups and two Supercups), another 7 abroad, two titles and a Supercup with Galata, a title, a Cup and a Supercup with Valencia, a Swiss Cup with Zurich;
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when he was at Valencia, the Spanish team contested two Champions League finals, both lost;
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at the national team he has 55 matches and 13 goals; participated in 3 final tournaments: one World (1998) and two European (1996 and 2000);
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1998 is the year in which Adrian Ilie won the title of Romanian Footballer of the Year in the Gazeta Sporturilor Survey;
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Adrian Ilie cost €7.5 million during his career: Steaua sold him to Galatasaray for two million in 1997, then Valencia bought him in 1998 for €3.8, Alaves paid €1.5 million in 2002, and Beşiktaş loaned him for €200,000 in 2004;
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he retired at 31; after retirement, he was manager at FCSB in the 2007-2008 season and flirted with the impresario.
