SOCCER PLAYER

Ilie Balaci

1956 - 2018

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Ilie Balaci (Romanian pronunciation: [iˈli.e ˈbalatʃʲ]; 13 September 1956 – 21 October 2018) was a Romanian football player and manager. A midfielder, he spent 12 of his 15 years as a professional with Universitatea Craiova, appearing in more than 300 official games with the club and winning seven major titles. Nicknamed Minunea blondă ("the Blonde Wonder"), Balaci is considered one of the greatest Romanian footballers of all time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilie Balaci is the 3,515th most popular soccer player (down from 2,847th in 2019), the 407th most popular biography from Romania (down from 368th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ilie Balaci ranks 3,515 out of 21,273. Before him are Kei Sugimoto, Alex Telles, Carlos Kameni, Ardico Magnini, Roy Bentley, and César Ruminski. After him are Willy Kernen, Thomas Linke, Maino Neri, Santiago Vernazza, Fredi Bobic, and Jesús del Muro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Ilie Balaci ranks 356. Before him are Arthur Golden, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Hussein Ahmed Salah, Ilona Slupianek, Lev Avnerovich Leviev, and Jamie Dimon. After him are Cristina Comencini, Bernard A. Harris Jr., Jamie Hyneman, Margarita Robles, Matt Craven, and Rod Blagojevich. Among people deceased in 2018, Ilie Balaci ranks 375. Before him are David Douglas Duncan, D. J. Fontana, Kedarnath Singh, Michel Bonnevie, Donald H. Peterson, and Roy Bentley. After him are Yoseph Imry, Milunka Lazarević, Elizabeth Hawley, Irina Beglyakova, Ray Wilson, and Vic Damone.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ilie Balaci ranks 407 out of 844. Before him are Ion Lăpușneanu (1908), Nicolae Neagoe (1941), Dezső Bánffy (1843), Sámuel Teleki (1845), Alexandru Neagu (1948), and Bogdan Stelea (1967). After him are Ion Drîmbă (1942), Blanka Teleki (1806), Nicolae Golescu (1810), Vasile Dîba (1954), Richard Wagner (1952), and Ștefania Mărăcineanu (1882).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Ilie Balaci ranks 51. Before him are Constantin Stanciu (1911), Florea Dumitrache (1948), Iosif Czako (1906), Ion Lăpușneanu (1908), Alexandru Neagu (1948), and Bogdan Stelea (1967). After him are Samuel Zauber (1901), Silviu Lung (1956), Ernst Lörtscher (1913), Adrian Ilie (1974), Vintilă Cossini (1913), and Cornel Dinu (1948).

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