Daniel Isăilă

Daniel Isăilă
	Isăilă in 2014
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Ionuț Isăilă
Date of birth	29 June 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth	Brașov, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre back
Team information
Current team	Khor Fakkan (head coach)
Youth career
0000–1992	FC Brașov
Senior career*
Years	Team
1992–1996	Tractorul Brașov
1997–2000	FC Brașov
1997–1998	→ Tractorul Brașov (loan)
2000	Rapid București
2001–2006	FC Brașov
Total
Managerial career
2006–2007	FC Săcele
2007–2010	FC Brașov (assistant)
2010	FC Brașov
2010–2011	FC Brașov (assistant)
2011	FC Brașov
2011–2012	Sportul Studențesc
2012–2013	FCM Târgu Mureș
2013–2014	Astra Giurgiu
2014	Astra Giurgiu
2014–2016	Romania (assistant)
2016–2018	Romania U21
2018–2020	Al-Hazem
2020–2023	Baniyas
2023–2024	Ajman
2024–	Khor Fakkan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Ionuț Isăilă (born 29 June 1972) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of UAE Pro League club Khor Fakkan.

A former defender, Isăilă played 149 matches in Liga I, scoring seven goals. He played eight times in the UEFA Cup, four games each with Rapid București and FC Brașov.

Coaching career

He began his coaching career in 2006 at second league club FC Săcele. He then joined the technical staff of Răzvan Lucescu, becoming his assistant at FC Brașov.

From July 2010 he was in numerous occasions the head coach of FC Brașov, overseen by technical director Daniel Oprea, Isăilă not having the PRO License coach certificate yet.

In November 2011, Isăilă signed a contract for four seasons with Sportul Studențesc. The club relegated under his command. In August 2012, he moved to second division club FCM Târgu Mureș, where he received a contract for a season with the main objective being promotion in Liga I. He resigned in the middle of the season, because the team was far from reaching the target, being only 5th after 16 games.

In April 2013, he was appointed head coach of Liga I side Astra Giurgiu. With Astra Giurgiu he had fantastic performances and in two years he won almost everything possible. In his first season in charge, he won the Cupa României at the National Arena Stadium against Steaua Bucharest in front of 53,000 Steaua supporters. On 11 July he won the second historical cup for Astra, the Supercup, again against Steaua Bucharest. After the best performance of Astra Giurgiu in the Championship, (2nd place) he qualified his team in the Europa League group stages for the first time, winning against Lyon in a fantastic double match which will remain in the history of the club. In October 2014, he stepped down as manager of Astra. In October the same year, he became one of the assistant coaches for the Romania national team working under Anghel Iordănescu and later Christoph Daum.

In December 2016, Isăilă was named as the head coach of Romania under-21 national team. After nearly two years in control he gave up the national team, thus leaving it with chances of qualifying to the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

In June 2018, he signed with newly promoted Saudi Professional League side Al-Hazem. He was sacked on 31 January 2020 following a 0–0 draw with Al-Taawoun.^[1]

Coaching stats

As of 2 November 2024

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win %
FC Săcele	1 July 2006	30 June 2007	34	11	10	13	34	43	032.35
FC Braşov	9 July 2010	17 December 2010	21	7	8	6	20	23	033.33
FC Braşov	31 August 2011	1 November 2011	9	2	3	4	9	10	022.22
Sportul Studenţesc	3 November 2011	22 August 2012	22	5	6	11	22	34	022.73
FCM Târgu Mureș	24 August 2012	11 March 2013	17	9	2	6	20	17	052.94
Astra Giurgiu	14 April 2013	22 March 2014	45	25	13	7	87	44	055.56
Astra Giurgiu	8 May 2014	10 October 2014	23	15	1	7	55	31	065.22
Romania U21	13 December 2016	8 June 2018	8	2	3	3	9	12	025.00
Al-Hazem	8 June 2018	31 January 2020	49	13	14	22	57	82	026.53
Baniyas	27 June 2020	1 June 2023	113	40	27	46	158	167	035.40
Ajman	3 October 2023	1 June 2024	23	8	9	6	31	31	034.78
Khor Fakkan	25 June 2024	present	9	2	1	6	11	20	022.22
Total			373	139	97	137	513	514	037.27