Official | Nice loan Rareș Ilie to Catanzaro in Serie B

Rareș Ilie (21) will have a chance to earn more playing time for a side currently competing to earn a promotion into the Italian top flight next season.

The attacking midfielder from Romania has been loaned from OGC Nice to Serie B side Catanzaro for the remainder of the campaign with a purchase option when the season concludes.

Since arriving in Southern France with Les Aiglons in July 2022, Ilie has only made 10 appearances across all competitions, including eight in Ligue 1, failing to find the back of the net once. Over that span, he’d been loaned out to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Premier League, and Lausanne-Sport from the Swiss Super League, scoring three goals for the latter.

Catanzaro are currently holding down the final promotional play-off spot in the Italian second tier with 29 points after 22 league fixtures. Nice did not disclose the amount of Ilie’s purchase option.

GFFN | Joel Lefevre