Ion Motroc (born 14 February 1937) is a former Romanian football defender who played for clubs in Romania and Turkey.
Ion Motroc was born on 14 February 1937 in Bucharest, growing up in the Giulești neighborhood, starting to play junior level football in 1950 at local club Locomotiva București, making his Divizia A debut for the senior squad under coach Iosif Lengheriu on 17 May 1953 at age 16 in a 0–0 against Știința Cluj.
[1][2][4] He returned to the team from his Giulești neighborhood, Rapid where he accepted a lower salary because he wanted to come back to the place he grew up.
[1][2] In 1969, alongside his Rapid teammate Viorel Kraus, Motroc went to play in the Turkish First Football League for half of season at Altay Izmir, appearing in eight league matches, returning to Romania where he ended his career by playing two games in Divizia B at Sportul Studențesc București.
[1][2][4][11] Ion Motroc made two appearances for Romania, making his debut on 14 May 1961 under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 away victory against Turkey.