Mihai Romilă
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1 October 1950[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Huși, Romania[1] | ||
| Date of death | 27 June 2020 (aged 69)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Iași, Romania[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward[1][4] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1966–1968 | CSMS Iași | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1968–1969 | Nicolina Iași | 40 | (0) |
| 1970 | Gloria Bârlad | 12 | (0) |
| 1970–1971 | ASA Sibiu | 23 | (0) |
| 1971–1983 | Politehnica Iași | 367 | (65) |
| 1983–1984 | Dunărea Galați | 14 | (1) |
| Total | 456 | (66) | |
| International career | |||
| 1976 | Romania Olympic | 1 | (0) |
| 1975–1979 | Romania | 18 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Mihai Romilă (1 October 1950 – 27 June 2020) was a Romanian football midfielder.[2][5]
Romilă was born on 1 October 1950 in Huși, Romania.[1] He started playing junior level football in 1966 at CSMS Iași.[1][3][4][6] Two years later he moved to neighboring club, Nicolina where he started his senior career, playing in Divizia C.[1][3][4][6] In 1970 he went to play at Divizia B level for Gloria Bârlad, moving half a year later to ASA Sibiu back in Divizia C.[1][3][4][6]
In 1971, Romilă made a comeback to Iași, joining Politehnica, making his Divizia A debut on 29 August under coach Virgil Mărdărescu in a 2–2 draw against Farul Constanța.[1][3][4][6] At the end of his first season the team was relegated, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after one year.[1][4][6] Over the years at Politehnica, Romilă together with Vasile Simionaș and Gabriel Simionov formed one of the best midfield lines of the Romanian league in the 1970s.[7][8] In the 1980–81 season, he scored a personal record of 10 league goals, but the team was relegated.[1][4][6] He helped it get promoted back to the first league once again after one year.[1][4][6]
Romilă joined Dunărea Galați for the 1983–84 season, making his last Divizia A appearance on 4 December 1983 in a 1–0 home loss to SC Bacău, totaling 324 matches with 55 goals in the competition.[1][3][4]
International career
Romilă played 18 matches for Romania, making his debut on 17 December 1975 under coach Cornel Drăgușin in a 1–1 draw against Scotland in the Euro 1976 qualifiers.[9][10] He made three appearances during each of the World Cup 1978 qualifiers and the Euro 1980 qualifiers, including two victories against Yugoslavia.[6][7][9] He scored his only goal for the national team in a 2–1 friendly loss to Greece.[3][6][9][11] On 1 June 1979, he made his last appearance for The Tricolours in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 away loss to East Germany.[9] Romilă also played one game for Romania's Olympic team in a 1–0 victory against France in the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[6][12]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Mihai Romilă goal.[9][11]
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 13 December 1978 | Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens, Greece |  Greece | 1–2 | 1–2 | Friendly |
After retirement
After he ended his playing career, Romilă worked as a youth coach, being known to discover and form Mihai Pintilii at Noua Generație Iași.[3][6][7][13]
Personal life
Romilă's brothers, Dumitru and Vasile, were also footballers who played for Politehnica Iași.[6][14]