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Mihai Romilă

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Mihai Romilă
Personal information
Date of birth (1950-10-01)1 October 1950[1]
Place of birth Huși, Romania[1]
Date of death 27 June 2020(2020-06-27) (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.[5]

Club career

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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 of year later at ASA Sibiu back in Divizia C.[1][3][4][6]

In 1971, he made a comeback to Iași, going at Politehnica, making his Divizia A debut on 29 August under the guidance of coach Virgil Mărdărescu in a 2–2 draw with Farul Constanța.[1][3][4][6] At the end of his first season the team relegated but he stayed with the club, helping it promote back to the first league after one year.[1][4][6] Over the years at Politehnica, Romilă together with Vasile Simionaș and Gabriel Simionov he formed one of the best midfield lines of the Romanian league from the 1970s.[7][8] In the 1980–81 season he scored a personal record of 10 league goals, however the team relegated once again but he helped it promote back once again after one year.[1][4][6]

Romilă went to play for the 1983–84 season at Dunărea Galați where on 4 December 1983 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 1–0 home loss to SC Bacău, gaining a total of 324 matches with 55 goals netted in the competition.[1][3][4]

International career

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Romilă played 18 matches at international level for Romania, making his debut on 17 December 1975 under coach Cornel Drăgușin in a 1–1 draw against Scotland at the Euro 1976 qualifiers[9][10] He made three appearances at 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 from a penalty kick in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 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 at the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[6][12]

International goals

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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

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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

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Mihai Romilă's brothers, Dumitru and Vasile were also footballers who played at Politehnica Iași.[6][14]

Death

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Romilă died on 27 June 2020 in Iași at age 69.[3][6][7][2][15]

Honours

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Politehnica Iași

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Mihai Romilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b Minea, Ovidiu (27 June 2020). "O nouă lovitură dură pentru fotbalul ieşean: s-a stins Romilă II" [Another hard blow for football from Iași: Romilă II passed away] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Doliu după doliu în fotbalul ieșean: după Ionuț Popa, a murit Mihai Romilă" [Mourning after mourning in Iași football: after Ionuț Popa, Mihai Romilă died] (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Mihai Romilă at National-Football-Teams.com
  5. ^ Mihai Romilă at WorldFootball.net
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Moldova e in doliu! A decedat un fost international, cu peste 350 de meciuri in Liga 1" [Moldova is in mourning! A former international, with over 350 matches in Liga 1, has passed away] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d "In memoriam Mihai Romila!" [In memory of Mihai Romila!] (in Romanian). Politehnicaiasi.ro. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  8. ^ "TRAGEDIE "Acolo, la pescuit, ceas rău, avea să-și găsească sfârșitul". A murit Gabriel Simionov, rapidistul care a jucat în prima ligă pentru Politehnica Iași" [TRAGEDY "There ,while fishing, bad clock, he was going to find his end." Gabriel Simionov, the Rapid fan who played in the first league for Politehnica Iasi, died] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 21 September 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
    "A murit Vasile Simionaș! Cel mai important om din istoria fotbalului ieșean s-a stins din viață la 74 de ani" [Vasile Simionaș has died! The most important man in the history of Iași football has passed away at the age of 74] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 19 March 2025. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Mihai Romilă". European Football. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Scotland 1-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Greece - Romania 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Mihai Romilă profile". 11v11.com. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Sînge de Ruginoasa. Foşti colegi şi antrenori din copilărie descriu ascensiunea lui Pintilii" [Blood of Ruginoasa. Former colleagues and coaches from childhood describe Pintilii's ascension] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  14. ^ "S-a stins Dumitru Romilă, antrenorul care i-a descoperit pe Daniel Pancu și Adrian Cristea" [Dumitru Romilă, the coach who discovered Daniel Pancu and Adrian Cristea, passed away] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    "S-a stins Dumitru Romilă" [Dumitru Romilă passed away] (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    "Doliu în fotbal. A murit Dumitru Romilă" [Mourning in football. Dumitru Romilă died] (in Romanian). Dcnews.ro. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
    "Tragedie în fotbalul românesc. Un mare jucător s-a stins din viață. Anunțul a venit ca un trăznet" [Tragedy in Romanian football. A great player passed away. The announcement came like a thunderbolt] (in Romanian). Capital.ro. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
  15. ^ "O nouă veste tragică pentru fotbalul ieșean. A murit o legendă a Politehnicii" [New tragic news for Iași football. A legend of the Politehnica has died] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 June 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
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