Lică Stavarache Movilă (born 21 October 1961) is a Romanian former footballer, who played primarily as a

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Club career

Lică Movilă was born in

Brăila Brăila (, also , ) is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County. The ''Sud-Est'' Regional Development Agency is located in Brăila. According to the 2011 Romanian census there were 180,302 pe ...

on 21 October 1961 and made his

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

debut on 21 June 1981 for SC Bacău in a 5–2 loss against Argeș Pitești. He spent three seasons with SC Bacău and midway through the 1982–83 season, he was transferred to

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, where in his first two seasons spent at the club he won the title appearing in 16 matches with 4 goals scored in the first one and 19 appearances and one goal in the second one. During his period spent at Dinamo, Movilă also won two Cupa României and played 16 games in which he scored two goals in European competitions, appearing in 7 games in which he scored one goal in the

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season when the team reached the semi-finals where in the first leg against

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he got a punch from

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that broke his jaw, but Souness did not receive the red card because the referee did not see the incident. After six seasons spent with '' The Red Dogs'', Movilă spent a season each with

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and

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, reaching a total of 199 matches played in

with 23 goals scored. He played alongside fellow Romanian, Claudiu Vaișcovici in the 1991 Soviet First League for Zimbru Chișinău after which he finished his career playing one season for the Israeli side

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International career

Lică Movilă played 14 games at international level in which he scored one goal for

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, making his debut when coach

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sent him on the field in the 70th minute in order to replace

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on 1 June 1983 in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against

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. He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly which ended 2–2 against

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, made a appearance at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers in a 3–2 away loss against

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and on 8 April 1982, Movilă made his last appearance for the national team in a 3–2 victory against

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Movilă goal''.

Honours

Dinamo București *

: 1982–83, 1983–84 * Cupa României: 1983–84, 1985–86

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Movila, Lica 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Brăila Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Liga I players FCM Bacău players FC Dinamo București players CSM Flacăra Moreni players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Zimbru Chișinău players Hapoel Be'er Sheva F.C. players Romania under-21 international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Soviet Union Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Soviet Union Expatriate footballers in Israel Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Association football midfielders Soviet First League players