Gheorghe Mihali (born 9 December 1965) is a retired

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defender and current manager of

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squad

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Career

He debuted in Divizia A with

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in 1984. He went to

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in 1991, and helped Dinamo win the title in his debut season. In 1995, he was bought by French club

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where he spent almost four seasons. Following the relegation of Guingamp in 1998, Mihali eventually returned to Dinamo București where he lifted the Romanian cup titles in 2000 and 2001 before retiring as a player. Mihali made his debut for the national team in 1991 against

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, and earned 31 caps in total. He was in the squad for the

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and

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. He turned into coaching a year after his retirement, he managed to coach a youth group of

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and in 2002, he was part of

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's team at the helm of Romania U-21. In 2005, Mihali became assistant coach to Dorinel Munteanu, at CFR Cluj, and in 2006 he followed his former teammate at

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, where Munteanu was named head coach. His first full job came in 2007, when Mihali was installed as head coach to

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. After 15 games and only 13 points won, Mihali quit the

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squad. He didn't stay without a contract for too long. In October 2008 he was named head coach at

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, where he took over from Dorinel Munteanu, who left for Steaua București. He was sacked in April 2009, because he was questioned by the fans. Mihali then returned to assistant job, helping

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in the Arab countries, where the latter managed Ettifaq FC and

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. In 2012, Mihali came back to Romania, where he became assistant coach to CSMS Iași, under the spell of

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and

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. In November 2012, he returned to Dinamo, after 11 years. He was named assistant coach to Dorinel Munteanu.

Honours

Club

;Dinamo București *

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: 1991–92, 1999–00 *

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: 1999–00, 2000–01 ;Inter Sibiu *

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: 1990–91 ;Guingamp *

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* Coupe de France: Runner-up 1996–97

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mihali, Gheorghe 1965 births Living people People from Borșa Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FC Olt Scornicești players FC Inter Sibiu players FC Dinamo București players En Avant Guingamp players Liga I players Ligue 1 players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Romania men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1996 players 1994 FIFA World Cup players Romanian football managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers CS Mioveni managers CS Balotești managers FC Dunărea Călărași managers Footballers from Maramureș County