Mihai Romilă (1 October 1950 – 27 June 2020) was a

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n football

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Club career

Romilă was born on 1 October 1950 in

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. He started playing junior level football in 1966 at

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. Two years later he moved to neighboring club, Nicolina where he started his senior career, playing in

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. In 1970 he went to play at

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level for Gloria Bârlad, moving half of year later at ASA Sibiu back in Divizia C. In 1971, he made a comeback to

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, going at Politehnica, making his

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debut on 29 August under the guidance of coach

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in a 2–2 draw with Farul Constanța. 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

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. Over the years at Politehnica, Romilă together with

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and Gabriel Simionov he formed one of the best midfield lines of the Romanian league from the 1970s. 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

. Romilă went to play for the 1983–84 season at

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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.

International career

Romilă played 18 matches at international level for

, making his debut on 17 December 1975 under coach Cornel Drăgușin in a 1–1 draw against

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at the Euro 1976 qualifiers He made three appearances at each of the World Cup 1978 qualifiers and the Euro 1980 qualifiers, including two victories against

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. He scored his only goal for the national team from a penalty kick in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 loss to

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. On 1 June 1979 he made his last appearance for ''The Tricolours'' in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 away loss to

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. Romilă also played one game for Romania's Olympic team in a 1–0 victory against

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at the 1976 Summer Olympics qualifiers.

International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first. "Score" column indicates the score after each Mihai Romilă goal.''

After retirement

After he ended his playing career, Romilă worked as a youth coach, being known to discover and form

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at Noua Generație Iași.

Personal life

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

Death

Romilă died on 27 June 2020 in Iași at age 69.

Honours

Politehnica Iași *

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, 1981–82

References

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