Mihai Țârlea (19 April 1938 – 28 February 1984) was a

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n football forward and

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Club career

Mihai Țârlea was born on 19 April 1938 in

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. He started to play football at Indagrara Arad, afterwards he went to play for

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

, making his

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

debut on 18 August 1957 under coach Eugen Mladin in a 1–0 away victory against

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. He remained at UTA for the rest of his career, consisting of 11 seasons, the highlights of this period being a third place as the top-goalscorer of the 1963–64 Divizia A season with 16 goals alongside

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, a fourth place with the team in the 1967–68 season and reaching the

1966 Cupa României final The 1966 Cupa României Final was the 28th final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Steaua București and UTA Arad, and was won by Steaua București after a game with 4 goals. It was the 7th cup fo ...

, where coach

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used him all the minutes in the eventual 4–0 loss in front of Steaua București. Țârlea's last Divizia A appearance took place on 26 May 1968 in a 2–0 away loss with Universitatea Craiova, having a total of 206 games with 80 goals scored in the competition, including six goals in the

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against Politehnica Timișoara.

International career

Mihai Țârlea played one game and scored two goals for Romania's Olympic team in a friendly which ended with a 4–1 victory against

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Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Mihai Țârlea worked as a coach, leading along with his assistant, Christos Metskas, from 1969 until 1972

Vulturii Textila Lugoj Club Sportiv Municipal Lugoj, commonly known as CSM Lugoj, or simply as Lugoj, is a Romanian football club from Lugoj, Timiș County, Romania. The club was named in the past, ''Vulturii Textila'', after a textile company in the city of Lugoj. CS ...

, helping it earn promotion from

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

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in the 1970–71 season.

Personal life

His son, who is also named Mihai Țârlea was also a footballer who played at

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Death

Mihai Țârlea died on 28 February 1984 at age 45.

Honours

Player

UTA Arad *

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runner-up: 1965–66

Manager

Vulturii Textila Lugoj *

: 1970–71

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