Mihai Roman

For the younger Romanian footballer player, see Mihai Roman (footballer born 1992).

Mihai Roman
Roman playing for Romania
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-10-16) 16 October 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Suceava, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Right winger
Team information
Current team
 Botoșani (team manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2000 AS Bradul Putna
2000–2005 Bucovina Rădăuți
2005–2007 Cetatea Suceava 54 (14)
2007–2010 FC Brașov 84 (10)
2010–2013 Rapid București 83 (8)
2013–2016 Toulouse 5 (0)
2014–2016 Toulouse B 13 (4)
2016–2018 Botoșani 67 (15)
2018–2020 FCSB 20 (1)
2019–2020 → Botoșani (loan) 14 (4)
2020–2023 Botoșani 68 (4)
Total 408 (60)
International career
2009–2012 Romania 10 (0)
Managerial career
2023– Botoșani (team manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mihai Roman (born 16 October 1984) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Roman started his football career at the age of 17. He made his way up by being a hard worker, and with the help of Razvan Lucescu, his former coach from FC Brașov.[1] Before signing for Braşov, Roman was linked with other Liga I clubs such as FC Vaslui and Oţelul Galaţi. After two great seasons there, he received his first call-up for the Romania national team in June 2009.

On 27 June 2010, Roman signed for Rapid București together with his teammate Sabrin Sburlea. On 29 May 2013, Roman signed for Ligue 1 club Toulouse FC on a free transfer for three seasons.[2]

FCSB

On 20 August 2018, Mihai Roman signed a two-year contract with FCSB.[3] On 23 August, he got his first cap for FCSB. His first match for FCSB, was in UEFA Europa League play-off against SK Rapid Wien. On 30 August, he scored his first goal in Europa League for FCSB on the second leg against SK Rapid Wien on Arena Națională finished 2–1 for FCSB. On 16 September, Mihai Roman made his debut for FCSB in Liga I against CFR Cluj finished 1-1.

International career

Roman made his debut for the Romania national football team in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game, on 6 June 2009, against Lithuania.[4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 20 May 2023[5]
Club Season League Cup League Lup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Cetatea Suceava 2005–06 22 5 0 0 – – – 22 5
2006–07 32 9 0 0 – – – 32 9
Total 54 14 0 0 – – – – – – 54 14
Brașov 2007–08 28 4 1 0 – – – 29 4
2008–09 31 3 0 0 – – – 31 3
2009–10 25 3 3 0 – – – 28 3
Total 84 10 4 0 – – – – – – 88 10
Rapid București 2010–11 29 4 3 0 – – – 32 4
2011–12 28 3 4 3 – 6 1 – 38 7
2012–13 26 1 3 0 – 3 0 – 32 1
Total 83 8 10 3 – – 9 1 – – 102 12
Toulouse 2013–14 5 0 0 0 0 0 – – 5 0
2014–15 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
2015–16 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
Total 5 0 0 0 0 0 – – – – 5 0
Toulouse B 2013–14 2 4 0 0 – – – 2 4
2014–15 6 0 0 0 – – – 6 0
2015–16 5 0 0 0 – – – 5 0
Total 13 4 – – – – – – – – 13 4
Botoșani 2016–17 30 4 0 0 2 0 – – 32 4
2017–18 33 11 5 2 – – – 38 13
2018–19 4 0 – – – – 4 0
2019–20 (loan) 14 4 0 0 – – – 14 4
2020–21 29 2 1 0 – 2 0 – 32 2
2021–22 21 2 – – – – 21 2
2022–23 18 0 0 0 – – – 18 0
Total 149 23 6 2 2 0 2 0 – – 159 25
FCSB 2018–19 16 1 2 0 – 2 1 – 20 2
2019–20 4 0 0 0 – 4 0 – 8 0
Total 20 1 2 0 – – 6 1 – – 28 2
Career total 408 60 22 5 2 0 17 2 – – 449 67

International

As of 27 January 2012
National team Year Apps Goals
Romania
2009 5 0
2010 3 0
2011 1 0
2012 1 0
Total 10 0

Honours

Bucovina Rădăuți

FC Brașov

Rapid București

References

  1. ^ "5 curiozități despre Mihai Roman I" [5 curiosities about Mihai Roman I] (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 17 August 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Mihai Roman signé au TFC" (in French). Toulouse FC Official Website. 17 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  3. ^ "Mihai Roman a semnat cu FCSB pe doi ani" (in Romanian). PlayerTube. 20 August 2018. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  4. ^ "LITHUANIA VS. ROMANIA 0–1" (in Romanian). Soccerway.com. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ "M. Roman". Soccerway. Retrieved 26 August 2018.