Lică Movilă

Lică Movilă
Personal information
Full name Lică Stavarache Movilă
Date of birth (1961-10-21) 21 October 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth Brăila, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
SC Bacău
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978–1982 SC Bacău 19 (3)
1983–1988 Dinamo București 138 (17)
1988–1989 Flacăra Moreni 23 (2)
1989–1990 Universitatea Cluj 19 (1)
1991 Zimbru Chișinău 23 (2)
1992 Hapoel Be'er Sheva 3 (1)
Total 225 (26)
International career
1982–1983 Romania U-21 5 (0)
1983–1987 Romania 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Club career

Lică Movilă was born in Brăila on 21 October 1961 and made his Divizia A debut on 21 June 1981 for SC Bacău in a 5–2 loss against Argeș Pitești.[1] He spent three seasons with SC Bacău and midway through the 1982–83 season, he was transferred to Dinamo București, where in his first two seasons spent at the club he won the title, under the guidance of coach Nicolae Dumitru appearing in 16 matches with four goals scored in the first one and making 19 appearances with one goal in the second.[1][2][3] During his period spent with The Red Dogs, Movilă also won two Cupa României, at the 2–1 victory over rivals Steaua București in the final from 1984, coach Nicolae Dumitru did not use him but in the one from 1986, coach Mircea Lucescu used him all the minutes in the 1–0 win with the same team who had recently just won the European Cup.[1][2][4] Movilă played 16 games in which he scored two goals in European competitions, appearing in seven games in which he scored one goal against Kuusysi Lahti in the 1983–84 European Cup season, as the club eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, the team managing to reach the semi-finals where in the first leg against Liverpool he got a punch from Graeme Souness that broke his jaw but Souness did not receive the red card because the referee did not see the incident.[1][5] After six seasons at Dinamo, Movilă spent a season each with of Flacăra Moreni and Universitatea Cluj, at the latter making his last Divizia A appearance on 14 April 1990 in a 2–1 away loss with Jiul Petroșani, reaching a total of 199 matches played with 23 goals scored in the competition.[1][2] He played alongside fellow Romanian, Claudiu Vaișcovici in the 1991 Soviet First League for Zimbru Chișinău after which he finished his career by playing one season for the Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[1][6]

International career

Lică Movilă played 14 games at international level in which he scored one goal for Romania, making his debut when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him on the field in the 70th minute in order to replace Gheorghe Mulțescu on 1 June 1983 in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against Yugoslavia.[7][8] He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly which ended 2–2 with Poland, made an appearance at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers in a 3–2 away loss in front of Northern Ireland and on 8 April 1982, Movilă made his last appearance for The Tricolours in a 3–2 victory against Israel.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Movilă goal.[7][9]
List of international goals scored by Lică Movilă
# Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 1983 Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland 4  Poland 1–0 2–2 Friendly

Honours

Dinamo București

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Lică Movilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e Lică Movilă at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1985–1986". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    "Finale de nota 10 Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. Au băut dintr-o cupă găurită" [Grade 10 Finals Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. They drank from a cup with holes] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  5. ^ Spiers, Graham (29 October 2002). "Another chapter ready to be written in the epic career of Souness". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
    Spiers, Graham (14 November 2002). "Fine language from the man who scarred the beautiful game". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
    "'It was the best punch of my life': When Liverpool captain Graeme Souness became the enemy of bloodthirsty Bucharest". Independent.co.uk. 11 April 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
    "Dezvăluiri după 36 de ani de la Dinamo - Liverpool. Clipe de coșmar pentru englezi la București:"Soldații și polițiștii români ne făceau semne că ne taie gâtul!"" [Revelations after 36 years at Dinamo - Liverpool. Moments of nightmares for the English in Bucharest: "Romanian soldiers and policemen were showing us that they were going to cut our throats!"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
    "Lică Movilă a rememorat duelul cu Liverpool. Povestea "pumnului în gură, pe sub mână" încasat de la Graeme Souness" [Lică Movilă recalled the duel with Liverpool. The story of "punch in the mouth, under the hand" collected from Graeme Souness] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 26 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Viorel Turcu si Paul Laiys, primii stranieri" [Viorel Turcu and Paul Laiys, the first foreigners] (in Romanian). Fmf.md. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  7. ^ a b c "Lică Movilă". European Football. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Yugoslavia – Romania 1:0". European Football. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Poland – Romania 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 13 September 2024.