Marian Mihail
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marian Cucchiaroni Mihail | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Brasov, Romania | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1969-1975 | FC Brasov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1975-1976 | FC Brasov | 24 | (12) |
| 1976-1992 | FC Sportul Studentesc | 385 | (6) |
| Total | 409 | (18) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982-1985 | Romania | 5 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996-1997 | FC Sportul Studentesc | ||
| 1997 | FC Brasov | ||
| 1997-1998 | FC Bacau | ||
| 1998-1999 | FC Sportul Studentesc | ||
| 1999-2001 | FC Steaua Bucharest (Technical Director) | ||
| 2001-2002 | AS Rocar Bucharest | ||
| 2002-2004 | Al Qardaha SC | ||
| 2004 | Al Riyadh SC | ||
| 2005 | FC Sibiu | ||
| 2006-2007 | Al Jaish Damascus | ||
| 2007-2008 | FC Sportul Studentesc | ||
| 2008-2009 | Al Jahra SC | ||
| 2009-2010 | Al Wahda Abu Dhabi (Academy Director) | ||
| 2011-2014 | Romania (Technical Director) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Marian Cucchiaroni Mihail (born 7 May 1958) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Most recently, he served as National Technical Director of Romania.[1]
Mihail managed top flights teams and also held technical director positions in his native Romania and across the Middle East In the course of his career he always had en eye for future talent.
In May 2009, at the centenary celebrations of the Romanian Football Federation, Mihail received the Order of Merit for his services to Romanian football.[2]
Playing career
Mihail played professionally in Romania for 17 years, beginning his career as a right winger with his home town club FC Brasov, before moving onto play as a right full back for the top flight side Sportul Studentesc. His first competitive game for Sportul Studentesc was in Octobre 1976 against the German side FC Schalke 04 in UEFA Cup.[3] With Sportul Studentesc, he won the Balkans Cup in 1980, and was Romania vice-champion in 1986 and Romania Cup finalist in 1979.[4] Mihail also won five caps for Romania. He made his international debut on 23 March 1982 against Belgium.[5][6]
Managerial career
After his playing career ended, Mihail turned to coaching and began his career as manager of his former club Sportul Studentesc. He then managed other two Romanian top flight teams, FC Brasov and FC Bacau.[7]
In October 1999 Mihail became the head of technical department at Steaua Bucharest, Romania's most successful club, with responsibility for first team, player recruitment, scouting and academy.[8][9] During his time at Steaua Bucharest, the first team won two major trophies in 2000-01 season, the Romanian League title and the Romanian Super Cup.[10]
In June 2002, after a spell as manager of the Romanian side Rocar Bucharest,[11] Mihail moved to the Middle East and had successful stints in Syria, with Al Qardaha, when he also won the Syria Coach of the Year award in 2003, and in Saudi Arabia, with Al Riyadh.
In June 2004, Mihail returned home to Romania to complete his UEFA Pro Licence.[12] During that time he was employed with the Romanian Football Federation as youth technical adviser and helped to set up the national youth program. He also had a short spell as manager of the Romanian side FC Sibiu.[13]
In June 2006, Mihail moved again to the Middle East and managed Al Jaish in Syria and Al Jahra in Kuwait. He also worked as academy director at Al Wahda Abu Dhabi, in the UAE. It was under his leadership that the Academy won two UAE youth league titles in 2009-10 season, at U17 and U19 age groups.[14] In between, Mihail had his third spell as manager of the Romanian side Sportul Studentesc.[15]
In August 2011, Mihail was appointed as National Technical Director of Romania.[16] The position was new in the Romanian Football Federation at the time. It included responsibility for the overall development and direction of football in Romania. Mihail's main task was to restore the competitiveness of Romanian football. After becoming familiar with the situation in Romanian football and many analyses and consultations, both within the football family and with external partners, Mihail presented his strategic blueprint to stop the decline of Romanian football and to achieve new success at all levels of competition.[17] Priority was given to improve the quality of youth coaches, the performance of the national youth teams and to develop strong partnerships with the Royal Spanish Football Federation to promote new technical standards across the country.
In just over three years the new performance strategy laid a solid foundation for the future of Romanian football. That included reforming its coach education system, revamping the format of the youth leagues and the success of the national youth teams program, both boys and girls, among other healthy developments.[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Mihail left his role as National Technical Director of Romania by mutual consent in February 2014, just before the election of a new President for the Romanian Football Federation.[24]
References
- ↑ "Mihail Marian, noul director tehnic al FRF - Fotbal intern". Libertatea. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Romanian Football Federation celebrates Centenary
- ↑ "Match details / line-up: Sportul Studenţesc - FC Schalke 04 (Europa League 1976/1977)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Sportul Studentesc Club History
- ↑ "Anul 1982". Fotbal.net (in Romanian). 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ "Romania National Team 1980-1989 - Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ "Marian Mihail". Labtof.ro. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Steaua Bucharest Club History
- ↑ Marian Mihail joins staff! See what function he will handle at Steaua Bucharest
- ↑ Steaua. "MySport :: Comunitatea ta de prieteni din sport". Stelisti.gsp.ro. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Mihail Marian at Rocar Bucuresti
- ↑ Ciprian Iana (2004-12-16). "Antrenorii romani se perfectioneaza in campionatele din strainatate" [Romanian coaches perfected in championships abroad]. 9am News. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ "Misiune Dificilă" [Difficult task]. Sibianul (in Romanian). 2005-08-22.
- ↑ "Al Wahda players net AED300k bonus". ArabianBusiness.com. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ "Istoric: 1990-2000" (in Romanian). FC Sportul Studențesc București. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21.
- ↑ "Romania". Worldcoachs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Romania reveal three-year development plan
- ↑ info FIFA-ranking September 2011
- ↑ info FIFA-ranking March 2014
- ↑ Romania U17 finished top with a perfect record
- ↑ Romania U19 come out on top ahead of Lithuania
- ↑ Unique experience on their European Women U-19 Championship
- ↑ UEFA WU-17 Norway, Romania serenely through Group 2
- ↑ Burleanu new President of the Romanian Football Federation
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