Lică Stavarache Movilă (born 21 October 1961) is a Romanian former footballer, who played primarily as a midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lică Stavarache Movilă | ||
| Date of birth | 21 October 1961 | ||
| 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 | 6 | (1) |
| Total | 228 | (26) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Romania U-21 | 5 | (0) |
| 1983–1987 | Romania | 14 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
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 appearing in 16 matches with 4 goals scored in the first one and 19 appearances and one goal in the second one.[1][2] During his period spent at Dinamo, Movilă also won two Cupa României and played 16 games in which he scored two goals in European competitions, appearing in 7 games in which he scored one goal in the 1983–84 European Cup season when the team reached 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][2][3][4][5][6][7] After six seasons spent with The Red Dogs, Movilă spent a season each with Flacăra Moreni and Universitatea Cluj, reaching a total of 199 matches played in Divizia A with 23 goals scored.[1][2] He played alongside fellow Romanian, Claudiu Vaișcovici in the 1991 Soviet First League for Zimbru Chișinău after which he finished his career playing one season for the Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[1][8]
International career edit
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.[9][10] He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly which ended 2–2 against Poland, made a appearance at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers in a 3–2 away loss against Northern Ireland and on 8 April 1982, Movilă made his last appearance for the national team in a 3–2 victory against Israel.[9]
International goals edit
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Movilă goal.[9]
| # | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 September 1983 | Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland | 4 |  Poland |
1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
Honours edit
Dinamo București
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g Lică Movilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ a b c d e Lică Movilă at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ 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:"Soldaţii şi poliţiştii 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Lică Movilă". European Football. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – Romania 1:0". European Football. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
External links edit
- Lică Movilă at WorldFootball.net