Marian Mihail

Marian Mihail
Personal information
Full nameMarian Cucchiaroni Mihail
Date of birth7 May 1958
Place of birthBrasov, Romania
Playing positionDefender
Youth career
1969-1975FC Brasov
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1975-1976FC Brasov24(12)
1976-1992FC Sportul Studentesc385(6)
Total409(18)
National team
1982-1985Romania5(0)
Teams managed
1996-1997FC Sportul Studentesc
1997FC Brasov
1997-1998FC Bacau
1998-1999FC Sportul Studentesc
1999-2001FC Steaua Bucharest (Technical Director)
2001-2002AS Rocar Bucharest
2002-2004Al Qardaha SC
2004Al Riyadh SC
2005FC Sibiu
2006-2007Al Jaish Damascus
2007-2008FC Sportul Studentesc
2008-2009Al Jahra SC
2009-2010Al Wahda Abu Dhabi (Academy Director)
2011-2014Romania (Technical Director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Marian Cucchiaroni Mihail (born 7 May 1958 in Brașov) is a Romanian football manager and former player who last served as Technical Director for the Romanian Football Federation.[1]

In May 2009, at the ceremony to mark the Romanian Football Federation's centenary, 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 Studenţesc 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]

Coaching career

After his playing career ended, Mihail turned to coaching. He began his career as head coach of several top-flight teams in Romania, such as Sportul Studentesc, FC Brasov and FCM Bacau.[7]

In October 1999 Mihail became head of the Technical Department of Steaua Bucharest, Romania's most successful and famous football club.[8] While at Steaua Bucharest he worked closely with the first team coaching staff in identifying and signing talent as well as developing a draft strategy and has also overseen the direction of the club's youth development efforts.[9] During the 2000-01 season Mihail has contributed to the success of the club in winning the Romanian League title and the Romanian Super Cup.[10]

In the 2001-02 season Mihail had a short stint as a lecturer at the Romanian FA Coaching School and also managed the Romanian side Rocar Bucharest,[11] before moving to the Middle East where he had successful spells at top-flights clubs such as Al Qardaha SC in Syria, being named Syria's Coach of the Year 2003, and Al Riyadh SC in Saudi Arabia.

In June 2004, in order to obtain his UEFA Pro Licence, Mihail returned to Romania.[12] During this same time he helped to set up the youth program of the Romanian Football Federation and also managed the Romanian side FC Sibiu.[13]

In June 2006, Mihail moved once again to the Middle East, where he managed top-flight teams such as Al Jaish in Syria and Al Jahra in Kuwait. In between he had a spell at the Romanian side Sportul Studentesc.[14]

In June 2009, Mihail became Technical Director of Al Wahda Abu Dhabi Youth Academy. It was under his technical leadership that the academy won two UAE Youth League titles,
at U17 and U19, in 2010.[15] He then returned home to join the Coaching Education Department of the Romanian Football Federation.[16]

In August 2011, Mihail was named as Romania's Technical Director, on a three-year contract.[17] The position was new in the Romanian Football Federation at the time. It included responsibility for the overall management and direction of the technical growth and development of football in Romania. Mihail also supervised the youth national teams and liaised with senior and U21 national teams head coaches. After being in the role for four months, Mihail drew up a blueprint to restore the competitiveness of Romanian football.[18]
Over the past three years, the new performance strategy gave the future of Romanian football a significant boost. Improvements have been made on all areas, more especially on the FIFA ranking[19][20] and on the performance of all youth national teams, both male and female.[21][22][23][24]
Mihail's spell as Romania's Technical Director came to an end in February 2014, just a few weeks before elections for a new President of the Romanian Football Federation.[25]

References

  1. ↑ "Mihail Marian, noul director tehnic al FRF - Fotbal intern". Libertatea. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  2. ↑ Romanian Football Federation celebrates Centenary
  3. ↑ "Match details / line-up: Sportul Studenţesc - FC Schalke 04 (Europa League 1976/1977)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  4. ↑ Sportul Studentesc Club History
  5. ↑ "Anul 1982". Fotbal.net (in Romanian). 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  6. ↑ "Romania National Team 1980-1989 - Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  7. ↑ "Marian Mihail". Labtof.ro. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  8. ↑ Steaua Bucharest Club History
  9. ↑ Marian Mihail joins staff! See what function he will handle at Steaua Bucharest
  10. ↑ Steaua. "MySport :: Comunitatea ta de prieteni din sport". Stelisti.gsp.ro. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  11. ↑ Mihail Marian at Rocar Bucuresti
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "Misiune Dificilă" [Difficult task]. Sibianul (in Romanian). 2005-08-22.
  14. ↑ "Istoric: 1990-2000" (in Romanian). FC Sportul Studențesc București. Archived from the original on 2012-03-21.
  15. ↑ "Al Wahda players net AED300k bonus". ArabianBusiness.com. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  16. ↑ "Mihail Marian despre antrenorii români" [Marian Mihail on Romanian coaches]. Revista Eurosport (in Romanian). February 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-03-05.
  17. ↑ "Romania". Worldcoachs.com. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
  18. ↑ Romania reveal three-year development plan
  19. ↑ info FIFA-ranking September 2011
  20. ↑ info FIFA-ranking March 2014
  21. ↑ Romania U17 finished top with a perfect record
  22. ↑ Romania U19 come out on top ahead of Lithuania
  23. ↑ Unique experience on their European Women U-19 Championship
  24. ↑ UEFA WU-17 Norway, Romania serenely through Group 2
  25. ↑ Burleanu new President of the Romanian Football Federation

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