Marian Mihail

Marian Cucchiaroni Mihail (Romanian pronunciation: [marˈian kukkiaˈro:ni miˈhajl]; born 7 May 1958) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.
He served as National Technical Director of Romania from 2011 to 2014.[1]

Marian Mihail
Personal information
Full name Marian Cucchiaroni Mihail
Date of birth (1958-05-07) 7 May 1958
Place of birth Brașov, Romania
Playing position(s) Full back
Youth career
1969–1975 Brașov
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1975–1976 Brașov 24 (12)
1976–1992 Sportul Studențesc 385 (6)
Total 409 (18)
National team
1979–1980 Romania U21 2 (0)
1983–1987 Romania U23 11 (0)
1982–1986 Romania 5 (0)
Teams managed
1996–1997 Sportul Studențesc
1997 Brașov
1997–1998 Bacău
1998–1999 Sportul Studențesc
1999–2001 Steaua București (Technical Director)
2001–2002 Rocar București
2002–2003 Al-Qardaha
2003–2004 Al-Riyadh
2005 Sibiu
2006–2007 Al-Jaish
2007–2008 Sportul Studențesc
2008–2009 Al-Jahra
2009–2010 Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi (Technical Director)
2011–2014 Romania (Technical Director)
2016 Zakho
2017–2018 FLC Thanh Hóa
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Mihail has managed teams in Romania, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. In May 2009, at a ceremony marking the centenary of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF), Mihail received the Order of Merit in Ruby for services to football.[2]

Playing career

Mihail played professionally in Romania for 17 years, beginning his career as a right winger with his home town club Brasov, before moving onto play as a right full back for Romanian top-flight side Sportul Studentesc. His first competitive game for Sportul Studentesc was in October 1976 against the German side 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 14 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, in Romania′s top tier. He then managed other two Romanian top flight teams, Brasov and 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 with Steaua Bucharest, the first team won two major trophies, the Romanian League title and the Romanian Super Cup, in 2000–01 season.[10]

In June 2002, after a short spell as manager of Romanian second tier side Rocar Bucharest,[11] Mihail moved to the Middle East, where he had successful stints in Syria, with top-tier side Al-Qardaha, and in Saudi Arabia, with top-tier side 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 (FRF) 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 Sibiu.[13]

In June 2006, Mihail moved again to the Middle East where he first managed Syrian top-tier side Al-Jaish and then Kuwaiti top-tier side Al-Jahra. He also served as Technical Director of Al-Wahda Abu Dhabi, where he was responsible for the club′s youth academy. It was under his leadership that the academy won two UAE youth league titles, at U17 and U19 age groups, in 2009–10 season.[14] In between, Mihail returned home to Romania for a third spell as manager of Sportul Studentesc.[15]

In August 2011, Mihail was appointed as National Technical Director of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF).[16] The position was new in the FRF 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 only three years the new performance strategy laid a good 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 the FRF in February 2014, just before the election of a new president for the Romanian Football Federation (FRF).[24]

In October 2016, Mihail returned to coaching as manager of Iraqi top-flight side Zakho. His first league game in charge was on 15 October 2018, when Zakho drew 0–0 away against Naft Al-Wasat, the best team in the league at that time. In December 2018, despite team showed strong signs of progress, Mihail left Zakho for "personal and family reasons" to return to Romania.

In December 2017, Mihail was named the new manager of Vietnamese top-flight side FLC Thanh Hóa, replacing Ljubomir "Lupko" Petrović of Serbia.[25] His first competitive match as manager of the team was on 23 January 2018, when FLC Thanh Hóa won 4–2 away against Eastern AA from Hong Kong, in an Asian Champions League 2018 match.[26]

References
  1. "Mihail Marian, noul director tehnic al FRF - Fotbal intern". Libertatea. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  2. Romanian Football Federation celebrates Centenary
  3. "Match details / line-up: Sportul Studenţesc - FC Schalke 04 (Europa League 1976/1977)". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  4. Sportul Studentesc Club History
  5. "Anul 1982". Fotbal.net (in Romanian). 16 October 2005. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  6. "Romania National Team 1980-1989 - Details". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  7. "Marian Mihail". Labtof.ro. 12 March 2007. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  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 25 May 2012.
  11. Mihail Marian at Rocar Bucuresti
  12. Ciprian Iana (16 December 2004). "Antrenorii romani se perfectioneaza in campionatele din strainatate" [Romanian coaches perfected in championships abroad]. 9am News. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  13. "Misiune Dificilă" [Difficult task]. Sibianul (in Romanian). 22 August 2005. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2011.
  14. "Al Wahda players net AED300k bonus". ArabianBusiness.com. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  15. "Istoric: 1990-2000" (in Romanian). FC Sportul Studențesc București. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012.
  16. "Romania". Worldcoachs.com. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
  17. Romania reveal three-year development plan
  18. info FIFA-ranking September 2011
  19. info FIFA-ranking March 2014
  20. Romania U17 finished top with a perfect record
  21. Romania U19 come out on top ahead of Lithuania
  22. Unique experience on their European Women U-19 Championship
  23. UEFA WU-17 Norway, Romania serenely through Group 2
  24. Burleanu new President of the Romanian Football Federation
  25. FCL Than Hoa name Marian Mihail as new manager to replace Lupko Petrovic
  26. afc-champions-league/eastern-salon-football-team/clb-flc-thanh-hoa
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