Lică Movilă Explained

Lică Movilă
Fullname:Lică Stavarache Movilă
Birth Date:21 October 1961
Birth Place:Brăila, Romania
Height:1.86 m
Years1:1978–1982
Years2:1983–1988
Years3:1988–1989
Years4:1989–1990
Years5:1991
Years6:1992
Clubs2:Dinamo București
Clubs3:Flacăra Moreni
Clubs4:Universitatea Cluj
Clubs5:Zimbru Chișinău
Clubs6:Hapoel Be'er Sheva
Caps1:19
Caps2:138
Caps3:23
Caps4:19
Caps5:23
Caps6:6
Goals1:3
Goals2:17
Goals3:2
Goals4:1
Goals5:2
Goals6:1
Totalcaps:228
Totalgoals:26
Nationalyears1:1982–1983
Nationalteam1:Romania U-21
Nationalcaps1:5
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:1983–1987
Nationalteam2:Romania
Nationalcaps2:14
Nationalgoals2:1

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. 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. 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] 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. 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.[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 against Poland, made an 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.[7]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Movilă goal.[7]

Honours

Dinamo București

1982–83, 1983–84

1983–84, 1985–86

Notes and References

  1. News: Another chapter ready to be written in the epic career of Souness . 29 October 2002 . Spiers, Graham. Herald Scotland. 23 September 2011.
  2. News: Fine language from the man who scarred the beautiful game . 14 November 2002. Spiers, Graham. Herald Scotland. 27 September 2011.
  3. Web site: 'It was the best punch of my life': When Liverpool captain Graeme Souness became the enemy of bloodthirsty Bucharest. Independent.co.uk. en . 11 April 2021. 17 June 2022.
  4. Web site: 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!". Gsp.ro. ro . 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!". 12 April 2020. 18 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Lică Movilă a rememorat duelul cu Liverpool. Povestea "pumnului în gură, pe sub mână" încasat de la Graeme Souness. Digisport.ro. ro . Lică Movilă recalled the duel with Liverpool. The story of "punch in the mouth, under the hand" collected from Graeme Souness. 26 April 2021. 18 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Viorel Turcu si Paul Laiys, primii stranieri. Fmf.md. Romanian . Viorel Turcu and Paul Laiys, the first foreigners. 25 March 2020 . 30 June 2022.
  7. Web site: Lică Movilă. European Football. 2 January 2020.
  8. Web site: Yugoslavia – Romania 1:0 . European Football. 18 June 2022.