Mihai Stoichiță

Mihai Cristian Stoichiță (born 10 May 1954) is a Romanian football manager who last coached Liga I side Petrolul Ploiești.

Mihai Stoichiță

Personal information
Full name	Mihai Cristian Stoichiță^[1]
Date of birth	(1954-05-10) 10 May 1954 (age 69)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Romania (technical director)
Youth career
1971–1973	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1974	Jiul Petroşani	37	(2)
1974–1975	Autobuzul București
1975–1981	Jiul Petroşani	178	(16)
1981–1983	Progresul București	15	(2)
1983–1984	CS Târgovişte	21	(2)
1985–1986	Progresul București
1986–1988	Gloria Buzău	39	(5)
Total		290	(27)
International career
1974	Romania U–21	1	(0)
Managerial career
1988–1990	Naţional București (assistant)
1991–1992	Callatis Mangalia
1992–1993	Rocar București
1993–1994	Dinamo București (assistant)
1994–1997	Steaua București (assistant)
1997–1998	Steaua București
1999–2000	Național București
2000	Litex Lovech
2001	Panama
2001–2002	Sheriff Tiraspol
2002–2003	Ankaragücü
2003–2004	Armenia & Pyunik Yerevan
2004	Farul Constanţa
2005	Oţelul Galaţi
2005–2006	Kuwait
2007–2008	Aris Limassol
2008–2009	Al Salmiya
2009	AEL Limassol
2009–2010	Steaua București
2010	Astra Ploiești
2010–2011	AEL Limassol
2011	Mioveni
2011–2012	Apollon Limassol
2012	Steaua București
2012–2013	Sheriff Tiraspol
2013–2014	Al-Salmiya
2015–2016	Petrolul Ploiești
2017–2023	Romania (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Coaching career

Stoichiță joined Steaua București in 1994 as an assistant coach under Dumitru Dumitriu. When Dumitriu stepped down at the beginning of the 1997–98 season, Stoichiță became head coach. He led the team to the league title, and followed this success by winning the 1998 Supercupa României.

Stoichiță led Panama to a fourth-place ranking at the 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup held in Honduras. The Kuwait Football Association hired him in 2006 to coach its national football team. Stoichiţă's was tasked to earn one point from the away match at Uzbekistan to qualify for a two-legged play-off against Bahrain in the World Cup Qualifiers. Despite leading with two goals after the first 30 minutes, Bahrain lost 2-3 and was eliminated from the World Cup.

On 18 September 2009, two hours after Cristiano Bergodi was sacked, he was announced by Steaua București's owner, Gigi Becali, as the new manager of the team. He resigned in May 2010, after finishing the 2009–10 season on the fourth position. In June 2010, Stoichiţă joined Astra Ploiești but was sacked after only a couple of months due to poor results. He returned to Cyprus, for a second spell at AEL Limassol.

In September 2011, Stoichiţă returned to Romania to help newly promoted CS Mioveni in their attempt to avoid relegation, but an offer from Apollon Limassol made him move back to Cyprus. At the beginning of March 2012, he ended his contract and returned to Romania. On 27 March 2012, he returned to Steaua, signing a contract until the end of the season. His contract wasn't renewed because he failed to win the title with Steaua.

Honours

Player

Jiul Petroşani

• Romanian Cup: 1
  • 1974

Manager

Steaua București

• Romanian League: 1
  • 1998
• Romanian Super Cup: 1
  • 1998

Sheriff Tiraspol

• Moldovan National Division: 1
  • 2002
• Moldovan Cup: 1
  • 2002

Pyunik Yerevan

• Armenian Premier League: 1
  • 2004
• Armenian Cup: 1
  • 2004
• Armenian Super Cup: 1
  • 2004

References

1. "Mihai Stoichiţă: "Becali nu a intrat în vestiarul meu!"" [Mihai Stoichiţă: "Becali did not enter my locker room!"]. Adevărul (in Romanian). Bucharest. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2020.

External links

• Mihai Stoichiță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Mihai Stoichiță coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com  
• Mihai Stoichiță coach profile at Soccerway