Lică Movilă

Lică Movilă
Personal information
Full name Lică Stavarache Movilă
Date of birth (1961-10-21) 21 October 1961
Place of birth Brăila, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position 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 3 (1)
Total 225 (26)
International career
1982–1983 Romania U-21 5 (0)
1983–1987 Romania 14 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lică Stavarache Movilă (born 21 October 1961) is a Romanian former footballer, who played primarily as a midfielder.

Club career

Movilă was born on 21 October 1961 in Brăila, Romania.[1] He made his Divizia A debut on 21 June 1981, playing for SC Bacău under coach Angelo Niculescu in a 5–2 loss to Argeș Pitești.[1][2] Midway through the 1982–83 season, he was transferred to Dinamo București.[1]

In his first two seasons at Dinamo he won the title under coach Nicolae Dumitru.[1][3][4] He appeared in 16 matches with four goals scored in the first season and made 19 appearances with one goal in the second.[1][3][4] During his period spent with The Red Dogs, Movilă also won two Cupa României.[1][3] In the 2–1 victory over rivals Steaua București in the 1984 final, coach Dumitru did not use him, but in the 1986 final, coach Mircea Lucescu used him the entire match in the 1–0 win against the same team which had recently won the European Cup.[1][3][5] Movilă played 16 games in which he scored two goals in European competitions.[1] In the 1983–84 European Cup edition, he appeared in seven games and scored one goal against Kuusysi Lahti, as Dinamo eliminated title holders Hamburg in the campaign, reaching the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.[1][6] During the first leg against the English team, Movilă's jaw was broken by a punch from Graeme Souness, who avoided a red card because the referee missed the incident.[7]

In 1988 he left Dinamo, going for one season to Flacăra Moreni.[1][3] Afterwards, Movilă joined Universitatea Cluj where on 14 April 1990 he made his last Divizia A appearance in a 2–1 away loss to Jiul Petroșani, having a total of 199 matches with 23 goals in the competition.[1][3] Subsequently, he played alongside fellow Romanian Claudiu Vaișcovici for Zimbru Chișinău in the 1991 Soviet First League.[1][8] In 1992, Movilă ended his career after playing for Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva.[1][3]

International career

Movilă played 14 games in which he scored one goal for Romania, making his debut on 1 June 1983 when coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 70th minute to replace Gheorghe Mulțescu in a 1–0 friendly loss to Yugoslavia.[9][10] He scored his only goal for the national team in a friendly that ended in a 2–2 draw against Poland.[9] Movilă made one appearance during the 1986 World Cup qualifiers in a 3–2 away loss to Northern Ireland.[9] On 8 April 1987, he played his last match for The Tricolours in a 3–2 friendly win over Israel.[9]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Movilă goal.[9][11]
List of international goals scored by Lică Movilă
# Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 7 September 1983 Stadion Miejski, Kraków, Poland 4  Poland 1–0 2–2 Friendly

Honours

Dinamo București

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lică Movilă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "FC Arges vs FCM Bacau 5-2". Labtof. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Lică Movilă at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1983–1984". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    "Romanian Cup – Season 1985–1986". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
    "Finale de nota 10 Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. Au băut dintr-o cupă găurită" [Grade 10 Finals Dinamo – Steaua, 1986. They drank from a cup with holes] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 May 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Dinamo marchează 30 de ani de la semifinala cu Liverpool din Cupa Campionilor" [Dinamo marks 30 years since the semi-final with Liverpool in the Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
    "Lică Movilă. Champions League 1983/1984". WorldFootball. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  7. ^ 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:"Soldații și polițiștii 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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Lică Movilă". European Football. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Yugoslavia – Romania 1:0". European Football. Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  11. ^ "Poland – Romania 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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