Mihai Cristian Stoichiță (born 10 May 1954) is a Romanian football manager who last coached Liga I side Petrolul Ploiești.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihai Cristian Stoichiță[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 May 1954 | ||
| 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
Manager
Steaua București
Sheriff Tiraspol
- Moldovan National Division: 1
- 2002
- Moldovan Cup: 1
- 2002
Pyunik Yerevan
References
External links
- Mihai Stoichiță at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Mihai Stoichiță coach profile at National-Football-Teams.com
- Mihai Stoichiță coach profile at Soccerway
