Lică Movilă is a retired Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n footballer, who played primarily as a midfielder

Midfielder

A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...

.

Career

Movilă was born in Brăila

Braila

Brăila is a city in Muntenia, eastern Romania, a port on the Danube and the capital of Brăila County, in the close vicinity of Galaţi.According to the 2002 Romanian census there were 216,292 people living within the city of Brăila, making it the 10th most populous city in Romania.-History:A...

 and made his debut in the Romanian football

Romanian football league system

The Romanian football league system refers to the system in Romanian club football that consists of several football leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation.-Liga I:...

 Liga I

Liga I

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 on 21 June 1981 for SC Bacău

FCM Bacau

FCM Bacău is a Romanian football club, founded in 1950, currently playing in the Liga II. It's the best placed Moldovan team in the Liga I All-Time Table, ranking 9th with 42 seasons played.-History:...

, in a 5-2 loss to FC Argeş

FC Arges Pitesti

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. He spent four seasons with SC Bacău. Midway through the 1982/1983 season, he was transferred to Dinamo Bucureşti, where he enjoyed his most successful spell, including five consecutive seasons of European football, which culminated in an appearance in the 1983-84 European Cup semi-final

Liverpool vs Dinamo Bucharest, 1984 European Cup Semi-Final

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 against Liverpool when he captained Dinamo Bucureşti and sustained a broken jaw. After Bucharest Movilă spent a season each with Flacăra Moreni and Universitatea Cluj

FC Universitatea Cluj

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. He finished his career with the Israeli side Hapoel, and retired in 1990.

National team

Movilă won 14 caps for the Romanian national side

Romania national football team

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, scoring one goal, and he represented Romania at Euro 1984.

External links

• http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/m/movila_lica.shtml Player profile at Romanian soccer website