Mihai Roman

For the younger Romanian footballer player, see Mihai Roman (footballer born 1992).

Mihai Roman

Roman playing for Romania
Personal information
Date of birth	(1984-10-16) 16 October 1984
Place of birth	Suceava, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Right winger
Team information
Current team	Botoșani (team manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2000	Bradul Putna
2000–2005	Bucovina Rădăuți
2005–2007	Cetatea Suceava	54	(14)
2007–2010	FC Brașov	84	(10)
2010–2013	Rapid București	83	(8)
2013–2016	Toulouse	5	(0)
2014–2016	Toulouse B	13	(4)
2016–2018	Botoșani	67	(15)
2018–2020	FCSB	20	(1)
2019–2020	→ Botoșani (loan)	14	(4)
2020–2023	Botoșani	68	(4)
Total		408	(60)
International career
2009–2012	Romania	10	(0)
Managerial career
2023–	Botoșani (team manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mihai Roman (born 16 October 1984) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

Club career

Roman started his football career at the age of 17. He made his way up by being a hard worker, and with the help of Razvan Lucescu, his former coach from FC Brașov. Before signing for Braşov, Roman was linked with other Liga I clubs such as FC Vaslui and Oţelul Galaţi. After two great seasons there, he received his first call-up for the Romania national team in June 2009.

On 27 June 2010, Roman signed for Rapid București together with his teammate Sabrin Sburlea. On 29 May 2013, Roman signed for Ligue 1 club Toulouse FC on a free transfer for three seasons.

FCSB

On 20 August 2018, Mihai Roman signed a two-year contract with FCSB. On 23 August, he got his first cap for FCSB, in a UEFA Europa League play-off against Rapid Wien. On 30 August, he scored his first goal in Europa League for the club in the second leg against Rapid on Arena Națională, a 2–1 win. On 16 September, Mihai Roman made his debut for FCSB in Liga I against CFR Cluj finished 1–1.

International career

Roman made his debut for the Romania national team in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification game, on 6 June 2009, against Lithuania.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup		League cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cetatea Suceava	2005–06	Divizia B	22	5	0	0	—		—		—		22	5
	2006–07	Liga II	32	9	0	0	—		—		—		32	9
	Total		54	14	0	0	—		—		—		54	14
Brașov	2007–08	Liga II	28	4	1	0	—		—		—		29	4
	2008–09	Liga I	31	3	0	0	—		—		—		31	3
	2009–10	Liga I	25	3	3	0	—		—		—		28	3
	Total		84	10	4	0	—		—		—		88	10
Rapid București	2010–11	Liga I	29	4	3	0	—		—		—		32	4
	2011–12	Liga I	28	3	4	3	—		6	1	—		38	7
	2012–13	Liga I	26	1	3	0	—		3	0	—		32	1
	Total		83	8	10	3	—		9	1	—		102	12
Toulouse	2013–14	Ligue 1	5	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
	2014–15	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	2015–16	Ligue 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		5	0
Toulouse B	2013–14	CFA 2	2	4	0	0	—		—		—		2	4
	2014–15	CFA 2	6	0	0	0	—		—		—		6	0
	2015–16	CFA 2	5	0	0	0	—		—		—		5	0
	Total		13	4	0	0	—		—		—		13	4
Botoșani	2016–17	Liga I	30	4	0	0	2	0	—		—		32	4
	2017–18	Liga I	33	11	5	2	—		—		—		38	13
	2018–19	Liga I	4	0	—		—		—		—		4	0
	Total		67	15	5	2	2	0	—		—		74	17
FCSB	2018–19	Liga I	16	1	2	0	—		2	1	—		20	2
	2019–20	Liga I	4	0	0	0	—		4	0	—		8	0
	Total		20	1	2	0	—		6	1	—		28	2
Botoșani (loan)	2019–20	Liga I	14	4	0	0	—		—		—		14	4
Botoșani	2020–21	Liga I	29	2	1	0	—		2	0	—		32	2
	2021–22	Liga I	21	2	—		—		—		—		21	2
	2022–23	Liga I	18	0	0	0	—		—		—		18	0
	Total		82	8	1	0	—		2	0	—		85	8
Career total			408	60	22	5	2	0	17	2	0	0	449	67

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania
	2009	5	0
	2010	3	0
	2011	1	0
	2012	1	0
Total		10	0

Honours

Bucovina Rădăuți

• Divizia D – Suceava County: 2000–01

FC Brașov

• Liga II: 2007–08

Rapid București

• Cupa României runner-up: 2011–12

External links

• Mihai Roman at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Mihai Roman at Soccerway
• Mihai Roman at National-Football-Teams.com
• (in English) Mihai Roman profile at UEFA.com