many analyses and consultations, both within the football family and with external partners, Mihail presented his strategic plan to stop the decline of Romanian football and to achieve new success at all levels of competition. Priority was given to improve the quality of youth coaches, the performance of the national youth teams and to develop strong partnerships with the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to promote new technical standards across the country. In only three years the new performance strategy has laid a solid base for the future development of football in Romania. This has included reforming the coach education system, revamping the format of the youth leagues and the success of the national youth teams program, both boys and girls, among other healthy developments. In February 2014, it was announced that Mihail officially left his role with the FRF, just before the election of a new president for the Romania Football Federation (FRF) . In September 2016, Mihail moved back into club coaching as manager of Iraqi top flight side Zakho, on a one-year contract. His first league game in charge was on 26 October 2016 when Zakho faced away Naft Al-Wasat, the best team in the league at the time, with the match ending in a 0–0 draw. In early January 2017, Mihail announced his decision to leave Zakho due to sectarian unrest in the country, and was replaced by another Romanian manager, Dorinel Munteanu. In December 2017, Mihail was named the new manager of Vietnamese top flight side FLC Thanh Hóa, replacing Ljubomir "Lupko" Petrović of Serbia. His first competitive match as manager of the team was on 23 January 2018, when FLC Thanh Hóa defeated hosts Eastern AA of Hong Kong 4-2 in the second qualifying round of the 2018 AFC Champions League tournament. In the next round, they were eliminated from the competition by the South Korean giants and two-time Asian Champions League winners Suwon Samsung Bluewings, in an away match played at the Suwon World Cup Stadium, South Korea on 30 January 2018. The Vietnamese club then took part in the 2018 AFC Cup, Asia’s secondary club football tournament, where they joined Bali United from Indonesia, Yangon United from Myanmar ang Global Cebu from Philippines in Group G. Its first game was against Global Cebu on 10 February 2018. References External links Romania National Team 1980-1989 - Details 1958 births Living people Footballers from