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Mircea Bolba

Personal information
Date of birth	(1961-10-30)30 October 1961
Place of birth	Craidorolț, Romania
Date of death	6 January 2021(2021-01-06) (aged 59)
Place of death	Satu Mare, Romania
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1980	Olimpia Satu Mare	20	(4)
1980–1981	Steaua București	8	(1)
1981–1982	ASA Târgu Mureș	19	(2)
1982–1984	Olimpia Satu Mare		(11)
1984–1987	Politehnica Timișoara	74	(49)
1987–1989	Olimpia Satu Mare		(14)
1989–1990	Bihor Oradea	25	(7)
1990	Sportul 30 Decembrie		(0)
1990–1991	Evagoras Paphos		(12)
1991–1992	Armătura Zalău		(0)
1992–1993	Inter Sibiu	3	(0)
1993	Armătura Zalău		(0)
1995	Olimpia Satu Mare	9	(1)
Total		158	(101)
International career
1981	Romania U20	3	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2006	Olimpia Satu Mare
2006	Fink Fester Petrești
2007	Olimpia Satu Mare
2007	Talna Orașu Nou
2007–2008	Arieșul Turda
2008	Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei
2008–2009	Unirea Dej
2010	Talna Orașu Nou
2010–2011	Olimpia II Satu Mare
2011	FCMU Baia Mare
2011–2012	Unirea Dej
2011–2016	Olimpia II Satu Mare
2016	Olimpia Satu Mare
2017	Olimpia Satu Mare (assistant)
2018	Turul Micula
2018	Unirea Dej
2018–2019	Someșul Dej
2020	Someșul Dej
2020–2021	Olimpia Satu Mare
Medal record Representing  Romania FIFA World Youth Championship FIFA U-20 World Cup 1981
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mircea Bolba (31 October 1961 – 6 January 2021) was a Romanian football midfielder and manager.

Career

As a footballer, Bolba played for Olimpia Satu Mare, Steaua București, ASA Târgu Mureș, Politehnica Timișoara and FC Bihor Oradea, among others. After retirement, Bolba started his career as a manager, coaching over years especially teams from Satu Mare County, such as Olimpia Satu Mare (several times), Fink Fester Petrești, Talna Orașu Nou or Turul Micula. Bolba also managed other teams, especially from the region of Transylvania, among them Arieșul Turda, Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei, Unirea Dej or Someșul Dej.

Mircea Bolba died in the morning of 6 January 2021, at the age of 59. At the moment of death, he was the manager of Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, a fan-owned football club and also a phoenix club of Olimpia Satu Mare.

Bolba died from COVID-19 in 2020.

References

1. Mircea Bolba at WorldFootball.net
2. Doliu în fotbalul românesc! Mircea Bolba, fost jucător la Olimpia, Steaua sau Poli Timișoara, a încetat din viață (Mourning in Romanian football! Mircea Bolba, former player at Olimpia, Steaua or Poli Timișoara, has died). liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
3. Un fost fotbalist la FC Bihor ne-a părăsit pentru totdeauna (A former football player at FC Bihor has left us forever). bihon.ro (in Romanian)
4. "Doliu în fotbalul românesc. Mircea Bolba, fost jucător la Olimpia, Steaua sau Poli Timișoara, a fost răpus de COVID-19". 6 January 2021.

External links

• Mircea Bolba at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

• 1961 births
• 2021 deaths
• People from Satu Mare County
• Romanian men's footballers
• Men's association football midfielders
• Romania men's youth international footballers
• Liga I players
• Liga II players
• FC Olimpia Satu Mare players
• FCSB players
• ASA Târgu Mureș (1962) players
• FC Politehnica Timișoara players
• FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players
• FC Inter Sibiu players
• Cypriot First Division players
• Evagoras Paphos players
• Romanian football managers
• FC Olimpia Satu Mare managers
• FC Unirea Dej managers
• Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
• 20th-century Romanian sportsmen