Valentin Mihăilă
Valentin Mihai Mihăilă (; born 2 February 2000) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Atalanta, on loan from Serie B club Parma, and the Romania national team. Mihăilă began his professional career in 2017 at Universitatea Craiova, appearing in over 60 Liga I matches before being subject to a €8.5 million transfer to Italian team Parma at age 20. Internationally, he represented Romania at under-18, under-19 and under-21 levels before recording his full debut for the nation in March 2021. Club career. Universitatea Craiova. Mihăilă made his senior debut for  Universitatea Craiova on 24 October 2017, aged 17, in a 2–0 away victory over Sepsi OSK counting for the Cupa României. He did not appear in any other match for the "Alb-albaștrii" during that season, but on 9 August 2018 started in a 1–3 away defeat to RB Leipzig in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round. His debut in the Liga I came in a 0–1 loss on 29 July 2018, also against Sepsi OSK. Mihăilă began to play frequently and on 19 April 2019 recorded his first league goal—and the only goal of the match—in  an away fixture with Astra Giurgiu, one of his former youth clubs. He amassed 32 matches all competitions comprised in the 2018–19 campaign, and at the end of the year manager Victor Pițurcă confirmed that Craiova rejected a €5 million bid for the youngster from fellow league team FCSB. During his third season in Oltenia, Mihăilă totalled nine goals and came close to claiming the national championship; his side however lost the final game of the competition 1–3 to title contenders and eventual champions CFR Cluj, on 3 August 2020. Parma. On 5 October 2020, Italian team Parma announced  the signing of Mihăilă on a five-year contract, with "the Yellow and Blues" reportedly paying a transfer fee of €8.5 million for the player. This made him the third-most expensive sale of the Romanian league championship at the time, slightly surpassing former Craiova teammate Alexandru Mitriță on that place. After recovering from athletic pubalgia, Mihăilă finally made his debut for Parma on 3 January 2021 by entering as a 75th-minute substitute in a 0–3 Serie A loss to Torino. Mihăilă appeared for the first time in the starting eleven on 21 January, and managed to score  the equaliser in an eventual 1–2 defeat to Lazio in the Coppa Italia's round of 16. He registered his first Serie A goal on 7 March, in a 3–3 away draw with Fiorentina in which he also assisted Jasmin Kurtić. The following fixture, compatriot Dennis Man provided the pass from which Mihăilă opened the scoring in a 2–0 defeat of Roma. He ended the league season with three goals from 16 appearances, as the club got relegated to Serie B. Atalanta. On 31 January 2022, Mihăilă returned to Serie A by joining Atalanta on a five-month loan with  an option to buy. International career. Mihăilă attracted significant media attention after contributing to Romania national under-21 team's victory in a UEFA Euro 2021 qualifier against Finland on 14 November 2019, as he scored a hat-trick and provoked an own goal. In March 2021, he was called up for the first time to the Romania senior team by coach Mirel Rădoi for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against North Macedonia, Germany and Armenia. On the 25th that month, Mihăilă replaced injured Florinel Coman in the first half of the former game and netted in the 3–2 win  at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. Honours. Universitatea Craiova