Career
He debuted in Divizia A with Football Club Olt Scorniceşti in 1984. In 1995, he was bought by French club En Avant where he spent almost four seasons. Following the relegation of in 1998, Mihali eventually returned to where he lifted the Romanian cup titles in 2000 and 2001 before retiring as a player.
Mihali made his debut for the national team in 1991 against Egypt, and earned 31 caps in total.
He was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996. He turned into coaching a year after his retirement, he managed to coach a youth group of Dinamo Bucharest and in 2002, he was part of Ilie Dumitrescu"s team at the helm of Romania U-21.
In 2005, Mihali became assistant coach to Dorinel Munteanu, at CFR Cluj, and in 2006 he followed his former team mate at Football Club Argeş, where Munteanu was named head coach. His first full job came in 2007, when Mihali was installed as head coach to Central Saint Martins Focșani.
He didn"t stay without a contract for too lougitude
In October 2012 he was named head coach at Universitatea Cluj, where he took over from Dorinel Munteanu, who left for Steaua Bucureşti. He was sacked in April 2009, because he was questioned by the fans. Mihali then returned to assistant job, helping Ion Marin in the Arab countries, where the latter managed Ettifaq Football Club and Dubai Civil Service Commission. In 2012, Mihali came back to Romania, where he became assistant coach to CSMS Iași, under the spell of Ionuţ Popa and Liviu Ciobotariu.
In November 2012, he returned to Dinamo, after 11 years.
He was named assistant coach to Dorinel Munteanu.