Adrian Popescu

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Adrian Popescu
Personal information
Full name Adrian Mihai Popescu
Date of birth (1960-07-26) 26 July 1960 (age 64)
Place of birth Craiova, Romania
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
1970–1980 Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1992 Universitatea Craiova 236 (18)
1992–1995 Locarno 56 (2)
1995 Universitatea Craiova 7 (0)
1996–1997 Electroputere Craiova 14 (0)
1997–1998 Constructorul Craiova 17 (1)
1998–1999 Politehnica Iaşi 13 (2)
2000–2001 Birkirkara
Total343(23)
International career
1990–1992 Romania 8 (1)
Managerial career
1999 Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
2014–2016 Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
2016 Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Adrian Mihai Popescu (born 26 July 1960) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a right-back.

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Club career

He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1981. He gradually became their first-choice libero, and helped win the league championship in 1991 as well as the Romanian Cup with the same club in 1983 and 1991. He also played abroad, in the Swiss second division and for Maltese side Birkirkara. [1]

International career

Popescu made his debut for the Romania national team in 1990 against Egypt, and was chosen for the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad. He only got 7 caps in total, the last in 1992, and scored one international goal, against Bulgaria in 1991. [2]

International stats

Appearances and goals by national team and year.
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania 199010
199151
199210
Total568
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Popescu goal.
List of international goals scored by Ioan Sabău
GoalDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
120 November 1991 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, BulgariaFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1–01–1 Euro 1992 qualifiers

Honours

Club

Universitatea Craiova
Constructorul Craiova
Birkirkara

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References

  1. KR Reykjavík v Birkirkara FC, 19 July 2000
  2. Adrian Popescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  3. 1 2 Adrian Popescu at National-Football-Teams.com