Daniel Minea

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Daniel Minea
Personal information
Full name Daniel Adrian Minea
Date of birth (1961-12-26) 26 December 1961 (age 62)
Place of birth Călăraşi, Romania [1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1980–1983 Steaua București 42 (2)
1983–1988 Olt Scorniceşti 141 (7)
1989–1991 Steaua București 60 (8)
1991–1996 K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. 118 (10)
Total361(27)
International career
1981–1987 Romania U-21 11 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Daniel Adrian Minea (born 26 December 1961) is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s. [2]

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He started his career with Steaua Bucharest, before moving to FC Olt Scorniceşti. [2] He returned to Steaua in 1989 [2] and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final defeat by Milan. [3] [4] He was still at the club in 1990–91 when he played two games in that season's Cup Winners Cup, [1] one of which was the 1st round, 2nd leg match against Glentoran. [5]

Minea played a total of 243 Divizia A matches for Steaua Bucharest and FC Olt, scoring 17 goals. [1]

In 1991, he joined Belgian side K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. and he remained with them for five seasons before retiring in 1996. [2] He made 118 league appearances for them scoring 10 goals. [1]

His brother, Iulian, was also a professional footballer, they played together at Steaua București. [6] [7]

Honours

Club

Steaua București

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References

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