Daniel Minea

Daniel Minea

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Adrian Minea
Date of birth	(1961-12-26) 26 December 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth	Călăraşi, Romania [1]
Position(s)	Midfielder [1]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1983	Steaua București	42	(2)
1983–1988	Olt Scornicești	141	(7)
1989–1991	Steaua București	60	(8)
1991–1996	K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E.	118	(10)
Total		361	(27)
International career
1981–1987	Romania U21	11	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Career

Minea started his career with Steaua București, before moving to Olt Scornicești.^{[ citation needed ]} He returned to Steaua in 1989^{[ citation needed ]} and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final defeat by A.C. Milan. ^{[2] [3]} 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, second leg match against Glentoran. ^[4]

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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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. ^{[5] [6]}

Honours

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1988–89
• Cupa României: 1988–89
• European Cup runner-up: 1988–89

References

1. "Daniel Minea career stats". Playerhistory.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.^{[ dead link ]}
2. Antonio Zea and Marcel Haisma. "European Champions' Cup 1988–89 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 January 2008.
3. "Citeşte povestea nefardată a celui mai bun stelist al finalei de coşmar din 1989". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
4. "Glentoran – Cup Winners Cup Record". Irish Football Club Project. home.online.no. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
5. "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It's Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
6. "Istoria fratilor se repeta la Steaua! A 7-a pereche se alatura stelistilor" [The history of the brothers is repeated at Steaua! The 7th pair joins Steaua] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.