Mihai Popescu (footballer)

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Mihai Popescu
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Câmpulung, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
FCSB
Number 17
Youth career
–2011 Sporting Pitești
2011–2012 Dinamo București
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Dinamo II București
2013–2020 Dinamo București 63 (5)
2013–2015Dunărea Călărași (loan) 54 (2)
2015Berceni (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016Dunărea Călărași (loan) 30 (0)
2017Voluntari (loan) 18 (0)
2019St Mirren (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2022 Heart of Midlothian 18 (1)
2021–2022Hamilton Academical (loan) 31 (1)
2022–2024 Farul Constanța 73 (2)
2024– FCSB 16 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 March 2025

Mihai Popescu (born 7 May 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club FCSB.

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Career

Popescu joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren in January 2019, on loan until the end of the season. [1] In June 2019, the possibility that the deal would be extended was thrown into doubt, after St Mirren manager Oran Kearney left the club, [2] and Popescu returned to Bucharest in July. [3]

In September 2020, Popescu signed a two-year contract with Scottish Championship club Hearts. [4] [5] On 31 August 2021, he joined Hamilton Academical on loan until the end of the season. [6]

Popescu left Hearts at the end of the 2021–22 season and then returned to Romania, signing a two-year contract with Farul Constanţa. [7]

On September 4, 2024, FCSB announced that they signed a contract with Popescu for one year. [8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 13 March 2025 [9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Dinamo II București 2012–13 Liga II ????
Dunărea Călărași (loan) 2012–13 Liga III ??????
2013–14 ??????
2014–15 ??????
Total542??542
Berceni (loan) 2014–15 Liga II 110110
Dunărea Călărași (loan) 2015–16 Liga II 3002 [a] 0320
Dinamo București 2016–17 Liga I 1101020140
2017–18 12200122
2018–19 16210172
2019–20 24130271
2020–21 0000
Total6355020705
Voluntari (loan) 2017–18 Liga I180101 [b] 0200
St Mirren (loan) 2018–19 Scottish Premiership 170202 [c] 0210
Heart of Midlothian 2020–21 Scottish Championship 1811050241
2021–22 Scottish Premiership000000
Total1811050241
Hamilton Academical (loan) 2021–22 Scottish Championship3111000321
Farul Constanța 2022–23 Liga I30130331
2023–24 351108 [d] 11 [b] 0452
2024–25 8080
Total732408110863
FCSB 2024–25 Liga I1602012 [e] 0300
Career total33111160702016038012
  1. Appearances in Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs
  2. 1 2 Appearance in Supercupa României
  3. Appearances in Scottish Premiership promotion/relegation play-offs
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Conference League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Dinamo București

Voluntari

Heart of Midlothian

Farul Constanța

References

  1. Prima reacţie a lui Mihai Popescu după ce a plecat de la Dinamo: "E o surpriză şi pentru mine!". telekomsport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. "Mihai Popescu: St Mirren future in limbo for Dinamo Bucharest defender". BBC Sport. 24 June 2019.
  3. "St Mirren: Mihai Popescu returns to Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
  4. Bolat, Leila (16 September 2020). "FC Dinamo a anunţat că l-a transferat pe Mihai Popescu la Heart of Midlothian". news.ro. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. "Mihai Popescu: Hearts sign former St Mirren defender from Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. "Mihai Popescu joins on loan". 31 August 2021.
  7. McGilvray, Andy (22 June 2022). "Ex-Hearts star signs for Romanian side as Hamilton Accies lose out on target". msn.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. "Former Hearts player makes transfer to Europa League side as he's set for glamour showdowns after move". Edinburgh News. 4 September 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Mihai Popescu at Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2025.