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)
2013–2014 → Dunărea Călărași (loan) 54 (2)
2015 → Berceni (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016 → Dunărea Călărași (loan) 30 (0)
2017 → Voluntari (loan) 18 (0)
2019 → St Mirren (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2022 Heart of Midlothian 18 (1)
2021–2022 → Hamilton Academical (loan) 31 (1)
2022–2024 Farul Constanța 73 (2)
2024– FCSB 14 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 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]

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 Mihai Popescu at Soccerway


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