Vasile Popa

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Vasile Popa
Personal information
Full name Vasile Nicolae Popa
Date of birth (1969-04-26) 26 April 1969 (age 54) [1]
Place of birth Fălcoiu, Romania [1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position(s) Central defender [1]
Team information
Current team
 Argeș Pitești (sporting director)
Youth career
1981–1986 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 3 (0)
1988–1992 Olt Scornicești [lower-alpha 1] 38 (3)
1993–1998 Argeș Pitești [lower-alpha 2] 163 (4)
1998 Rapid București 1 (0)
1999–2003 Gloria Bistrița 132 (7)
2003–2004 Dacia Mioveni 21 (1)
2004–2005 Gloria Bistrița 25 (0)
Total383(15)
International career
1998 Romania 1 (0)
Managerial career
2017– Argeș Pitești (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Nicolae Popa (born 26 April 1969) is a Romanian former football central defender. [2] [3] His son, Alin Popa was also a footballer. [4]

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International career

Vasile Popa played one friendly game at international level for Romania when he came as a substitute, replacing Anton Doboș in the 86th minute of a 2–1 victory against Greece. [5] [6]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

Notes

  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 Divizia B seasons are unavailable. [1]
  2. ↑ The statistics for the 1992–93 Divizia B season are unavailable. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Vasile Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ Vasile Popa at WorldFootball.net
  3. ↑ Vasile Popa at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. ↑ "DRAMA unui fotbalist care a fost erou în Cupă. S-a născut cu probleme" [DRAMA of a footballer who was a hero in the Cup. He was born with problems] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Vasile Popa". European Football. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Romania - Greece 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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