Adrian Popescu
{{short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{for|the younger player|Adrian Popescu (footballer born 1975)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adrian Popescu
| image =
| fullname = Adrian Mihai Popescu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|07|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Craiova, Romania
| height = 1.78 m
| currentclub =
| position = Right-back
| youthyears1 = 1970–1980
| youthclubs1 = Universitatea Craiova
| years1 = 1980–1992
| years2 = 1992–1995
| years3 = 1995
| years4 = 1996–1997
| years5 = 1997–1998
| years6 = 1998–1999
| years7 = 2000–2001
| clubs1 = Universitatea Craiova
| clubs2 = Locarno
| clubs3 = Universitatea Craiova
| clubs4 = Electroputere Craiova
| clubs5 = Constructorul Craiova
| clubs6 = Politehnica Iaşi
| clubs7 = Birkirkara
| caps1 = 236
| caps2 = 56
| caps3 = 7
| caps4 = 14
| caps5 = 17
| caps6 = 13
| caps7 =
| goals1 = 18
| goals2 = 2
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 0
| goals5 = 1
| goals6 = 2
| goals7 =
|totalcaps = 343 |totalgoals = 23
| nationalyears1 = 1990–1992
| nationalteam1 = Romania
| nationalcaps1 = 8
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1999
| managerclubs1 = Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2014–2016
| managerclubs2 = Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2016
| managerclubs3 = Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
| pcupdate =
| ntupdate =
}}
Adrian Mihai Popescu (born 26 July 1960) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a right-back.
Club career
He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1981. He gradually became their first-choice libero, and helped win the league championship in 1991 as well as the Romanian Cup with the same club in 1983 and 1991. He also played abroad, in the Swiss second division and for Maltese side Birkirkara.[http://www.11v11.com/matches/kr-reykjav%C3%ADk-v-birkirkara-fc-19-july-2000-1729/ KR Reykjavík v Birkirkara FC, 19 July 2000]
International career
Popescu made his debut for the Romania national team in 1990 against Egypt, and was chosen for the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad. He only got 7 caps in total, the last in 1992, and scored one international goal, against Bulgaria in 1991.{{RomanianSoccer|1615/adrian-mihai-popescu}}
=International stats=
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year. | |||
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
rowspan="3"|Romania
|1990 | 1 | 0 | |
1991 | 5 | 1 | |
1992 | 1 | 0 | |
colspan="2"|Total||56||8 |
:Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Popescu goal.
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ioan Sabău | ||||||
Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
style="text-align:center;"| 1 | 20 November 1991 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | {{fb|Bulgaria}} | style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | Euro 1992 qualifiers |
Honours
=Club=
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Portal|Biography}}
- {{WorldFootball.net|adrian-popescu}}
{{Romania Squad 1990 World Cup}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Popescu, Adrian}}
Category:Footballers from Craiova
Category:Romanian men's footballers
Category:Romania men's international footballers
Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players
Category:Maltese Premier League players
Category:Swiss Challenge League players
Category:CS Universitatea Craiova players
Category:FC U Craiova 1948 players
Category:FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players
Category:Birkirkara F.C. players
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta
Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta
Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen
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