Mihai Popescu (handballer)

{{short description|Romanian handball player (born 1985)}}

{{about|the handball player|the footballer|Mihai Popescu (footballer)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Mihai Popescu

| image = Mihai Popescu-20160323 2.jpg

| caption =

| fullname = Mihai Cătălin Popescu

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|03|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Găești, Romania

| nationality = Romanian

| height = {{height|m=1.95|precision=0}}

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Potaissa Turda

| clubnumber = 16

| years1 = 2003-2015

| clubs1 = HCM Constanța

| years2 = 2015-2024

| clubs2 = Saint-Raphaël VHB

| years3 = 2024-

| clubs3 = Potaissa Turda

| nationalyears1 = 2001-2021

| nationalteam1 = Romania

| nationalcaps1 = 250 games

| nationalgoals1 =

| ntupdate = 20 June 2021

}}

Mihai Popescu (born 15 March 1985 in Găești){{cite web|url=http://www.eurohandball.com/ec/cl/men/2013-14/player/520594/Mihai+Catalin+Popescu|title=Mihai Popescu Profile|publisher=European Handball Federation|accessdate=27 May 2014}} is a Romanian handballer who plays for Romanian team Potaissa Turda and the Romanian national team.

He was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of his hometown Găești in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.telegrafonline.ro/1248037200/articol/91543/mihai_popescu_cetatean_de_onoare_al_orasului_gaesti.html|title=Mihai Popescu, cetăţean de onoare al oraşului Găeşti|publisher=Telegrafonline.ro|accessdate=20 July 2009|language=Romanian}}