Adrian Popescu

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Adrian Mihai Popescu (born 26 July 1960) is a retired Romanian football defender.

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.

Popescu made his debut for the Romanian 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.

[edit] Career statistics

Season	Club	Country	Matches	Goals
1978/79	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	0	0
1979/80	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	0	0
1980/81	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	1	0
1981/82	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	11	2
1982/83	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	14	2
1983/84	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	33	2
1984/85	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	27	2
1985/86	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	33	3
1986/87	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	30	0
1987/88	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	28	1
1988/89	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	30	1
1989/90	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	28	3
1990/91	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	29	1
1991/92	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	30	1
1992/93	FC Locarno	Switzerland	N/A	N/A
1993/94	FC Locarno	Switzerland	N/A	N/A
1994/95	FC Locarno	Switzerland	N/A	N/A
1995/96	Universitatea Craiova	Romania	7	0
	Electroputere Craiova	Romania	12	0
1996/97	Electroputere Craiova	Romania	2	0
	Construct.Craiova	Romania	N/A	N/A
1997/98	Construct.Craiova	Romania	N/A	N/A
1998/99	Politehnica Iaşi	Romania	13	2

[edit] External link

• RomanianSoccer.ro

	Romania squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Lung | 2 Rednic | 3 Klein | 4 Andone | 5 Rotariu | 6 G. Popescu | 7 Lăcătuş | 8 Sabău | 9 Cămătaru | 10 Hagi | 11 Lupu | 12 Stelea | 13 A. Popescu | 14 Răducioiu | 15 Mateuţ | 16 Timofte | 17 Dumitrescu | 18 Balint | 19 Săndoi | 20 Muzsnay | 21 Lupescu | 22 Liliac | Coach: Jenei