Mircea Popa

Mircea Popa (born 21 June 1962) is a Romanian former football right-back.[2][3][4] His son, Horațiu Popa was also a footballer.[5][6]

Mircea Popa
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-06-21) 21 June 1962[1]
Place of birth Petroșani, Romania[1]
Playing position(s) Right-back[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1980 Jiul Petroșani 1 (0)
1980–1981 Minerul Lupeni
1981–1985 Jiul Petroșani 73 (5)
1985–1992 Sportul Studențesc București 171 (10)
1992 Progresul București 7 (0)
1993–1995 Jiul Petroșani[lower-alpha 1] 22 (0)
Total 274 (15)
National team
1988 Romania 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Mircea Popa played three friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut in a 2–2 against Poland when he came as a substitute, replacing Mircea Rednic at half-time.[7][8]

Notes
  1. The statistics for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
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References
  1. Mircea Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. Mircea Popa at WorldFootball.net
  3. Mircea Popa at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "Fotbal. Jiul – Centenar în alb-negru. Jiul Petrosani la ora centenarului" [Football. Jiul - Centenary in black and white. Jiul Petrosani at the hour of the centenary] (in Romanian). Cronicavj.ro. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Horaţiu Popa a intrat în afaceri" [Horaţiu Popa went into business] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 6 January 2009. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. "Jiul Petroșani 100 de ani în alb-negru. Om la om (VII). Horațiu Popa: "Porumboiu l-a sunat pe Ioan Danciu, președintele de atunci al Vasluiului, și i-a zis că, dacă nu câștigăm contra Jiului, să rămânem la Petroșani amândoi"" [Jiul Petroșani 100 years in black and white. Man to man (VII). Horațiu Popa: "Porumboiu called Ioan Danciu, the then president of Vaslui, and told him that if we do not win against Jiul, we can both remain in Petrosani"] (in Romanian). Hunedoaraplus.ro. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. "Mircea Popa". European Football. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. "Poland - Romania 2:2". European Football. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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