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 goalkeeper, 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 |
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Romania squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup | |
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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 |
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