Vasile Popa

Vasile Nicolae Popa (born 26 April 1969) is a Romanian former football central defender.[2][3] His son, Alin Popa was also a footballer.[4]

Vasile Popa
Personal information
Full name Vasile Nicolae Popa
Date of birth (1969-04-26) 26 April 1969[1]
Place of birth Fălcoiu, Romania[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Central defender[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea 3 (0)
1988–1992 Olt Scornicești[lower-alpha 1] 38 (3)
1993–1998 Argeș Pitești[lower-alpha 2] 163 (4)
1998 Rapid București 1 (0)
1999–2003 Gloria Bistrița 132 (7)
2003–2004 Dacia Mioveni 21 (1)
2004–2005 Gloria Bistrița 25 (0)
Total 383 (15)
National team
1998 Romania 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Vasile Popa played one friendly game at international level for Romania when he came as a substitute, replacing Anton Doboș in the 86th minute of a 2–1 victory against Greece.[5][6]

Honours

Argeș Pitești

Rapid București

Notes
  1. The statistics for the 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.[1]
  2. The statistics for the 1992–93 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References
  1. Vasile Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. Vasile Popa at WorldFootball.net
  3. Vasile Popa at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. "DRAMA unui fotbalist care a fost erou în Cupă. S-a născut cu probleme" [DRAMA of a footballer who was a hero in the Cup. He was born with problems] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  5. "Vasile Popa". European Football. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. "Romania - Greece 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
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