Gheorghe Popescu

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For the early 20th century Romanian footballer, see Gheorghe Popescu I.

Gheorghe Popescu
Personal information
Date of birth	December 9, 1967 (1967-12-09) (age 40)
Place of birth	Calafat, Dolj County, Romania
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Sweeper, Centre-back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth clubs
	Universitatea Craiova
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1985-1990 1988 1990-1994 1994-1995 1995-1997 1997-2001 2001-2002 2002 2003	Universitatea Craiova →Steaua Bucharest (loan) PSV Eindhoven Tottenham Hotspur Barcelona Galatasaray US Lecce Dinamo Bucharest Hannover 96	103 0(22) 013 00(1) 109 0(24) 023 00(3) 059 00(9) 110 00(5) 028 00(3) 008 00(0) 014 00(1)
National team
1988-2003	Romania	115 0(16)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Gheorghe ("Gică") Popescu (born December 9, 1967 in Calafat) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender, and was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He played for a string of European clubs in an illustrious career that saw him amass many honours.

At international level, Popescu stands among Romania's all-time most capped players with 115, in which he scored 16 goals. He played for his country in the 1990, 1994, and 1998 World Cups, Euro 96 and Euro 2000. He also entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a century of caps.^[1]

He is the brother-in-law of fellow Romanian international Gheorghe Hagi.

Contents 1 Clubs 1.1 Romania 1.2 Netherlands 1.3 England 1.4 Spain 1.5 Turkey 1.6 Italy 1.7 Germany 2 Honours 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Romania

• Universitatea Craiova (07/1985 - 12/1987)
• Steaua Bucharest (01/1988 - 06/1988)
• Universitatea Craiova (07/1988 - 06/1990)
• Dinamo Bucuresti (07/2002 - 11/2002)

[edit] Netherlands

• PSV Eindhoven (07/1990 - 08/1994)

[edit] England

• Tottenham Hotspur (09/1994 - 06/1995)

[edit] Spain

• FC Barcelona (07/1995 - 06/1997)

[edit] Turkey

• Galatasaray (07/1997 - 08/2001)

[edit] Italy

• US Lecce (09/2001 - 06/2002)

[edit] Germany

• Hannover 96 (01/2003 - 06/2003)

[edit] Honours

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1997 (as captain of FC Barcelona)
• UEFA Cup 2000 (with Galatasaray)
• UEFA Super Cup 2000 (with Galatasaray)
• Romanian championship 1987/88
• Dutch championship 1990/91, 1991/92
• Turkish championship 1997/98, 1998/99, 1999/00
• Romanian Cup 1988
• Dutch Super Cup 1993
• Spanish Cup 1997
• Romanian Footballer of the Year 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Century of Caps: from[1], dated 5 April, 2003.
2. ^ Romanian Soccer: from[2], dated 28 November, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Romania squad
• weltfussball
• [3]

v • d • e 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

v • d • e Romania squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 Prunea • 2 Petrescu • 3 Prodan • 4 Belodedici • 5 Lupescu • 6 Popescu • 7 Munteanu • 8 Chiriţă • 9 Răducioiu • 10 Hagi • 11 Dumitrescu • 12 Stelea • 13 Selymes • 14 Mihali • 15 Panduru • 16 Vlădoiu • 17 Moldovan • 18 Gâlcă • 19 Papură • 20 Stîngă • 21 Ivan • 22 Preda • Coach: Iordănescu

v • d • e Romania squad - UEFA Euro 1996 1 Stelea • 2 Petrescu • 3 Prodan • 4 Belodedici • 5 Lupescu • 6 Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Sabău • 9 Răducioiu • 10 Hagi • 11 Munteanu • 12 Prunea • 13 Selymes • 14 Gâlcă • 15 Doboş • 16 Mihali • 17 Filipescu • 18 Stîngă • 19 Ilie • 20 Moldovan • 21 Vlădoiu • 22 Tene • Coach: Iordănescu

v • d • e Romania squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup 1 Stângaciu • 2 Petrescu • 3 Dulca • 4 Doboş • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Gheorghe Popescu • 7 Lăcătuş • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Ciobotariu • 14 Niculescu • 15 Marinescu • 16 Gabriel Popescu • 17 Dumitrescu • 18 Filipescu • 19 Stîngă • 20 Selymes • 21 Craioveanu • 22 Prunea • Coach: Iordănescu

v • d • e Romania squad - UEFA Euro 2000 1 Lobonţ • 2 Petrescu • 3 Ciobotariu • 4 Filipescu • 5 Gâlcă • 6 Popescu • 7 Mutu • 8 Munteanu • 9 Moldovan • 10 Hagi • 11 Ilie • 12 Stelea • 13 Chivu • 14 Petre • 15 Lupescu • 16 Roşu • 17 Belodedici • 18 Ganea • 19 Lincar • 20 Hîldan • 21 Prunea • 22 Contra • Coach: Jenei