Iulian Filipescu

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Iulian Filipescu
Personal information
Full name Iulian Sebastian Filipescu
Date of birth March 29, 1974 (1974-03-29) (age 34)
Place of birth    Slatina, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current club MSV Duisburg
Number 3
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1992–1997
1997–1999
1999–2003
2003–2006
2006–		 Steaua Bucureşti
Galatasaray S.K.
Real Betis
FC Zürich
MSV Duisburg		 112 (8)
059 (5)
127 (8)
064 (1)
052 (1)   
National team2
1996–2003 Romania 052 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 22, 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of December 14, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)

Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (born 29 March 1974) is a Romanian football defender, who was born in Slatina, Romania who currently plays for MSV Duisburg in the German Second Bundesliga. He is ever a centre back or defensive midfielder who possesses strength and tough tackling as well as being dead ball specialist, a fluent passer and he also possesses good technique. He debuted in Divizia A with Steaua Bucureşti in 1993. He could celebrate a league championship victory seven seasons in a row from 1993 to 1998: The first five titles with Steaua and another two with Galatasaray SK in Turkey. He then joined Real Betis of Spain, and played four and a half season there before joining Fussballclub Zürich in the Swiss Super League.

Filipescu made his debut for the Romanian national team in 1996 against Yugoslavia, and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 1996 and Euro 2000. He played his last international match in 2003, and got 52 caps and 1 goal goals in total.

In the 93rd minute of the final game of the Swiss championship, Iulian Fillipescu scored past Pascal Zuberbuhler for the game winning goal. The final score was 2-1. FC Zurich won the Swiss axpo super league after the match that decided the champion out of the two teams. After the final whistle FC Basel fans got on the pitch and chased the FC Zurich players, which barely escaped the fury of the host's fans. Filipescu was almost hit by a large firework.

[edit] Career statistics

Season Club Country Matches Goals
1991/92 Faur Bucureşti Flag of Romania Romania N/A N/A
1992/93 Steaua Bucureşti Flag of Romania Romania 27 3
1993/94 Steaua Bucureşti Flag of Romania Romania 21 0
1994/95 Steaua Bucureşti Flag of Romania Romania 25 2
1995/96 Steaua Bucureşti Flag of Romania Romania 30 3
1996/97 Steaua Bucureşti Flag of Romania Romania 9 0
Galatasaray SK Flag of Turkey Turkey 23 0
1997/98 Galatasaray SK Flag of Turkey Turkey 24 0
1998/99 Galatasaray SK Flag of Turkey Turkey 12 0
Real Betis Flag of Spain Spain 18 3
1999/00 Real Betis Flag of Spain Spain 36 1
2000/01 Real Betis Flag of Spain Spain 33 2
2001/02 Real Betis Flag of Spain Spain 20 0
2002/03 Real Betis Flag of Spain Spain 19 2
2003/04 FC Zürich Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 13 0
2004/05 FC Zürich Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 21 0
2005/06 FC Zürich Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 30 1
2006/07 MSV Duisburg Flag of Germany Germany 37 1

[edit] External links

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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
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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
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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
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MSV Duisburg – current squad

1 Beuckert • 2 Weber • 3 Filipescu • 4 Schlicke • 5 Meyer • 6 Santos • 7 Georgiev • 8 Tararache • 9 Lavrič • 10 Niculescu • 11 Tiffert • 13 Bodzek • 14 Voss • 15 Lamey • 16 Schröter • 17 Daun • 19 Ishiaku • 20 Grlić • 21 Neumayr • 22 Cáceres • 23 Terodde • 25 Mölders • 26 Herzog • 27 Starke • 28 Veigneau • 29 Willi • 30 Maicon • 31 Book • 33 Blank • 40 Vručina • 41 Ávalos • Manager: Bommer