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Gheorghe Popescu is a Romanian association football player who was born in Calafat in 1967. He competes as a defender and sweeper, also referred to as a centre-back. His professional career began in 1984, and he has played for clubs including FC Dinamo Bucharest, FC Barcelona, CSA Steaua București, and PSV Eindhoven. He has participated in the Bundesliga and Premier League competitions.
Popescu represented Romania in international tournaments, including the 1990, 1994, and 1998 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1996. He is known by the pseudonym Gică. Throughout his career, he has played one match and scored zero goals. He speaks Romanian.
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Vinony files it under 1967 births, 1990 FIFA World Cup players and 1994 FIFA World Cup players.
Its subject is documented across 37 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 1988
- → Steaua București (loan)
- 2002
- Dinamo București
- Date of birth
- ( 1967-10-09 ) 9 October 1967 (age 58)
- Place of birth
- Calafat , Romania
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Positions
- Sweeper centre back midfielder
- Current team
- Farul Constanța (chairman)
- 1975 1982
- Dunărea Calafat
- Years
- Team
- 1982 1984
- Dunărea Calafat
- 1985 1990
- Universitatea Craiova
- 1990 1994
- PSV
- 1994 1995
- Tottenham Hotspur
- 1995 1997
- Barcelona
- 1997 2001
- Galatasaray
- 2001 2002
- Lecce
- 2002 2003
- Hannover 96
- 1988 2003
- Romania
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Back
- Nationality
- Romania
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gheorghe
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Romania
- Place of birth
- Calafat
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 2000
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Hannover 96
- Position played
- sweeper
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- Romania
- Image
- Gică Popescu.jpg
- Height
- 188
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1967-10-09
- pseudonym
- "Gică"
- start of work period
- 1984-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- Commons category
- Gheorghe Popescu
- name in native language
- Gheorghe Popescu
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu ( Romanian pronunciation: [ˈɡe̯orɡe ˈdʒikə poˈpesku]; born 9 October 1967) is a Romanian former professional football player who played as a defender, currently he is the owner and the president of Liga I club Farul Constanța.
He notably played in La Liga, where he was a former captain of FC Barcelona. He played for a string of European clubs in that period, including a four-year stint at PSV Eindhoven and winning the UEFA Cup with Galatasaray. He also played in the Premier League with Tottenham Hotspur, in Serie A with Lecce and in the Bundesliga with Hannover 96. In his native country he played for Universitatea Craiova, Steaua București and Dinamo București. In addition to his defensive skills, he was also capable of starting attacks deep from his own half. For 13 years, Popescu consistently ranked within the top four of the Romanian Footballer of the Year award between 1989 and 2001, winning it six times.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gheorghe Popescu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.