Adrian Popescu

Adrian Mihai Popescu is a former Romanian footballer who played as a right-back.

Club career

He was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with Universitatea Craiova in 1981. He gradually became their first-choice libero, 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 and for Maltese side Birkirkara.

Popescu made his debut for the Romania 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.

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	20 November 1991	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria		1–0	1–1	Euro 1992 qualifiers

;Universitatea Craiova

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