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{{short description|Romanian footballer}}
{{for|the younger player|Adrian Popescu (footballer born 1975)}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography 
| name = Adrian Popescu
| image = 
| fullname = Adrian Mihai Popescu
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|07|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Craiova]], Romania
| height      = 1.78 m
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Right-back]] 
| youthyears1 =   1970–1980
| youthclubs1 =   [[CS Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]]
| years1 =   1980–1992 
| years2 =  1992–1995 
| years3 =  1995 
| years4 =  1996–1997 
| years5 =  1997–1998 
| years6 =  1998–1999 
| years7 =  2000–2001
|  clubs1 = [[CS Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]] 
| clubs2 =  [[FC Locarno|Locarno]] 
| clubs3 =  [[FC Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]] 
| clubs4 =  [[FC Caracal (2004)|Electroputere Craiova]]
| clubs5 =  Constructorul Craiova 
| clubs6 =  [[FC Politehnica Iași (1945)|Politehnica Iaşi]] 
| clubs7 =  [[Birkirkara F.C.|Birkirkara]]
| caps1 =    236   
| caps2 =   56    
| caps3 =    7    
| caps4 =   14    
| caps5 =   17    
| caps6 =   13    
| caps7 =        
| goals1 =  18  
| goals2 =  2  
| goals3 =  0  
| goals4 =  0  
| goals5 =  1  
| goals6 =  2  
| goals7 =  
|totalcaps = 343 |totalgoals = 23 
| nationalyears1 =   1990–1992
| nationalteam1 =   [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps1 =    8  
| nationalgoals1 =   1 
| manageryears1 = 1999 
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]] (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2014–2016  
| managerclubs2 = [[CS Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2016  
| managerclubs3 = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]] (assistant) 
| pcupdate = 
| ntupdate = 
}}

'''Adrian Mihai Popescu''' (born 26 July 1960) is a former Romanian [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Defender (association football)|right-back]].

==Club career==
He was born in [[Craiova]] and debuted in Divizia A with [[FC Universitatea Craiova|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 F.C.|Birkirkara]].<ref>[http://www.11v11.com/matches/kr-reykjav%C3%ADk-v-birkirkara-fc-19-july-2000-1729/ KR Reykjavík v Birkirkara FC, 19 July 2000]</ref>

==International career==
Popescu made his debut for the [[Romania national football team|Romania national team]] in 1990 against [[Egypt national football team|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 national football team|Bulgaria]] in 1991.<ref>{{RomanianSoccer|1615/adrian-mihai-popescu}}</ref>

===International stats===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year.
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|1990||1||0
|-
|1991||5||1
|-
|1992||1||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total||56||8
|}

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Popescu goal''.

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ List of international goals scored by Ioan Sabău
|-
! Goal !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| '''1''' || 20 November 1991 || [[Vasil Levski National Stadium]], [[Sofia]], Bulgaria || {{fb|Bulgaria}} || style="text-align:center;"| '''1'''–0 || style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 || [[UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2|Euro 1992 qualifiers]]
|}

==Honours==
===Club===
;Universitatea Craiova
*[[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[1980–81 Divizia A|1980–81]], [[1990–91 Divizia A|1990–91]]<ref name=NFT>{{NFT|15231}}</ref>
*[[Cupa României]]: [[1981 Cupa României Final|1980–81]], [[1983 Cupa României Final|1982–83]], [[1991 Cupa României Final|1990–91]]<ref name=NFT/>

;Constructorul Craiova
*[[Liga IV|Divizia D – Dolj County]]: 1997–98

;Birkirkara
*[[Maltese Premier League]]: [[1999–2000 Maltese Premier League|1999–2000]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{WorldFootball.net|adrian-popescu}}

{{Romania Squad 1990 World Cup}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Popescu, Adrian}}
[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Footballers from Craiova]]
[[Category:Romanian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Romania men's international footballers]]
[[Category:1990 FIFA World Cup players]]
[[Category:Liga I players]]
[[Category:Liga II players]]
[[Category:Maltese Premier League players]]
[[Category:Swiss Challenge League players]]
[[Category:CS Universitatea Craiova players]]
[[Category:FC U Craiova 1948 players]]
[[Category:FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players]]
[[Category:FC Locarno players]]
[[Category:Birkirkara F.C. players]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta]]
[[Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Malta]]
[[Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen]]

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