Gabriel Popescu (soccer player)
| Gabriel Popescu | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | 23rd December 1973 | |
| place of birth | Craiova , Romania | |
| size | 177 cm | |
| position | Attacking midfield | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1986–? | CSȘ. Universitatea Craiova | |
| ? | Viitorul Craiova | |
| ? -1992 | CSȘ. Universitatea Craiova | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1992-1994 | Electroputere Craiova | 65 (0) |
| 1995-1997 | FC Universitatea Craiova | 93 (15) |
| 1998 | UD Salamanca | 15 (4) |
| 1998-1999 | Valencia CF | 25 (1) |
| 1999 | CD Numancia | 7 (1) |
| 2000 | Dinamo Bucharest | 9 (0) |
| 2000-2002 | FC National Bucharest | 47 (5) |
| 2001 | → FC Universitatea Craiova (loan) | 8 (1) |
| 2002-2004 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 59 (12) |
| 2004-2005 | FC National Bucharest | 11 (1) |
| 2005 | JEF United Ichihara Chiba | 7 (1) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1996-1998 | Romania | 14 (1) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 2011 | Sportul Studențesc | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Gabriel "Gabi" Popescu (born December 23, 1973 in Craiova , Dolj district ) is a former Romanian football player , coach and current entrepreneur . He played a total of 346 games in the Romanian Divizia A , the Spanish Primera División , the South Korean K-League and the Japanese J. League . As a national player, he took part in the 1998 World Cup.
Career as a player
Gabriel Popescu began his career in 1986 in his hometown Craiova with CSȘ. Universitatea Craiova, to which he returned after spending three years with Viitorul Craiova . In 1992 he moved up to the squad of the first team of Electroputere Craiova , which played in Divizia A at the time . On September 12, 1992 he came to his first assignment. In 1993 he became a regular player, but slipped into the relegation zone with his club, but was able to save himself from being transferred to Divizia B at the end of the season .
In the winter break of 1994/95 Popescu left Electroputere and moved to local rivals FC Universitatea Craiova , where he was able to prevail right away. At the end of the season he moved into the UEFA Cup with his new club as runner-up behind Steaua Bucharest . There the club was eliminated in the preliminary round against Dinamo Minsk . In the following season a fourth place jumped out, which meant the qualification for the UI-Cup , where Universitatea Craiova was left behind against the Karlsruher SC .
In the 1996/97 season Uni Craiova fell into midfield, but Popescu achieved the best yield of his career with seven hits. In the following season he had already scored five goals in the middle of the season when the Spanish first division UD Salamanca signed him. After the 1998 FIFA World Cup , he joined the Spanish giants Valencia . With Valencia he qualified for the Champions League at the end of the season and won the Spanish Cup . Then he was given in the summer of 1999 to the newcomer CD Numancia .
In Numancia, Popescu was rarely used and returned to Romania at the beginning of 2000, where he joined Dinamo Bucharest . With Dinamo he was able to win the double of championship and cup victory. However, since he had only been used in half of the games, he moved to league rivals FC Național Bucharest . In the second half of the 2000/01 season he was loaned to his former club Universitatea Craiova. In May 2001 Gigi Nețoiu , the association's patron, dissolved the contracts with Popescu and Corneliu Papură . The two players joined FC Național Bucharest, who was coached by their former teammate Cosmin Olăroiu . The 2001/02 season ended Național as runner-up.
In spring 2002 Popescu moved to Suwon Samsung Bluewings in the South Korean K-League . There he and his club belonged to the top flight of the league and won the 2004 championship and the 2002 South Korean Cup. After the end of the 2004 season he returned to Romania, where he played again for Național Bucharest. At the beginning of the 2005 season he moved to JEF United Ichihara Chiba in the Japanese J. League , where he finished the season with his club one point behind master Gamba Osaka in fourth place. After that, Popescu ended his career.
National team
Gabriel Popescu played 14 games for the Romanian national football team . He made his debut on August 14, 1996 in the friendly against Israel when he came on after 63 minutes for Ovidiu Stîngă . Then he was a regular member of the squad of national coach Anghel Iordănescu , but was only used irregularly. It was not until the summer of 1997 that he became an integral part of the team. On November 19, 1997 Popescu scored his only international goal with the 1-1 equalizer against Spain . Then he became a regular.
In the summer of 1998 Iordănescu Popescu nominated for his squad for the World Cup in France . There he was used in the first two victories against Colombia and England and was not taken into account in the subsequent group game against Tunisia . The 0-1 defeat in the round of 16 against Croatia on June 30, 1998 was also Popescu's last appearance in the national jersey. The new national coach Victor Pițurcă no longer relied on him.
Career as a coach
In May 2007 Popescu was a player scout for Steaua Bucharest for a short time . In September 2007, he made Adrian Mititelu , the patron of Universitatea Craiova, a takeover offer for the association, which Mititelu refused. In January 2011, Vasile Șiman, the patron of Sportul Studențesc , appointed him as the club's new coach. After he had not appeared on March 13, 2011 for the championship home game against Gaz Metan Mediaş , he justified this with the little time he had as a businessman and was then replaced by Gheorghe Mulțescu .
successes
- World Cup participant: 1998
- Romanian champion: 2000
- Romanian runner-up: 1995, 2002
- Romanian Cup Winner: 2000
- Spanish Cup Winner: 1999
- South Korean champion: 2004
- South Korean Cup Winner: 2002
- Asian Super Cup winner: 2002
- Japanese League Cup Winner: 2005
Others
After the end of his active career, Popescu turned to real estate business. In March 2006 he bought a Ferrari 612 Scaglietti for 280,000 euros , which went up in flames on April 10, 2006 while driving from Bucharest to Piteşti on the A1 . After the manufacturer refused to compensate for the damage despite several expert reports, Popescu filed a complaint in 2008 and was awarded 400,000 euros in damages by a Bucharest court in April 2011. In the years after his playing career, he drew attention to himself in public primarily through his liaison with Crina Abrudan , a news anchor for the television station Antena 1 .
literature
- Mihai Ionescu / Răzvan Toma / Mircea Tudoran: Fotbal de la A la Z . Mondocart Pres, Bucharest 2001, ISBN 973-8332-00-1 , p. 298-299 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gazeta de Sud of December 28, 2001 , accessed on February 26, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ România Liberă of October 3, 2007 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on February 6, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ Gazeta Sporturilor of March 16, 2011 , accessed on July 29, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ Evenimentul Zilei of May 21, 2008 , accessed on February 6, 2011 (Romanian)
- ↑ ProSport of April 29, 2011 , accessed on July 29, 2011 (Romanian)
Web links
- Gabriel Popescu in the database of weltfussball.de
- Gabriel Popescu in the Romanian Soccer database (Romanian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Popescu, Gabriel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Popescu, Gabi (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian soccer player, coach and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 23rd December 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Craiova , Dolj district |