Răzvan Popa (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Răzvan Ștefan Popa | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) |
Centre-back Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2007 | Sporting Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
| 2007–2011 | Steaua București | ||
| 2011–2012 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| 2013–2016 | Inter Milan | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2013 | Sportul Studențesc | 5 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Inter Milan | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Zaragoza | 1 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Burgos (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2017–2019 | Universitatea Craiova | 17 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 22 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | Politehnica Iași | 17 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | Dinamo București | 7 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2012 | Romania U-17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | Romania U-19 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | Romania U-21 | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2017 | |||
Răzvan Ștefan Popa (born 4 January 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a central midfielder.
Club career
[edit]Popa was born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, and was a FC Sportul Studențesc București youth graduate. He made his Romanian Liga I debut at 15 years and 2 months of age, when he was substituted in the stoppage time on 17 March 2012 against Dinamo București.[1]
In August 2013, Popa joined Internazionale Milano after the Italian side battled Chelsea for him.[2] However, he only appeared for the Primavera team during the course of three seasons.
On 21 July 2016, Popa signed a three-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza.[3] He made his debut for the club on 7 September, starting and scoring his team's only in a 1–2 home loss against Real Valladolid for the season's Copa del Rey.
In September 2021, he was signed Dinamo București as a free agent.
Honours
[edit]Universitatea Craiova
- Cupa României: 2017–18
- Supercupa României: Runner-up 2018
References
[edit]- ^ "Puştiul care a debutat la 15 ani în Liga I. La ce vârste au debutat Dobrin, Răducioiu şi Marius Niculae" (in Romanian). Gândul. 19 March 2012.
- ^ "Încă un fotbalist român a semnat cu Inter Milano" (in Romanian). Prosport. 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Razvan Popa refuerza la defensa del Real Zaragoza" [Razvan Popa bolsters the defence of Real Zaragoza] (in Spanish). Real Zaragoza. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
External links
[edit]- Răzvan Popa at BDFutbol
- Profile at Liga1.ro at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 November 2012)
- Răzvan Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Răzvan Popa at Soccerway
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- 1997 births
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- Romanian men's footballers
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- Men's association football midfielders
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- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
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