Marian Popa

Marian Popa (born 3 March 1964) is a Romanian former football striker.[2][3] On 9 June 1993 he scored six goals for Farul Constanța in a Divizia A match against Oțelul Galați which ended with a 6–3 victory.[2][4][5] In 1994 he played in the first ever Supercupa României, scoring the only goal of the game against Gloria Bistrița, helping Steaua win the trophy.[6] In December 2020 Marian is due to make his debut for Oldman Unathletic in the Monday night veterans league in Willenhall. Marian has stated he is looking forward to returning to action and thinks he will be able to adapt quickly as Romania and Willenhall are very similar.

Marian Popa
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-03-03)3 March 1964[1]
Place of birth Constanța, Romania[1]
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Striker[1]
Youth career
1975–1982 FC Constanța[2]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1983 Voința Constanța[2]
1983–1987 Metalul Mangalia[2]
1987–1990 Farul Constanța 80 (29)
1990–1992 Steaua Bucureşti 49 (20)
1992–1994 Farul Constanța 28 (18)
1994–1995 Steaua Bucureşti 14 (7)
1995 Farul Constanța 1 (0)
1996 FC Brașov 17 (5)
1997 Budapesti VSC 5 (0)
Total 194 (79)
National team
1990–1993 Romania 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

International career

Marian Popa played two friendly games at international level for Romania, both of them being victories against Israel.[7]

Honours

Farul Constanța

Steaua Bucureşti

References
  1. Marian Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  2. "Cum a ratat Marian Popa campionatul mondial din 1990" [How Marian Popa missed the 1990 World Cup championship] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  3. ""Fost golgheter, caut post de antrenor!" Firea rebelă și operațiile i-au stopat cariera" ["Former goalscorer, I'm looking for a job as coach!" His rebel nature and the operations stopped his career] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. "VIDEO Claudiu Keșeru, pe urmele lui Marian Popa: "Și la antrenament îți vine greu să dai 6 goluri"" [VIDEO Claudiu Keșeru, follows the footsteps of Marian Popa: "Even at training you find it difficult to give 6 goals"] (in Romanian). FRF.ro. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. "Marian Popa, fostul vârf de lance al FC Farul împlinește astăzi 50 de ani" [Marian Popa, the former striker of FC Farul turns 50 today] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. "Romanian Super Cup - Season 1994". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  7. "Marian Popa". European Football. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  8. "Romanian Cup - Season 1991 - 1992". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
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