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Mihai Popescu (footballer)

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Mihai Popescu
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Câmpulung, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
FCSB
Number 17
Youth career
0000–2011 Sporting Pitești
2011–2012 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Dinamo II București
2013–2020 Dinamo București 63 (5)
2013–2014Dunărea Călărași (loan) 54 (2)
2015Berceni (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016Dunărea Călărași (loan) 30 (0)
2017Voluntari (loan) 18 (0)
2019St Mirren (loan) 17 (0)
2020–2022 Heart of Midlothian 18 (1)
2021–2022Hamilton Academical (loan) 31 (1)
2022–2024 Farul Constanța 73 (2)
2024– FCSB 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2024

Mihai Popescu (born 7 May 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club FCSB.

Career

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Popescu joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren in January 2019, on loan until the end of the season.[1] In June 2019, the possibility that the deal would be extended was thrown into doubt, after St Mirren manager Oran Kearney left the club,[2] and Popescu returned to Bucharest in July.[3]

In September 2020, Popescu signed a two-year contract with Scottish Championship club Hearts.[4][5] On 31 August 2021, he joined Hamilton Academical on loan until the end of the season.[6]

Popescu left Hearts at the end of the 2021–22 season and then returned to Romania, signing a two-year contract with Farul Constanţa.[7]

On September 4, 2024, FCSB announced that they signed a contract with Popescu for one year.[8]

Honours

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Dinamo București

Voluntari

Heart of Midlothian

Farul Constanța

References

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  1. ^ Prima reacţie a lui Mihai Popescu după ce a plecat de la Dinamo: "E o surpriză şi pentru mine!". telekomsport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Mihai Popescu: St Mirren future in limbo for Dinamo Bucharest defender". BBC Sport. 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "St Mirren: Mihai Popescu returns to Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ Bolat, Leila (16 September 2020). "FC Dinamo a anunţat că l-a transferat pe Mihai Popescu la Heart of Midlothian". news.ro. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Mihai Popescu: Hearts sign former St Mirren defender from Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Mihai Popescu joins on loan". 31 August 2021.
  7. ^ McGilvray, Andy (22 June 2022). "Ex-Hearts star signs for Romanian side as Hamilton Accies lose out on target". msn.com. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Former Hearts player makes transfer to Europa League side as he's set for glamour showdowns after move". Edinburgh News. 4 September 2024.
  9. ^ a b c d Mihai Popescu at Soccerway
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