Mihai_Popescu_(footballer)
Mihai Popescu (footballer)
Romanian footballer
Mihai Popescu (born 7 May 1993) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a defender for Liga I club Farul Constanța.
| 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 | Farul Constanța | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2012 | Dinamo București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2020 | Dinamo București | 63 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | → Dunărea Călărași (loan) | 54 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Berceni (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Dunărea Călărași (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Voluntari (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | → St Mirren (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2022– | Farul Constanța | 63 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 May 2024 | |||
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 Constanta.[7]
Dinamo București
Voluntari
Heart of Midlothian
Farul Constanța
- Liga I: 2022–23[8]
- Supercupa României runner-up: 2023
- Prima reacţie a lui Mihai Popescu după ce a plecat de la Dinamo: "E o surpriză şi pentru mine!". telekomsport.ro (in Romanian)
- "Mihai Popescu: St Mirren future in limbo for Dinamo Bucharest defender". BBC Sport. 24 June 2019.
- "St Mirren: Mihai Popescu returns to Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
- 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.
- "Mihai Popescu: Hearts sign former St Mirren defender from Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- "Mihai Popescu joins on loan". 31 August 2021.
- 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.
- Mihai Popescu at Soccerway
- Mihai Popescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Mihai Popescu at WorldFootball.net
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