Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sergiu Cristian Popovici | ||
Date of birth | 23 March 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Făget, Romania | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Left back, left winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sant Rafel | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Youth career | |||
2004–2011 | LPS Banatul Timișoara | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | CS Flacăra Făget | ||
2012–2014 | Vaslui | 17 | (0) |
2012 | → Voința Sibiu (loan) | 8 | (0) |
2014–2015 | Academica Argeş | 19 | (3) |
2015–2017 | Botoşani | 28 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | 32 | (1) |
2018 | Dinamo București | 13 | (0) |
2019–2020 | Hermannstadt | 13 | (1) |
2020–2021 | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 22 | (2) |
2021–2022 | Murcia | 4 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Penya Independent | 17 | (1) |
2023– | Sant Rafel | 26 | (6) |
International career | |||
2011 | Romania U19 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 April 2024 |
Sergiu Cristian Popovici (born 23 March 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a left back or a left winger for Sant Rafel.
Club career
On 19 March 2011, CS Flacăra Faget signed Sergiu Popovici from youth club LPS Banatul where he spent 7 years, before moving to Vaslui on 25 January 2012. Club leaders expressed excitement about his signing.[1] On 17 August 2012, Sergiu Popovici, along with Răzvan Neagu and Valter Heil, was loaned out to Voința Sibiu,[2] but returned to Vaslui a few months later when the club folded.[3]
Popovici made his Liga I debut for FC Vaslui on 11 March 2013, in a 1–1 draw against Gloria Bistrița.
International career
Popovici made his first appearance for the Romanian U-19 against Italy U-19 in UEFA U-19 Championship qualifying, coming on as a substitute in the 87th minute. The score ended 2-1 for Romania.
References
- ^ "FC Vaslui l-a luat pe Sergiu Popovici de sub nasul lui Vali Velcea" (in Romanian). debanat.ro. 4 February 2012.
- ^ "Jucătorii tineri, împrumutaţi în Liga a II-a" (in Romanian). vrn.ro. 7 August 2012.
- ^ "Neagu se întoarce" (in Romanian). vrn.ro. 15 October 2012.
External links
- Sergiu Popovici at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Sergiu Popovici at Soccerway
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Timiș County
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga I players
- CS Sporting Vaslui players
- FC Botoșani players
- CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players
- FC Dinamo București players
- FC Hermannstadt players
- Liga II players
- CSU Voința Sibiu players
- LPS HD Clinceni players
- SSU Politehnica Timișoara players
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Real Murcia CF players
- Segunda División B players
- SE Penya Independent players
- 21st-century Romanian sportsmen
- Romanian football midfielder stubs