Răzvan Ștefan Popa (born 4 January 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a central midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Răzvan Ștefan Popa | ||
Date of birth | (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 (age 25) | ||
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) |
National team‡ | |||
2012 | Romania U-17 | 1 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Romania U-19 | 6 | (0) |
2017–2018 | Romania U-21 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2017 |
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.
Universitatea Craiova
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