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Marius Popa

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Marius Popa
Personal information
Full name Marius Cornel Popa
Date of birth (1978-07-31) 31 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Oradea, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
FCSB (GK coach)
Youth career
0000–1997 Bihor Oradea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1999 Bihor Oradea 34 (0)
2000–2004 Naţional București 46 (0)
2005–2009 Politehnica Timişoara 100 (0)
2009–2010 Internaţional Curtea de Argeş 30 (0)
2010 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 12 (0)
2011–2012 Universitatea Cluj 22 (0)
Total 244 (0)
International career
2008 Romania 2 (0)
Managerial career
2012–2013 Luceafărul Oradea (GK coach)
2013 Oțelul Galați (GK coach)
2014–2015 ACS Poli Timișoara (GK coach)
2015 Steaua București (GK coach)
2016 Luceafărul Oradea (GK coach)
2016 Luceafărul Oradea
2016–2017 Pandurii Târgu Jiu (GK coach)
2017– FCSB (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marius Cornel Popa (born 31 July 1978) is a Romanian former professional footballer who serves as a goalkeeping coach for Liga I club FCSB.

Club career

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He started his career at the local team, Bihor Oradea in 1997 and three years later moved to FC Naţional. He managed to break into the first team in 2003 and his performances have earned him a few call-ups, although Popa has not played any minute yet for the Romania National team. He joined Poli in the winter break of the 2004/2005 season, together with National coach Cosmin Olăroiu and team-mates Gabriel Cânu, Gabriel Caramarin and Gigel Coman.

He has been the number one goalkeeper since arriving at Poli. However, he missed out on the Cupa României Final lost against Rapid Bucharest in the 2006/2007 season, when poor form and an injury a few weeks before the match offered youngster Costel Pantilimon the chance the shine. Pantilimon did not manage to hold on to his first team slot and Popa has since returned in goal.

International career

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Popa has also been called up to the Romania national team eleven times and made his debut in a friendly against Russia. He represented his country at the 2008 UEFA European Championship in Austria and Switzerland.[1]

International stats

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Romania
Year Apps Goals
2008 2 0
Total 2 0

Honours

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Player

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Bihor Oradea

Politehnica Timișoara

Coach

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Luceafărul Oradea

References

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  1. ^ UEFA Euro 2008: Romania Squad Archived 13 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Euro 2008 Info. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
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