Marian Popa

Marian Popa
Personal information
Date of birth	3 March 1964
Place of birth	Constanța, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1975–1982	FC Constanța
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1983	Voința Constanța
1983–1987	Metalul Mangalia
1987–1990	Farul Constanța
1990–1992	Steaua București
1992–1994	Farul Constanța
1994–1995	Steaua București
1995	Farul Constanța
1996	FC Brașov
1997	Budapesti VSC
Total
International career
1990–1993	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marian Popa (born 3 March 1964) is a Romanian former football striker.^[2]^[3] On 9 June 1993 he scored six goals for Farul Constanța in a Divizia A match against Oțelul Galați which ended with a 6–3 victory.^[2]^[4]^[5] In 1994 he played in the first ever Supercupa României, scoring the only goal of the game against Gloria Bistrița, helping Steaua win the trophy.^[6]

International career

Marian Popa played two friendly games at international level for Romania, both of them being victories against Israel.^[7]

Farul Constanța

Steaua București

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Marian Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Cum a ratat Marian Popa campionatul mondial din 1990" [How Marian Popa missed the 1990 World Cup championship] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ ""Fost golgheter, caut post de antrenor!" Firea rebelă și operațiile i-au stopat cariera" ["Former goalscorer, I'm looking for a job as coach!" His rebel nature and the operations stopped his career] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 August 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "VIDEO Claudiu Keșeru, pe urmele lui Marian Popa: "Și la antrenament îți vine greu să dai 6 goluri"" [VIDEO Claudiu Keșeru, follows the footsteps of Marian Popa: "Even at training you find it difficult to give 6 goals"] (in Romanian). FRF.ro. 19 August 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Marian Popa, fostul vârf de lance al FC Farul împlinește astăzi 50 de ani" [Marian Popa, the former striker of FC Farul turns 50 today] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Romanian Super Cup – Season 1994". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Marian Popa". European Football. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Romanian Cup – Season 1991–1992". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

This biographical article related to a Romanian association football forward is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.