Marius Popa

Marius Popa
Personal information
Full name	Marius Cornel Popa
Date of birth	31 July 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Oradea, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	FCSB (GK coach)
Youth career
0000–1997	Bihor Oradea
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1999	Bihor Oradea
2000–2004	Naţional București
2005–2009	Politehnica Timişoara
2009–2010	Internaţional Curtea de Argeş
2010	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2011–2012	Universitatea Cluj
Total
International career
2008	Romania
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

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

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

Romania
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	2	0
Total	2	0

Honours

Player

Bihor Oradea

Divizia C: 1997–98

Politehnica Timișoara

Cupa României runner-up: 2006–07, 2008–09

Coach

Luceafărul Oradea

Liga III: 2015–16

References

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

External links

Marius Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[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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