Daniel Popa

Daniel Popa
	Popa with Gençlerbirliği in 2025
Personal information
Full name	Daniel Iliuță Popa
Date of birth	14 July 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Pietroșița, Romania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	Gençlerbirliği
Number	9
Youth career
	Grup Școlar Agricol Nucet
0000–2012	Atletic Fieni
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2014	FCM Târgoviște
2014–2016	Chindia Târgoviște
2016–2021	Dinamo București
2017	→ Botoșani (loan)
2020–2021	→ Chindia Târgoviște (loan)
2021–2022	Chindia Târgoviște
2022	Daejeon Hana Citizen
2022–2023	Chindia Târgoviște
2023–2024	Universitatea Cluj
2024–2025	FCSB
2025–	Gençlerbirliği
International career
2016	Romania U21
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 May 2025

Daniel Iliuță Popa (born 14 July 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for TFF First League club Gençlerbirliği.^[1]

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Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
FCM Târgoviște	2012–13	Liga III	—		—		—		—		—
	2013–14	Liga III	—		—		—		—		—
	Total		55	20	—		—		—		55	20
Chindia Târgoviște	2014–15	Liga III	—		1	0	—		—		1	0
	2015–16	Liga II	31	16	—		—		—		31	16
	Total		31	16	1	0	—		—		32	16
Dinamo București	2016–17	Liga I	11	0	3	0	—		3^[a]	3	17	3
	2017–18	Liga I	16	8	1	0	—		—		17	8
	2018–19	Liga I	30	2	1	0	—		—		31	2
	2019–20	Liga I	33	4	4	0	—		—		37	4
	2020–21	Liga I	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		92	14	9	0	—		3	3	104	17
Botoșani (loan)	2017–18	Liga I	20	1	2	0	—		—		22	1
Chindia Târgoviște (loan)	2020–21	Liga I	34	7	1	0	—		1^[b]	1	36	8
Chindia Târgoviște	2021–22	Liga I	24	5	2	1	—		—		26	6
Chindia Târgoviște	Total		59	13	3	1	—		—		62	14
Daejeon Hana Citizen	2022	K League 2	9	0	—		—		—		9	0
Chindia Târgoviște	2022–23	Liga I	37	9	1	1	—		—		38	10
Universitatea Cluj	2023–24	Liga I	36	11	6	0	—		—		42	11
FCSB	2024–25	Liga I	15	0	2	0	12	2	1^[c]	0	30	2
Gençlerbirliği	2024–25	TFF First League	15	8	—		—		—		15	8
Career total			368	91	24	2	12	2	5	4	409	99

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