Vasile Popa

Vasile Nicolae Popa (born 26 April 1969) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a Centre-back, currently licence coordinator at Liga I club Argeș Pitești.^[2][3]

Vasile Popa

Personal information
Full name	Vasile Nicolae Popa
Date of birth	(1969-04-26) 26 April 1969 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth	Fălcoiu, Romania[1]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Centre-back[1]
Team information
Current team	Argeș Pitești (licence coordinator)
Youth career
1981–1986	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	3	(0)
1988–1992	Olt Scornicești[a]	38	(3)
1993–1998	Argeș Pitești[b]	163	(4)
1998	Rapid București	1	(0)
1999–2003	Gloria Bistrița	132	(7)
2003–2004	Dacia Mioveni	21	(1)
2004–2005	Gloria Bistrița	25	(0)
Total		383	(15)
International career
1998	Romania	1	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Academica Argeș (sporting director)
2015–2017	SCM Pitești (sporting director)
2017–2019	Argeș Pitești (sporting director)
2019–2021	Argeș Pitești (technical director)
2021–	Argeș Pitești (licence coordinator)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Vasile Popa played one friendly game at international level for Romania when he came as a substitute, replacing Anton Doboș in the 86th minute of a 2–1 victory against Greece.^[4][5]

Personal life

His son, Alin Popa was also a footballer.^[6]

Honours

Olt Scornicești

• Divizia C: 1990–91^[1]

Argeș Pitești

• Divizia B: 1993–94^[1]

Notes

1. The statistics for the 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 Divizia B seasons are unavailable.^[1]
2. The statistics for the 1992–93 Divizia B season are unavailable.^[1]