Doru Popescu

Doru Popescu
Personal information
Date of birth (1949-03-29)29 March 1949[1]
Place of birth Baia de Aramă, Romania[1]
Date of death 15 September 2023(2023-09-15) (aged 74)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position Forward[1]
Youth career
1967–1969 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1973 Dinamo București 88 (22)
1973–1974 CSM Reșița 27 (2)
1974–1976 Argeș Pitești 46 (7)
1976–1977 Rapid București 11 (1)
Total 172 (32)
International career
1970–1971 Romania U23 2 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Doru Popescu (29 March 1949 – 15 September 2023) was a Romanian football forward.[2][3][4]

Club career

Popescu was born on 29 March 1949 in Baia de Aramă, Romania and began playing junior-level football at Dinamo București.[1][2][5] He made his Divizia A debut on 16 August 1969 under coach Nicolae Dumitru in Dinamo's 5–2 home victory against Jiul Petroșani.[1][2][5][6][7] Popescu won two league titles with The Red Dogs.[1][6][8] At the first, coaches Dumitru and Traian Ionescu gave him 22 appearances in which he scored seven goals, while in the second he played 24 matches with four goals netted under coach Ion Nunweiller.[1][8] He reached two Cupa României finals with Dinamo.[9][10] However, both of them were lost, Popescu playing only in the 1971 final where he was a starter, being replaced in the 55th minute with Ion Haidu as they lost 3–2 to Steaua București.[9][10] Popescu also represented Dinamo in European competitions.[1] First he played three games in the 1970–71 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, managing to score a double in a 5–0 victory against PAOK which helped them advance to the next round where they were eliminated by Liverpool.[1][11] Subsequently, he played four games in the 1971–72 European Cup.[1] He made the match of his career in the second leg of the first round against Spartak Trnava when he came as a substitute and replaced Viorel Sălceanu in 58th minute, managing to score a double, the result being a 2–2 on aggregate which gave Dinamo the qualification to the next round on the away goals rule.[1][5][12] After that game Romanian newspaper Sportul wrote:"A tall and broad Oltenia man from Severin, nicknamed Dulapul (The Cabinet), rather a reserve at Dinamo, entered at Trnava in the second half and made the match of his life".[5] In the following round they were eliminated by Feyenoord.[1][5][12]

In 1973, Popescu joined CSM Reșița for one season, after which he spent two years at Argeș Pitești.[1][2] Then he played one more season at Rapid București where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 12 June 1977 in a 0–0 draw against FCM Reșița.[1][2] Popescu accumulated a total of 172 matches with 32 goals in the competition and 22 games with nine goals in the Cupa României.[1][2]

International career

In the early 1970s, Popescu played two games for Romania's under-23 side, both of which were draws against Poland and Czechoslovakia.[1][13]

Death

Popescu died on 15 September 2023 at age 74.[5]

Honours

Dinamo București

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Doru Popescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Mehedinţiul a lansat adevărate legende, în prezent nu mai are echipă în primele trei eşaloane" [Mehedinti County launched true legends, it currently has no team in the first three leagues] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 29 August 2013. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  3. ^ "EXCLUSIV La 60 de ani, Dinamo îşi omagiază campionii" [EXCLUSIVE At 60 years, Dinamo pays tribute to its champions] (in Romanian). Jurnalul.antena3.ro. 9 May 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  4. ^ Doru Popescu at WorldFootball.net
  5. ^ a b c d e f "A murit Doru Popescu, dublu campion cu Dinamo" [Doru Popescu, double champion with Dinamo, died] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "A încetat din viață o legendă a lui Dinamo! A fost singurul care l-a ținut pe bancă pe Cornel Dinu" [A legend of Dinamo has passed away! He was the only one who kept Cornel Dinu on the bench] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "Doliu uriaș la Dinamo! A Murit o legendă, care a jucat cu Roș-albii în Cupa Campionilor Europeni" [Huge mourning at Dinamo! A legend has died, who played with the Red and Whites in the European Champions Cup] (in Romanian). Cancan.ro. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
    "A încetat din viață Doru Popescu" [Doru Popescu passed away] (in Romanian). Frf.ro. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Dinamo e în doliu! A murit un fost fotbalist, care a jucat cu "câinii" în Cupa Campionilor Europeni" [Dinamo is in mourning! A former footballer, who played with the "dogs" in the European Champions Cup, died] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Dinamo București vs Jiul Petrosani 5-2". Labtof. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  9. ^ a b c "Romanian Cup – Season 1969–1970". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  10. ^ a b c "Romanian Cup – Season 1970–1971". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Doru Popescu. Inter-Cities Fairs Cup 1970/1971". WorldFootball. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Doru Popescu. Champions League 1971/1972". WorldFootball. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Doru Popescu profile". 11v11. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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