Cornel Popa

Cornel Popa
Personal information
Date of birth	17 March 1935
Place of birth	Iași, Romania
Date of death	4 November 1999 (aged 64)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1950–1951	Victoria Iași
1952–1955	Locomotiva Iași
Senior career*
Years	Team
1955–1956	Dinamo Bacău
1957–1969	Dinamo București
1969–1970	Beşiktaş
Total
National team
1958–1967	Romania
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Cornel Popa (19 March 1935 – 4 November 1999) was a Romanian football defender who played for Romania in the 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying.^[4] He spent most of his football career with Dinamo București.

Honours[]

^ The statistics for the 1957 unofficial championship called Cupa Primăverii are not taken into consideration.^[1]
^ Including 10 appearances for Romania's Olympic team.^[2]^[3]

^ Cornel Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
^ "Cornel Popa". European Football. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
^ Cornel Popa at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "European Championship 1960 (Details)". rsssf.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

Personal information
Date of birth	(1935-03-17)17 March 1935
Place of birth	Iași, Romania
Date of death	4 November 1999(1999-11-04) (aged 64)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1950–1951	Victoria Iași
1952–1955	Locomotiva Iași
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1955–1956	Dinamo Bacău	16	(0)
1957–1969	Dinamo București^[a]	246	(0)
1969–1970	Beşiktaş	0	(0)
Total		262	(0)
National team
1958–1967	Romania^[b]	37	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only