Dănuț Lupu

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Dănuț Lupu
Dănuț Lupu 1994.jpg
Lupu in 1994
Personal information
Full name Dănuț Lupu
Date of birth (1967-02-27) 27 February 1967 (age 54)
Place of birth Galaţi, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Central midfielder
Youth career
Dunărea Galaţi
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1997 Dunărea Galaţi
1987–1990 Dinamo București 90 (17)
1990–1991 Panathinaikos 10 (1)
1991–1993 Korinthos 47 (3)
1993–1994 OFI Crete 9 (1)
1994 Rapid București 2 (0)
1994–1995 Brescia 15 (1)
1995 Rapid București 13 (6)
1995–1997 Dinamo București 42 (7)
1997–2000 Rapid București 77 (13)
2000–2001 Dinamo București 4 (1)
2001 Laminorul Roman 1 (0)
2001 Tzafririm Holon 1 (0)
Total 311 (50)
National team
1989–1998 Romania 14 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Dănuț Lupu (born 27 February 1967) is a Romanian former football midfielder.

Club career[]

Dănuț Lupu played football and ice hockey simultaneously until the age of 14, when he decided to concentrate exclusively on his football career.[1][2] He started to play professional football in 1985, at Dunarea Galati in the Romanian second league.[3] He was transferred at Dinamo București and played his first game in Divizia A on 8 March 1987 which ended with a 2–0 win against FC Brașov.[3] In his first two seasons at Dinamo, the club finished runner-up in the championship but succeeded to win in the 1989–90 season the Divizia A title and the cup, with Lupu contributing with 6 goals scored in 22 Divizia A matches, also reaching the 1989–90 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup semi-finals.[3][4]

After the fall of communism in the 1990s, Lupu moved to Greece and signed with Panathinaikos, winning with The Greens the championship, although he played there only 10 league games in which he scored one goal.[3] During his time in Greece, he also had spells at Korinthos and OFI Crete.[3]

In 1994, he came back in Romania at Rapid București, but after only two Divizia A games played he went to Brescia in Italy.[3] Lupu spent the next two seasons with Dinamo București.[3] In 1997, when his former coach from Dinamo and Brescia, Mircea Lucescu became Rapid's coach Lupu returned and after finishing runner-up in the first season, he won the championship in the following one, contributing with 5 goals scored in 28 matches.[3][5][6] In 2000 he returned for a third spell at Dinamo just for a short time, then he played for Laminorul Roman in the Romanian second league and ended his career in Israel at Hapoel Tzafririm.[3]

In the European Cups, Lupu played for Dinamo București, Panathinaikos and Rapid București a total of 39 matches and scored 3 goals (including 7 appearances in the Intertoto Cup).[3][7]

International career[]

Dănuț Lupu played 14 matches without scoring for Romania, making his debut on 11 October 1989 when coach Emerich Jenei sent him on the field in the 64th minute in order to replace Ioan Sabău in a 1990 World Cup qualifiers match which ended with a 3–0 loss against Denmark, also appearing in the second leg which ended with a 3–1 victory.[8][9] He appeared in two games at the 1990 World Cup, a 1–1 in the group stage against Argentina and a 0–0 (5–4, after penalty kicks) loss against Ireland in the sixteenths-finals.[8] Lupu played four games at the successful Euro 1996 qualifiers, but was not part of the national team's squad at the final tournament, making his last appearance for the national team on 18 March 1998 in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against Israel.[8]

Controversy[]

During Dinamo's stay in Dundee for a game against Dundee United in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup, Dănuț Lupu was arrested for shoplifting, but was released after coach Mircea Lucescu went to the police station and convinced the prosecutor to not make him a criminal record.[10]

While playing for Panathinaikos, Lupu was arrested in Athens and spent two months and a half in jail, being accused of being the leader of a gang of Romanian thieves who had stolen cars in Greece.[11][12][13] Lupu claims he was arrested because Panathinaikos's president Yiorgos Vardinogiannis wanted him to sign the termination of the contract and to give up insisting to receive his unpaid salaries.[11][12][13]

In 2005 he was caught on an airport from București with 79.000 undeclared euros stashed in shoe boxes, also in the same year he was caught driving an unregistered car.[13][14][15]

Personal life[]

His nephew, Valentin Balint is also a footballer who started his career at Dinamo București.[16][17]

Honours[]

Dinamo București

Panathinaikos

Rapid București

References[]

  1. ^ "Dănuț Lupu: "Mi-a plăcut mai mult hocheiul!". Cine este omul care l-a făcut să se ducă la fotbal" [Dănuț Lupu: "I liked hockey more!". Who is the man who made him go to football?] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Adevărul despre... Dănuţ Lupu: "Aş fi fost un bun hocheist!"" [The truth about ... Dănuţ Lupu: "I would have been a good hockey player!"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Dănuț Lupu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  4. ^ "La 54 de ani, Dănuț Lupu, maestrul driblingurilor, mărturisește: "Doar de doi jucători treceam cu greu"" [At the age of 54, Dănuț Lupu, the master of dribbling, confesses: "I had a hard time with just two players"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Dănuț Lupu, mesaj tulburător despre Mircea Lucescu: "E al doilea tată al meu! În momentele cele mai grele m-a ajutat și a fost alături de mine!"" [Dănuț Lupu, disturbing message about Mircea Lucescu: "He is my second father! In the most difficult moments he helped me and stood by me!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Dănuț Lupu, dezvăluiri incredibile la ProSport Live! Așa a ajuns la Rapid: "M-a dat afară din curte de la Dinamo! Și-a luat doar 800.000 de dolari bani negri"" [Dănuț Lupu, incredible revelations at ProSport Live! This is how he got to Rapid: "He kicked me out of the yard at Dinamo! He only took $ 800,000 in black money."] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  7. ^ Dănuț Lupu at WorldFootball.net
  8. ^ a b c "Dănuț Lupu". European Football. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  9. ^ "Denmark 3-0 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  10. ^ "Dezvăluire teribilă: Lupu după gratii la Dundee! Cum l-a scos "Il Luce" din celulă. EXCLUSIV" [Terrible revelation: Lupu behind bars in Dundee! How "Il Luce" got him out of the cell. EXCLUSIVE] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  11. ^ a b "Atena, cosmarul lui Danut Lupu" [Athens, Danut Lupu's nightmare] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 29 November 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Dănuţ Lupu despre momentul în care a fost arestat în Grecia: "Eu cu hoţii, Maradona cu drogurile! Noi eram şefii Mafiei!"" [Danut Lupu about the moment he was arrested in Greece: "Me with the thieves, Maradona with the drugs! We were the Mafia bosses!"] (in Romanian). Romaniatv.net. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ a b c "Top 5 fotbaliști români arestați în străinătate" [Top 5 Romanian footballers arrested abroad] (in Romanian). Theplaymaker.ro. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Lupu are din nou probleme cu Politia" [Lupu has problems with the police again] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 23 April 2005. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Dănuţ Lupu: "Cine să facă şmecherii cu mine?"" [Dănuţ Lupu: "Who can do tricks with me?"] (in Romanian). Evz.ro. 6 October 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Puştiul cu numele greu! Valentin Balint a învăţat fotbal de la unchiul său, Dănuţ Lupu" [The kid with a heavy name! Valentin Balint learned to play football from his uncle Danuţ Lupu] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  17. ^ "El e pustiul MAGIC pe care Dinamo il creste s-o DISTRUGA pe Steaua! Ce mesaj are pentru fane" [He is the MAGICAL kid that Dinamo grows to DESTROY Steaua! What message does he has for his female fans] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 7 October 2017.

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