Iulian Filipescu

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Iulian Filipescu
Personal information
Full name Iulian Sebastian Filipescu
Date of birth (1974-03-29) 29 March 1974 (age 47)
Place of birth Slatina, Romania
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
1991–1992 Faur București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1997 Steaua București 112 (8)
1997–1999 Galatasaray 59 (1)
1999–2003 Betis 126 (8)
2003–2006 Zürich 64 (1)
2006–2008 MSV Duisburg 52 (1)
Total 413 (19)
National team
1996–2003[1] Romania 52 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (born 29 March 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He debuted in Divizia A with Steaua București in 1993 and became part of a league championship winning team for seven seasons in a row from 1993 to 1999: five titles with Steaua and two with Galatasaray in Turkey. He then joined Real Betis of Spain, and played four and a half seasons there before joining FC Zürich in the Swiss Super League.

Filipescu made his debut for the Romania national team in 1996 against Yugoslavia, and represented his country at the UEFA Euro 1996, 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000. He played his last international match in 2003, earning 52 caps and scoring one goal.

Career[]

Filipescu was born in Slatina.

During the 2006 Swiss Championship FC Basel 1893 were atop the league table, leading Zürich by three points heading into the last game of the season. Both teams met at that last game at St. Jakob Park, where Zürich needed to win to tie with Basel on points and take the title on superior goal differential. Alhassane Keita scored in the 31st minute and gave Zurich the advantage, Mladen Petrić tying it at 1–1 in the 73rd minute. In the 93rd, Filipescu scored the game-winning goal past Pascal Zuberbühler, with Zürich winning both the game 2–1 and the Swiss Super League title. After the final whistle, Basel fans stormed the pitch and chased the Zürich players and officials. Filipescu was the main target for scoring the winning goal and was almost hit by a large firework.

Career statistics[]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League
Division Apps Goals
Steaua București 1992–93 Liga I 27 3
1993–94 21 0
1994–95 25 2
1995–96 30 3
1996–97 9 0
Total 112 8
Galatasaray 1996–97[2] 1.Lig 23 0
1997–98[2] 24 1
1998–99[2] 12 0
Total 59 1
Real Betis 1998–99[3] La Liga 18 3
1999–00[3] 36 1
2000–01[3] Segunda Division 33 2
2001–02[3] La Liga 20 0
2002–03[3] 19 2
Total 126 8
FC Zürich 2003–04[4] Swiss Super League 13 0
2004–05[4] 21 0
2005–06[4] 30 1
Total 64 1
MSV Duisburg 2006–07[4] 2. Bundesliga 32 0
2007–08[4] Bundesliga 20 1
Total 52 1
Career total 413 19

Honours[]

Steaua București

Galatasaray

FC Zürich

References[]

  1. ^ Stokkermans, Karel (10 June 2011). "Iulian Sebastian Filipescu - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c Iulian Filipescu at Soccerway
  3. ^ a b c d e Iulian Filipescu at BDFutbol
  4. ^ a b c d e "Iulian Filipescu » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

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