Mihai Popescu (footballer)

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Mihai Popescu
Personal information
Full name Mihai Cristian Popescu
Date of birth (1993-05-07) 7 May 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth Câmpulung Muscel, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Hamilton Academical
(on loan from Heart of Midlothian)
Number 3
Youth career
0000–2012 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2020 Dinamo București 63 (5)
2013–2014 → Dunărea Călărași (loan) 54 (2)
2015 → Berceni (loan) 11 (0)
2015–2016 → Dunărea Călărași (loan) 32 (0)
2017 → Voluntari (loan) 18 (0)
2019 → St Mirren (loan) 17 (0)
2020– Heart of Midlothian 18 (1)
2021– → Hamilton Academical (loan) 10 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2021

Mihai Popescu (born 7 May 1993) is a Romanian footballer who plays as a defender for Hamilton Academical, on loan from Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian.

Career[]

Popescu joined Scottish Premiership side St Mirren in January 2019 on loan until the end of the season.[1] In June 2019 the possibility that the deal would be extended was thrown into doubt after St Mirren manager Oran Kearney left the club,[2] and Popescu returned to Bucharest in July.[3]

In September 2020, Popescu signed a two-year contract with Scottish Championship club Hearts.[4][5]

On 31 August 2021 he joined Hamilton Academical on loan until the end of the season.[6]

Honours[]

Dinamo București

Voluntari

Heart of Midlothian

References[]

  1. ^ Prima reacţie a lui Mihai Popescu după ce a plecat de la Dinamo: "E o surpriză şi pentru mine!". telekomsport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ "Mihai Popescu: St Mirren future in limbo for Dinamo Bucharest defender". BBC Sport. 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "St Mirren: Mihai Popescu returns to Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
  4. ^ Bolat, Leila (16 September 2020). "FC Dinamo a anunţat că l-a transferat pe Mihai Popescu la Heart of Midlothian". news.ro. Retrieved 16 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Mihai Popescu: Hearts sign former St Mirren defender from Dinamo Bucharest". BBC Sport. BBC. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Mihai Popescu joins on loan". 31 August 2021.
  7. ^ a b c Mihai Popescu at Soccerway

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