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 Popa with Gençlerbirliği in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Iliuță Daniel Popa | ||
| Date of birth | 14 July 1995 | ||
| Place of birth | Pietroșița, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Metaloglobus București | ||
| Number | 29 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Grup Școlar Agricol Nucet | |||
| –2012 | Atletic Fieni | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | FCM Târgoviște | 55 | (20) |
| 2014–2016 | Chindia Târgoviște | 31 | (16) |
| 2016–2021 | Dinamo București | 92 | (14) |
| 2017 | → Botoșani (loan) | 20 | (1) |
| 2020–2021 | → Chindia Târgoviște (loan) | 34 | (7) |
| 2021–2022 | Chindia Târgoviște | 24 | (5) |
| 2022 | Daejeon Hana Citizen | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2023 | Chindia Târgoviște | 37 | (9) |
| 2023–2024 | Universitatea Cluj | 36 | (11) |
| 2024–2025 | FCSB | 15 | (0) |
| 2025 | Gençlerbirliği | 16 | (8) |
| 2026– | Metaloglobus București | 7 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2016 | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 5 April 2026 | |||
Iliuță Daniel Popa (born 14 July 1995) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Liga I club Metaloglobus București.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 5 April 2026[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| FCM Târgoviște | 2012–13 | Liga III | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| 2013–14 | Liga III | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Total | 55 | 20 | — | — | — | 55 | 20 | |||||
| Chindia Târgoviște | 2014–15 | Liga III | — | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2015–16 | Liga II | 31 | 16 | — | — | — | 31 | 16 | ||||
| Total | 31 | 16 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 16 | ||||
| Dinamo București | 2016–17 | Liga I | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 3[b] | 3 | 17 | 3 | |
| 2017–18 | Liga I | 16 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 8 | |||
| 2018–19 | Liga I | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 2 | |||
| 2019–20 | Liga I | 33 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 4 | |||
| 2020–21 | Liga I | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 92 | 14 | 9 | 0 | — | 3 | 3 | 104 | 17 | |||
| Botoșani (loan) | 2017–18 | Liga I | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||
| Chindia Târgoviște (loan) | 2020–21 | Liga I | 34 | 7 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[c] | 1 | 36 | 8 | |
| Chindia Târgoviște | 2021–22 | Liga I | 24 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 26 | 6 | ||
| Total | 59 | 13 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 62 | 14 | ||||
| Daejeon Hana Citizen | 2022 | K League 2 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Chindia Târgoviște | 2022–23 | Liga I | 37 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 38 | 10 | ||
| Universitatea Cluj | 2023–24 | Liga I | 36 | 11 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 42 | 11 | ||
| FCSB | 2024–25 | Liga I | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12[d] | 2 | 1[e] | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| Gençlerbirliği | 2024–25 | TFF 1. Lig | 15 | 8 | — | — | — | 15 | 8 | |||
| 2025–26 | Süper Lig | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 16 | 8 | — | — | — | 16 | 8 | |||||
| Metaloglobus București | 2025–26 | Liga I | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | |||
| Career total | 376 | 92 | 24 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 417 | 100 | ||
- ↑ Includes Cupa României
- ↑ Appearance in Cupa Ligii
- ↑ Appearance in Liga I European play-offs
- ↑ Five appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance in Supercupa României
Honours
[edit]Chindia Târgoviște
Dinamo București
FCSB
References
[edit]- ↑ "OFICIAL FCSB a anunțat transferul lui Daniel Popa! Câți bani a plătit Gigi Becali și salariul jucătorului". digisport.ro (in Romanian). 4 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ↑ Daniel Popa at Soccerway. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
External links
[edit]- Daniel Popa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Daniel Popa at Soccerway
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