Răzvan Popa (footballer)

Răzvan Popa
Personal information
Full name	Răzvan Ștefan Popa
Date of birth	4 January 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth	Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back ; Defensive midfielder
Youth career
2004–2007	Sporting Râmnicu Vâlcea
2007–2011	Steaua București
2011–2012	Sportul Studențesc
2013–2016	Inter Milan
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2013	Sportul Studențesc
2015–2016	Inter Milan
2016–2017	Zaragoza
2017	→ Burgos (loan)
2017–2019	Universitatea Craiova
2019–2020	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2020–2021	Politehnica Iași
2021–2022	Dinamo București
International career‡
2012	Romania U-17
2015–2016	Romania U-19
2017–2018	Romania U-21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 December 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 November 2017

Răzvan Ștefan Popa (born 4 January 1997) is a Romanian professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he can also play as a central midfielder.

Club career

Popa was born in Râmnicu Vâlcea, and was a FC Sportul Studențesc București youth graduate. He made his Romanian Liga I debut at 15 years and 2 months of age, when he was substituted in the stoppage time on 17 March 2012 against Dinamo București.^[1]

In August 2013, Popa joined Internazionale Milano after the Italian side battled Chelsea for him.^[2] However, he only appeared for the Primavera team during the course of three seasons.

On 21 July 2016, Popa signed a three-year contract with Spanish Segunda División side Real Zaragoza.^[3] He made his debut for the club on 7 September, starting and scoring his team's only in a 1–2 home loss against Real Valladolid for the season's Copa del Rey.

In September 2021, he was signed Dinamo București as a free agent.

Universitatea Craiova

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