Gheorghe Popescu

Gheorghe "Gic�" Popescu (born December 9, 1967 in
Calafat) is a former Romanian football (soccer)
defender (football)|defender, a key part of the
Romania national football team|Romanian national
team in the 1990s.

On the club level, Popescu played for FC
Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova
(1985-90, he spent a part of the 1987-88 season
with FC Steaua Bucuresti|Steaua Bucharest), PSV
Eindhoven (1990-94), Tottenham Hotspur
F.C.|Tottenham Hotspur (1994-95), FC
Barcelona|Barcelona (1995-97), Galatasaray
(1997-2001), U.S. Lecce|Lecce (2001-02), FC Dinamo
Bucuresti|Dinamo Bucharest (2002) and Hannover 96
(2003). For the Romanian national team, Popescu
stands among its all-time cap leaders with 115, in
which he scored 16 goals. He played for his
country in the Football World Cup 1990|1990,
Football World Cup 1994|1994, and Football World
Cup 1998|1998 World Cups, 1996 European Football
Championship|Euro 96 and 2000 European Football
Championship|Euro 2000.