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Gheorghe Popescu
Gheorghe "Gica" Popescu (born December 9, 1967 in Calafat) is a former Romanian football (soccer) defender, a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s.
On the club level, Popescu played for Universitatea Craiova (1985-90, he spent a part of the 1987-88 season with Steaua Bucharest), PSV Eindhoven (1990-94), Tottenham Hotspur (1994-95), Barcelona (1995-97), Galatasaray (1997-2001), Lecce (2001-02), 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 1990, 1994, and 1998 World Cups, Euro 96 and Euro 2000.
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