Mihai Popescu (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihai Popescu | ||
| Date of birth | 7 May 1993 | ||
| Place of birth | Câmpulung, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FCSB | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2011 | Sporting Pitești | ||
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo II București | ||
| 2013–2020 | Dinamo București | 63 | (5) |
| 2013–2015 | → Dunărea Călărași (loan) | 54 | (2) |
| 2015 | → Berceni (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2015–2016 | → Dunărea Călărași (loan) | 30 | (0) |
| 2017 | → Voluntari (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2019 | → St Mirren (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2020–2022 | Heart of Midlothian | 18 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Hamilton Academical (loan) | 31 | (1) |
| 2022–2024 | Farul Constanța | 73 | (2) |
| 2024– | FCSB | 25 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Romania | 4 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10 June 2025 | |||
Mihai Popescu (born 7 May 1993) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club FCSB and the Romania national team.
Popescu started his senior career at Dunărea Călărași in 2013, while on loan from Dinamo București. He made his professional debut for the latter side in 2016, and had multiple loan spells before moving to Heart of Midlothian in 2020. After returning from Scotland, Popescu signed with Farul Constanța and won his first national title in the 2022–23 season. In 2024, his performances earned him a €250,000 transfer to FCSB, the cross-town rival of his former club Dinamo București.
Internationally, Popescu registered his debut for Romania in March 2025, in a 0–1 home loss to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers.