
	Where results make sense

Topic: Gheorghe Popescu

Related Topics

Edwin van der Sar

Gheorghe Hagi

Marc Overmars

Dan Petrescu

George Weah

Martin Dahlin

Hristo Stoitchkov

Frank de Boer

Stefan Effenberg

Gabriel Batistuta

Matthias Sammer

Tottenham Hotspur

European Footballer of the Year

In the News (Wed 9 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	THE GHEORGHE AND EUGENIA POPESCU-JUDETZ COLLECTION (The American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
		Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz (1911-1972) was born in the village of Beleti-Negresti, Muscel district, in the Muntenia region of Romania.
		Gheorghe received numerous artistic awards throughout his life, and was honored in 1957 with the title, Artist Emeritus of Romania, for his work in the field of folk dance.
		Curriculum vitae of Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz and Eugenia Popescu-Judetz.
	www.loc.gov /folklife/guides/pop-jud.html (4497 words)

	WorldWar2.ro - cpt. av. Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel
		Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel was born on 20 January 1913 at Ploesti, in a family of intellectuals.
		Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel was assigned to the 19th Observation Squadron, equipped with IAR-39s, with which he would participate in the 1941 campaign.
		Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel was the CO of the 47th Fighter Squadron and had been promoted to the rank of captain.
	www.worldwar2.ro /arr/?article=726 (1621 words)

	channel4.com - Football Italia
		Gheorghe Popescu arrived in Italy at the grand old age of 34.
		Popescu is a man of strong character, so much in fact that he was handed the captain’s armband at Barca after just a year at the club.
		Popescu has always been at the centre of attention, from captaining the Under-21 side when he had just turned 18, to Steaua Bucharest wanting his services at all costs.
	www.channel4.com /sport/football_italia/articles/focuspopescu.html (610 words)

	WorldWar2.ro - lt. av. Gheorghe Mociornita
		Gheorghe Mociornita was born on 14 March 1919 in Baicoi, a town in the vicinity of Ploesti.
		Gheorghe Mociornita flew this IAR-81C on 21 April 1945, when he was shot down and killed by enemy ground fire.
		Gheorghe Mociornita a fost unul din cei multi care au cazut pentru apararea patriei, a cazut ca o stea poate tocmai in momentul cand viata lui abia incepea, lasand in urma o familie indurerata dar si recunoscatoare eroismului si puterii de sacrificiu de care a dat dovada.
	www.worldwar2.ro /arr/?article=717 (1668 words)

	uefa.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Popescu is putting something back into the game in the area where he made his name.
		Popescu was born in the town of Calafat, situated on the Danube coast not far from Craiova.
		Popescu has owned the club since 2000, and sees it as a breeding ground for top players of the future.
	www.uefa.com /News/Kind=64/newsId=29533.html (636 words)

	EURO 2000 SOCCER CAPSULE
		Gheorghe Hagi was voted the Romanian player of the century and again announced his intention to retire from international competition after the tournament.
		Gheorghe Popescu, who scored the winning penalty kick to clinch the UEFA Cup title for Turkey's Galatasaray, is the main component in the defense.
		Popescu is largely responsible for the back end of the field.
	slam.canoe.ca /StatsSOW/BC-SOW-LGNS-ROM2000CAP-R.html (239 words)

	Gheorghe Popescu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gheorghe ("Gică") Popescu (born December 9, 1967 in Calafat) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender, and was a key part of the Romanian national team in the 1990s.
		For the Romanian national team, Popescu stands among its all-time cap leaders with 115, in which he scored 16 goals.
		He also has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gheorghe_Popescu (317 words)

	uefa.com - Football Europe - News & Features - News Specific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Popescu, who has been without a club since leaving FC Dinamo Bucuresti in November, has joined the struggling 1.
		Although Hannover coach Ralf Rangnick said the well-travelled Popescu was "in excellent physical shape" after passing a medical at the Niedersachsenstadion club, Popescu insisted this would be the final stop in his long career.
		Popescu, who has played for Romania in three FIFA World Cups, is eleven caps shy of the Romanian record set his old team-mate Gheorghe Hagi, who is also his brother-in-law.
	www.uefa.com /footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=51594.html (378 words)

	ESPN.com Soccernet Scotland: News - Popescu recalls Ibrox memories
		Twelve years have elapsed since Gheorghe Popescu last set foot inside Ibrox but, as the Galatasaray defender prepares for next month's return, his memories remain vivid of an epic European clash with Rangers.
		Popescu had just broken into the Steaua Bucharest team in 1988, when they were drawn against the Scottish champions in the European Cup quarter-final.
		Popescu, for his part, hopes for the kind of Ibrox silence which once greeted a goal from Gary McAllister - and no latter-day impersonation of Souness.
	www.soccernet.com /scotland/news/2000/0929/20000929rfcpopescu.html (753 words)

	Australian Information from Wikipedia
		Popescu, a family name common in Romania, may refer to:
		David Popescu, general and Romanian Minister of the Interior
		Eufrosina Marcolini (born Eufrosina Popescu), actress and singer
	www.thinkingaustralia.com /thinking_australia/wikipedia/default.php?title=Popescu (95 words)

	[No title]
		They are arranged in five groups: fieldwork, Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz and the Ciocirlia Ensemble, portraits of the Popescu-Judetzes, series for sketches of the Doiul dance from Banat, and Eugenia Popescu-Judetz.
		_____________________________________________________________ BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH GHEORGHE AND EUGENIA POPESCU-JUDETZ Gheorghe Popescu-Judetz (1911-1972) was born in the village of Beleti-Negresti, Muscel district, in the Muntenia region of Romania.
		The music was used by the Popescu- Judetzes in workshops where they taught folk dances to teachers from folk art schools and to amateur choreographers.
	www.loc.gov /folklife/guides/textfiles/pop-jud.txt (4113 words)

	Soccernet.com Euro 2000 News: Popescu extends contract with Galatasaray
		BUCHAREST, June 12 (Reuters) - Romanian defender Gheorghe Popescu has extended his contract with Galatasaray to cover the next three years, his agent said at the weekend.
		Popescu's current contract with the Turkish UEFA Cup winners was due to end in 2001.
		Popescu, 33, has played 97 times for Romania and scored 15 goals.
	www.soccernet.com /euro2000/news/20000612galpopescu.html (109 words)

	Lucian Popescu
		The Painter Lucian Popescu was born on 17 October 1936 in Unirea Village, Calarasi County, Romania.
		In 2000, Lucian Popescu represented Switzerland with two works (of a total of 5 for each country) at the Art exhibition of the millennium” organised in New York at the UN headquarters to support UNICEF.
		Regarding his painting Spring in Wallis-Stalden”, one of the two paintings exhibited in New York, he once wrote This painting reveals the freshness of the atmosphere and the light in the wood structure which interested me. I tried to balance green and brown as well as the whole construction and its perspective.
	www.casa-romanilor.ch /en/lucian_popescu.htm (398 words)

	ABC Sport - Soccer - Mutu agent confirms positive drug test
		Chelsea star Adrian Mutu faces a possible two-year suspension after his agent Gheorghe Popescu confirmed the London club had told him the striker had returned a positive drugs test.
		Popescu said Mutu had confirmed to him that a dope test had taken place at Chelsea's training camp in early October and said neither the club nor the British anti-doping agency had handed him the results.
		Popescu said he had recommended to Mutu that he should not wait for a test of the B sample.
	www.abc.net.au /sport/content/200410/s1222630.htm (622 words)

	BBC SPORT \| EURO2000 \| SQUAD \| Gheorghe Popescu
		What he has lost in pace he makes up for in skill and his sweeper role is vital to the Romanian counter-attacking style of play.
		His continued inclusion in the side prevents the injection of some fresh faces which many believe is vital if they want to become a force in the future.
		But Popescu has scored 15 goals for Romania, is on the verge of 100 caps and his experience could prove vital if his side are to advance beyond the group stages.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/euro2000/teams/romania/squad/745206.stm (136 words)

	Gheorghe Popescu - Wikipedia
		A se vedea şi Gheorghe Popescu I pentru jucătorul de fotbal cu acelaşi nume din anii '30 – '50
		Gheorghe Popescu, cunoscut mai ales ca Gică Popescu (n.
		După retragerea din fotbal, a intrat în afaceri şi şi-a deschis propria şcoală de fotbal (Şcoala de fotbal Gică Popescu) la Craiova.
	ro.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gheorghe_Popescu (190 words)

	Gheorghe Popescu 09-10-67 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
		Toch voelt Gheorghe zich in Nederland niet geheel thuis.
		Gheorghe Popescu speelde van het seizoen 1990/91 tot en met het seizoen 1993/94 bij PSV.
		Voordat hij naar Tottenham vertrok speelde hij in het begin van het seizoen 1994/95 nog 2 wedstrijden wat zijn totaal op 108 competitiewedstrijden bracht.
	www.flickr.com /photos/gavrila/189959252 (238 words)

	SuperSoccer
		Former Romania captain Gheorghe Popescu will end his prolific career after one last game for Bundesliga club Hanover 96 on Saturday.
		Popescu confirmed he would stop playing after Hanover's final league match of the season away to Arminia Bielefeld.
		Popescu, who played 115 games for Romania, retired from international soccer after his team's embarrassing 5-2 defeat by Denmark in a Euro 2004 qualifier in March.
	www.supersoccer.co.za /?id=84727&des=article&scat= (251 words)

	WW II ACE STORIES
		Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel - from Mos Neata to Bf-109.
		Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel scored his first kill on 17 April, the second day of Easter, during a bomber escort mission, when several La-5s engaged the Romanian fighters.
		Gheorghe Popescu-Ciocanel attained the score of 14 aerial victories in an unknown number of missions.
	www.elknet.pl /acestory/ciocanel/ciocanel.htm (1513 words)

	CNNSI.com - 2002 World Cup Countdown - Popescu: Romania will fight to end vs. Slovenia - Monday November 12, 2001 02:26 ...
		Popescu, 34, said the team would "fight until the end" to make its fourth consecutive appearance in the World Cup finals.
		Popescu played in the last three World Cup editions.
		His brother-in-law and coach of the national team, Romania's soccer legend Gheorghe Hagi, said in a televised interview on Sunday night that he was happy with the overall performance of the team.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/countdown/news/2001/11/12/romania_slovenia_ap (333 words)

	Interviu cu Gheorghe Popescu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Interview with Gheorghe Popescu, director of the Galati Regional Railway Company
		Gheorghe Popescu: For the railway people at the Galati Regional Company, the SNCFR reorganization meant a test of organization and adaptation to the new structure, a test of competence and maturity.
		For the management personnel, is we consider the extremely little time we had and the fact that regulations were worked out along the way, I think it was a test of management capacity.
	www.cfr.ro /JF/engleza/nr9/gpopescu.htm (672 words)

	CNNSI.com - Euro2000
		The Galatasaray star has been a stalwart of the Romanian side for over a decade and is close to reaching 100 international caps for his country.
		At 32 some people were suggesting Popescu was past his best but he responded by playing a vital part in the Euro 2000 qualifying campaign, missing just one of the ten games.
		A valuable member of the team Popescu will give the side some much-needed experience and guile.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2000/euro2000/players/gheorghepopescu.html (142 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Popescu match saves hospital
		Health care in the poor Balkan country of 22 million people is insufficient to satisfy demand, especially for children, and Popescu's gesture drew a crowd of 27,000 to watch the match.
		Popescu's impressive career spanned six European countries -- the Netherlands, England, Spain, Turkey, Italy and Germany.
		He captained Barcelona to the 1997 European Cup Winners' Cup and won the UEFA Cup at Galatasaray in 2000 as well as the European Super Cup with the Turkish champions.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=301069&cc=3436 (390 words)

	Mutu fires his Romanian agents
		The player, represented until Monday by the Popescu and Becali Sport Management company, said he had decided "to give other people a chance" to represent him.
		Giovani Becali, one of Mutu's now dismissed agents, confirmed last month that Mutu had taken cocaine and that Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho asked for the doping test because he had suspected the Romanian striker.
		Popescu said he had not expected Mutu's decision and that there was no sign of discontent during the past two weeks, when Mutu's agents assisted him during the English FA hearings and tried to restore his relations with Chelsea.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2004/nov/09mutu.htm (452 words)

	Romania - Player of the Year Awards
		Gheorghe POPESCU (Tottenham Hotspur / FC Barcelona) 2.
		Gheorghe HAGI (FC Barcelona / Galatasaray SK Istanbul) 3.
		Gheorghe POPESCU (FC Barcelona / Galatasaray SK Istanbul) 5.
	www.adrianmutu.azplayers.com /statistics/sta4.html (299 words)

	BBC SPORT \| EURO2000 \| SQUAD \| Gheorghe Hagi
		A national hero in his homeland, the 'Maradona of the Carpathians' has won his country's player of the year award a record six times, and was recently named Romania's player of the century.
		Euro 2000 will be Gheorghe Hagi's final international tournament, he has been the lynchpin of his national team for over 15 years and although he is in his mid-30s, he still poses a threat in his role just behind the front two.
		He has proved in this year's UEFA Cup that he can still compete with the best, but coach Emerich Jenei has admitted Hagi will be used sparingly so as not to burn him out.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/euro2000/teams/romania/squad/745210.stm (159 words)

	Match Report (Galatasaray v Chelsea) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chelsea had a let off in the eighth minute when a loose header by Graeme Le Saux gave Buruk Okan the chance to shoot but his effort was blocked.
		A long ball from Zola to Flo just inside the penalty area on the left side did not seem to present immediate danger, especially as Gheorghe Popescu was in close attendance.
		Popescu would not have been pleased with his contribution to the goal but it justified Vialli's selection of the Norwegian ahead of Sutton.
	solo11.abac.com /mikechurch/cfc/1999_00/eclge104.html (1366 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - Europe - Romania drop clubless Popescu
		BUCHAREST, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Romanian skipper Gheorghe Popescu has been left out of the national squad for next month's match against Slovakia in a friendly tournament in Cyprus - because he does not have a club team.
		Popescu, who previously played for Lecce, PSV Eindhoven, Tottenham Hotspur, Barcelona and Galatasaray, trained with Galatasaray this month but was not taken on.
		Popescu's agent has said that a move to German side Hanover 96, who are 16th in the Bundesliga, is the latest possibility.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=256230&cc=5739 (437 words)

	Sporting Life - Euro2000
		Romania will need to break their jinx of never winning a match in a European Championships finals, if they are to make any impression at Euro 2000.
		Chief among the critics was golden boy Gheorghe Hagi - a man you don't want to cross considering his hero status with the fans.
		This could be Romania's downfall with several players including Hagi, Gheorghe Popescu and Dan Petrescu facing up to their last major finals.
	www.sportinglife.com /football/international/euro2000/finals/teams/romania.html (415 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)