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Ionuț Lupescu

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Rating
87
Caps
74
Goals
6
Life
1968
Clubs
FC Dinamo Bucharest, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach
#19
Editorial rank of 33 for Romania
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The people's rank, live from duel votes

A dynamic central midfielder, Lupescu was a key component of the Romanian national team that reached the 1990 World Cup knockout stages. Career record: 74 caps and 6 goals for Romania; club career at FC Dinamo Bucharest, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach.

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Career record

1986–1990FC Dinamo Bucharest
1990–1996Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1996–1998Borussia Mönchengladbach
1998–2000FC Dinamo Bucharest
2000–2000Bursaspor
2000–2001FC Dinamo Bucharest
2001–2001Al Hilal SFC
2001–2002FC Dinamo Bucharest
2001–2002Al Hilal SFC
Romania74 caps, 6 goals

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Around Lupescu in the almanac

One rank above: Ilie Dumitrescu at #18.

One rank below: Mircea Lucescu at #20.

Romania's editorial top five: Gheorghe Hagi · Nicolae Dobrin · Gheorghe Popescu · Ilie Balaci · Miodrag Belodedici.