Daniel Adrian Minea (born 26 December 1961) is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Adrian Minea | ||
| Date of birth | 26 December 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Călăraşi, Romania[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder[1] | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1983 | Steaua București | 42 | (2) |
| 1983–1988 | Olt Scorniceşti | 141 | (7) |
| 1989–1991 | Steaua București | 60 | (8) |
| 1991–1996 | K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. | 118 | (10) |
| Total | 361 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1981–1987 | Romania U-21 | 11 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He started his career with Steaua Bucharest, before moving to FC Olt Scorniceşti.[2] He returned to Steaua in 1989[2] and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final defeat by Milan.[3][4] He was still at the club in 1990–91 when he played two games in that season's Cup Winners Cup,[1] one of which was the 1st round, 2nd leg match against Glentoran.[5]
Minea played a total of 243 Divizia A matches for Steaua Bucharest and FC Olt, scoring 17 goals.[1]
In 1991, he joined Belgian side K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E. and he remained with them for five seasons before retiring in 1996.[2] He made 118 league appearances for them scoring 10 goals.[1]
His brother, Iulian, was also a professional footballer, they played together at Steaua București.[6][7]
Honours
editClub
edit- Steaua București
- Divizia A: 1988–89
- Cupa României: 1988–89
- European Cup runner-up: 1988–1989
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Daniel Minea career stats". Playerhistory.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011. [dead link]
- ^ a b c d "Daniel Minea". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ Antonio Zea and Marcel Haisma. "European Champions' Cup 1988–89 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 January 2008.
- ^ "Citeşte povestea nefardată a celui mai bun stelist al finalei de coşmar din 1989". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 20 June 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "Glentoran – Cup Winners Cup Record". Irish Football Club Project. home.online.no. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ^ "Fraţii Stelei de la Francisc şi Vasile Zavoda, la Adrian şi Sabin Ilie. Cele 8 perechi de fraţi din istoria echipei. A venit rândul lui Romario şi Daniel Benzar" [Brothers of Steaua from Francisc and Vasile Zavoda, Adrian and Sabin Ilie. The 8 pairs of brothers in the team's history. It's Romario and Daniel Benzar's turn] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "Istoria fratilor se repeta la Steaua! A 7-a pereche se alatura stelistilor" [The history of the brothers is repeated at Steaua! The 7th pair joins Steaua] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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