Daniel Minea

Daniel Adrian Minea (born 26 December 1961) is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s.[2]

Daniel Minea
Personal information
Full name Daniel Adrian Minea
Date of birth (1961-12-26) 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

Club

Steaua București

References

  1. "Daniel Minea career stats". Playerhistory.com. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
  2. "Daniel Minea". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  3. Antonio Zea and Marcel Haisma. "European Champions' Cup 1988–89 – Details". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). Retrieved 17 January 2008.
  4. "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.
  5. "Glentoran – Cup Winners Cup Record". Irish Football Club Project. home.online.no. Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
  6. "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.
  7. "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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