Rareș Pop
![]() Pop with UTA Arad in 2023 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rareș Mihai Pop | ||
Date of birth | 14 June 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Arad, Romania | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Position(s) | Right midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rapid București | ||
Number | 55 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | UTA Arad | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2024 | UTA Arad | 53 | (6) |
2024– | Rapid București | 2 | (0) |
2024 | → UTA Arad (loan) | 11 | (2) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Romania U16 | 1 | (0) |
2022 | Romania U17 | 3 | (1) |
2022 | Romania U18 | 6 | (0) |
2023– | Romania U19 | 12 | (3) |
2022– | Romania U20 | 2 | (0) |
2023– | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 5 August 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Rareș Mihai Pop (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrareʃ miˈhaj ˈpop]; born 14 June 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Liga I club Rapid București.
Club career
Pop made his Liga I debut for UTA Arad on 1 May 2022, coming on for David Miculescu in the 79th minute of a 0–1 away loss to FC U Craiova.[1] He scored his first professional goal on 19 October that year, in a 2–2 draw with FCSB in the Cupa României.
On 11 February 2023, Pop netted his first Liga I goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 home victory over Botoșani, and on 2 March scored again in a 1–2 away loss to five-time defending champions CFR Cluj.[2]
On 12 February 2024, fellow Liga I club Rapid București announced the signing of Pop on a four-and-a-half-year contract, for a reported fee of €700,000. He was immediately loaned back to UTA for the rest of the season.[3]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 5 August 2024[4]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
UTA Arad | 2021–22 | Liga I | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||
2022–23 | Liga I | 25 | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 2[a] | 0 | 31 | 4 | ||
2023–24 | Liga I | 36 | 5 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 40 | 5 | |||
Total | 64 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 74 | 9 | |||
Rapid București | 2024–25 | Liga I | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Career total | 66 | 8 | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 0 | 76 | 9 |
References
- ^ "Rareș Pop, al 9-lea produs al Academiei UTA debutant în Liga 1! Man, Di Maria și Mahrez – modelele mijlocașului arădean" [Rareș Pop, the 9th product of the UTA Academy who made his Liga 1 debut! Man, Di María and Mahrez – the role models of the midfielder from Arad] (in Romanian). ProSport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
- ^ "Rareș Pop, transferul bombă pe care îl vrea Mihai Rotaru la Universitatea Craiova! Fotbalistul celor de la UTA Arad e în fruntea listei de priorități a oltenilor pentru mercato din vară | EXCLUSIV" [Rareș Pop, the bomb transfer that Mihai Rotaru wants at Universitatea Craiova! The UTA Arad footballer is at the top of the list of priorities for the Oltenia people in the summer transfer window | EXCLUSIVE] (in Romanian). ProSport. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ "Rareș Pop a fost prezentat la Rapid. Detaliile contractului". digisport.ro (in Romanian). 12 February 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Rareș Pop at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
External links
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Arad, Romania
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Liga I players
- FC UTA Arad players
- FC Rapid București players
- Romania men's youth international footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Romanian football midfielder stubs