Adrian Ropotan (born 8 May 1986) is a Romanian former

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who played as a

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Career

Adrian Ropotan was born in

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on 8 May 1986, playing his first

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match for

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on 18 March 2006 in a 2–0 victory against

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. In the following season, he played 21 league games under coach

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, helping Dinamo win the 2006–07 Liga I title, also appearing in 8 matches in the

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as the team reached the sixteenths-finals where they were eliminated with 3–1 on aggregate by Benfica. Ropotan was transferred to

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for 3 million euros on 13 February 2009. In 2011 he was loaned by

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where he played alongside fellow Romanian

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. After the loan ended, Ropotan returned to

where he worked with Romanian coach

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. After his contract with

expired, he signed for

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as a free agent where he was teammate with fellow Romanian

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. On 22 June 2014 Ropotan signed a one-year contract with Gabala, being brought there alongside

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by coach

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. In the 2015–16 season, Ropotan returned to Romania, playing in the first part of the season for Petrolul Ploiești and in the second for

. He went to play in the

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for

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together with former Pandurii teammate

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. Ropotan ended his career after playing in the

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season for

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, being brought there by coach

International career

Adrian Ropotan played 7 games for

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, making his debut on 19 November 2008, when coach

Victor Pițurcă Victor Pițurcă (; born 8 May 1956) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player. Club career Pițurcă was born in Orodel, Dolj County. He joined Universitatea Craiova as a youth in 1970, aged 14, and four years later he was ...

sent him on the field in order to replace Costin Lazăr at halftime in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against

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. He appeared in two games at the

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, a 2–1 away loss against

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and a 3–1 home victory against

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. His last appearance for the national team was on 25 May 2016 in a friendly against

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which ended 1–1.

Statistics

Club

International

''Statistics accurate as of match played 29 March 2011''

Honours

Dinamo București *

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: 2006–07

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