Ionuț Alin Pop (born 1 August 1997) is a Romanian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

club

Hermannstadt Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

Club career

Pop started his career in local club Bihor Oradea, before he signed to Italian first tier

A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

. He never played a match in the first team, he was loaned to third tier

Fidelis Andria Fidelis Andria 2018 or simply Fidelis Andria is an Italian football club based in Andria, Apulia. The club was founded in 1971 and re-founded in 2005, 2013 and 2018. The team competes in . Fidelis Andria play their home matches at Stadio Deg ...

to the 2016–17 season. He made his professional debut on 14 September 2016 against Paganese, playing 90 minutes. On 7 July 2017, fellow third tier side

Alessandria Alessandria (; pms, Lissandria ) is a city and ''comune'' in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, about east of Turin. Alessandria ...

signed him for an undisclosed fee. On 26 June 2019, Ionuț Pop signed a contract with

side

FC Hermannstadt Asociația Fotbal Club Hermannstadt (), commonly known as FC Hermannstadt, Hermannstadt or familiarly as Sibiu (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Sibiu (german: Hermannstadt), Sibiu County, which currently competes ...

International career

Pop made his debut in the

Romania national under-19 football team The Romania national under-19 football team represents Romania in international football at this age level and is controlled by Federația Română de Fotbal, the governing body for football in Romania. Honours * UEFA European Under-19 Football C ...

on 17 November 2015 against

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. He received a red card in the 82nd minute.

Honours

Alessandria *

Coppa Italia Serie C Coppa Italia Serie C ( it, Serie C Italian Cup), formerly named Coppa Italia Lega Pro, is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie C in Italian football first held in 1972. Format There are a total of six rounds in the c ...

: 2017–18

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pop, Ionut 1997 births Living people Footballers from Oradea Romanian men's footballers Romania men's youth international footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Bihor Oradea (1958) players AS Roma players Serie C players Fidelis Andria 2018 players US Alessandria Calcio 1912 players Liga I players Liga II players FC Hermannstadt players CSM Slatina (football) players CSA Steaua București footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate men's footballers in Italy