Article by Sergiu Alexandru, Tudor Belivaca – published on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, 18:28 / Updated Wednesday, September 3, 20:28
Robert Popa (22 years old), the former goalkeeper of FCU Craiova, signed with Unirea Slobozia and will evolve in the first echelon of Romanian football.
The former goalkeeper from Adrian Mititelu's band signed a one -year contract with the Ialomites. This is a definitive transfer, from the position of a free contract player, after the goalkeeper was released this summer.
Robert Popa signed in Superliga with Unirea Slobozia
Robert Popa / PHOTO: GSP.ro
Robert Popa will reach Unirea Slobozia where she will be the #1 goalkeeper. About Robert Popa's transfer to Unirea Slobozia wrote Digisport.ro. According to the quoted source, Denis Rusu, the main competitor, was injured and will be missing for 5-6 months, and Robert Popa is seen as his replacement. The Ialomites also have a former goalkeeper from FCU Craiova in the lot: Ion Gurau.
Robert Popa broke up with the band sponsored by Adrian Mititelu this summer. He arrived in Bănie in 2020 and played for the Oltenians until the summer of 2024 when he was borrowed at UTA Arad, in the first league of Romania.
Robert Popa has been legitimized throughout his career in Râmnicu Vâlcea, FC Argeș, Flacăra Horezu and UTA Arad.
The goalkeeper has evolved for 4 seasons at FCU Craiova, of which 3 in Liga 1. Popa was borrowed by Oltenians at UTA Arad in the season of season 2024-2025, during which time he checked 16 appearances in Superliga.
Since the return from Arad, at the beginning of 2025, Robert Popa has not been part of the lot of FCU Craiova.
The specialized sites quoted the 22-year-old goalkeeper at 400,000 euros at the last update.
The loan at UTA Arad is over with a scandal: Robert Popa was contracted with Mircea Rednic
Alexandru Meszar, the leader of the UTA, revealed that Robert Popa left the team after a series of statements and opposed to Mircea Rednic.
“I considered that Robert Popa did his duty as long as he played, but there were other reasons in the middle, those that finally made us realize that between Robert Popa and Mircea Rednic there is no chemistry.
There were also those uninspired statements of Popa to his colleagues, after the match in Giulești … He is still a player borrowed from FCU. I tried to alleviate the impact of those statements made against colleagues in the locker room, but then there were other problems, those who made Mircea Rednic to make an idea on Popa's behavior.
He was injured and decided to leave home much earlier than how Mircea Rednic had set. This has put a lid, and if we have the opportunity to transfer Gorcea from U Cluj, you permanently retain, then we opted to bring Gorcea, who is also a higher goalkeeper than Popa. I did not talk to Mr. Mititelu about the fact that Robert Popa is not left with us.
This is the situation, the termination of the contract I did amicably. We thought well, we also took into account those problems that happened, and as Popa was only in the form of a loan, then we decided to go for the variant of Gorcea's definitive bringing from U Cluj ”, declared Alexandru Meszar at that time.
