The young man beaten by two players linked to Poli Timișoara is the son of former footballer Marius Sasu
Article by Remus Dinu – Published on Monday, 02 February 2026, 16:24 / Updated on Monday, 02 February 2026 16:27
The 19-year-old brutally assaulted by two footballers who belonged to Poli Timișoara until yesterday he is the son of Marius Sasu, 50 years old, the former legitimized striker throughout his career at Politehnica Timișoara and Rapid, who also evolved for a long time in Hungary. Lucas, his boy, was left with serious injuries after being allegedly beaten by Cosmin Huminic (22 years old) and Denis Tătaru (19 years old), two players linked to the club from Banat.
Scenes of outrageous violence took place on Sunday morning in front of a nightclub in Timișoara, where two players registered at Poli, who were about to be loaned to other teams, were involved in an altercation that resulted in the injury of a 19-year-old young man. The reprehensible actions would have been caused by a fit of jealousy of one of the aggressors, who would have seen his ex-partner in the company of the one they were going to pounce on.
Poli Timișoara, a League 3 club that aims to return to the forefront of Romanian football, condemned the actions of the two bully players, announcing that they are no longer part of Dan Alexa's team.
They are no longer part of the team, one of them was on loan. It's just that it's an investigation now, we don't know what happened either. These are things that should not happen! I don't know exactly what happened, we'll see, the investigation is ongoing.
– Dan Alexa, Poli Timisoara coach, for GSP.ro
Meanwhile, an investigation has been launched, with the police drawing up a criminal case.
Victim Lucas Sperlea / PHOTO: sursadevest.ro
The victim is the son of a former footballer
Lucas, the young man who chose with a broken head, but also with other fractures, he is the son of a famous former footballer. His father, retired 20 years ago, was linked to Poli Timișoara, for whom he played between 1996 and 2000. In Romania, he also wore the shirt of Reșița, ticking off a short period at Rapid (2000-2001, 9 matches and a goal in the shirt of Giulești). He had also started his career at Bega, at the defunct UM Timișoara.
In addition, Marius Sasu, who turned 50 in October 2025, has a business card that also includes experiences abroad: he played for Vojvodina, Honved Budaapesta, Ferencvaros and Panserraikos.
Sasu was the protagonist in a supervictory of the viola group, 3-0 against Dinamo, on April 12, 1997, when he managed to open the score against the #1 enemies in Banat.
Marius Sasu, during the time he played in Hungary
31 goalsMarius Sasu scored for Poli, in League I and League II
Victim's mother: “These hooligans made him miserable”
Lucas' mother, Alina Sperlea, a local councilor in Dumbrăvița, told the local press disturbing details about the ordeal her son went through:
“Among the aggressors are Cosmin Huminic, Denis Tătaru and Robert Damșa. The first two are registered at Poli Timișoara, and the third, at the team from Giroc.
It's amazing what they could do. As a mother, I will go to great lengths to do justice to my child. He did nothing wrong, and these hooligans made him miserable. He has a broken head, a fractured jaw. The hair he was hit with is covered in Lucas' blood”, declares the mother of the victim, Alina Sperlea, according to Sursa de Vest.
“The fact that after they left him in a pool of blood they can be seen laughing and walking calmly says everything about what kind of people they are. I will go to the end so that my son gets justice”, added Alina Sperlea, according to the cited source.
Alina Sperlea, the victim's mother / Photo source: primaria-dumbravita.ro
On February 1, 2026, at around 4:30 a.m., the policemen of the 2nd Timișoara Urban Police Department, while performing their duties, on Daliei Street, noticed a group of people exhibiting agitated behavior.
From the first checks carried out by the police, it emerged that a 19-year-old young man, while he was at the exit of a club on Lascar Catargiu street, following a spontaneous conflict, was allegedly involved in an altercation with another young man, being hit with a blunt object.
The 19-year-old was transported to the hospital for medical treatment.
The police officers notified themselves ex officio and drew up a criminal file under the aspect of committing the crime of hitting or other violence, further checks are being carried out in order to establish all the causes and circumstances of the occurrence of the event, as well as to identify all the persons involved, in order to take the necessary legal measures
– Press release IPJ Timișoara
