Iulian Filipescu
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Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (born 29 March 1974) is a Romanian football defender, who was born in Slatina, Romania who currently plays for MSV Duisburg in the German Second Bundesliga. He debuted in Divizia A with Steaua Bucureşti in 1993. He could celebrate a league championship victory seven seasons in a row from 1993 to 1998: The first five titles with Steaua and another two with Galatasaray SK in Turkey. He then joined Real Betis of Spain, and played four and a half season there before joining Fussballclub Zürich in the Swiss Super League.
Filipescu made his debut for the Romanian national team in 1996 against Yugoslavia, and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 1996 and Euro 2000. He played his last international match in 2003, and got 52 caps and 1 goal goals in total.
In the 91st minute of final game of the swiss champions game Iulian Fillipescu scored past Pascal Zuberbuhler for the game winnging goal. The final score was 2-1. FC Zurich won the Swiss axpo super leauge.
[edit] Career statistics
| Season | Club | Country | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991/92 | Faur Bucureşti |  Romania |
N/A | N/A |
| 1992/93 | Steaua Bucureşti | Romania |
27 | 3 |
| 1993/94 | Steaua Bucureşti | Romania |
21 | 0 |
| 1994/95 | Steaua Bucureşti | Romania |
25 | 2 |
| 1995/96 | Steaua Bucureşti | Romania |
30 | 3 |
| 1996/97 | Steaua Bucureşti | Romania |
9 | 0 |
| Galatasaray SK |  Turkey |
23 | 0 | |
| 1997/98 | Galatasaray SK | Turkey |
24 | 0 |
| 1998/99 | Galatasaray SK | Turkey |
12 | 0 |
| Real Betis |  Spain |
18 | 3 | |
| 1999/00 | Real Betis | Spain |
36 | 1 |
| 2000/01 | Real Betis | Spain |
33 | 2 |
| 2001/02 | Real Betis | Spain |
20 | 0 |
| 2002/03 | Real Betis | Spain |
19 | 2 |
| 2003/04 | FC Zürich |  Switzerland |
13 | 0 |
| 2004/05 | FC Zürich | Switzerland |
21 | 0 |
| 2005/06 | FC Zürich | Switzerland |
- | - |
| 2006/07 | MSV Duisburg |  Germany |
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Romania squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Stângaciu | 2 Petrescu | 3 Dulca | 4 Doboş | 5 Gâlcă | 6 Gheorghe Popescu | 7 Lăcătuş | 8 Munteanu | 9 Moldovan | 10 Hagi | 11 Ilie | 12 Stelea | 13 Ciobotariu | 14 Niculescu | 15 Marinescu | 16 Gabriel Popescu | 17 Dumitrescu | 18 Filipescu | 19 Stîngă | 20 Selymes | 21 Craioveanu | 22 Prunea | Coach: Iordănescu |
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Romania squad - Euro 1996 | |
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1 Stelea | 2 Petrescu | 3 Prodan | 4 Belodedici | 5 Lupescu | 6 Popescu | 7 Lăcătuş | 8 Sabău | 9 Răducioiu | 10 Hagi | 11 Munteanu | 12 Prunea | 13 Selymes | 14 Gâlcă | 15 Doboş | 16 Mihali | 17 Filipescu | 18 Stîngă | 19 Ilie | 20 Moldovan | 21 Vlădoiu | 22 Tene | Coach: Iordănescu |
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