- Iulian Filipescu
Football player infobox
playername= Iulian Filipescu
fullname = Iulian Sebastian Filipescu
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|3|29
cityofbirth = Slatina
countryofbirth =Romania
height = height|m=1.91
currentclub =MSV Duisburg
clubnumber = 3
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992–1997
1997–1999
1999–2003
2003–2006
2006–
clubs =Steaua Bucureşti Galatasaray S.K. Real Betis FC Zürich MSV Duisburg
caps(goals) = 112 (8)
059 (5)
127 (8)
064 (1)
052 (1)
nationalyears = 1996–2003
nationalteam = Romania
nationalcaps(goals) = 052 (1)
pcupdate =April 22 2008
ntupdate =December 14 2006 Iulian Sebastian Filipescu (born
March 29 , 1974 inSlatina ) is aRomania n football defender, who was born inSlatina, Romania who currently plays forMSV Duisburg in the German Second Bundesliga. He is ever a centre back or defensive midfielder who possesses strength and tough tackling as well as being dead ball specialist, a fluent passer and he also possesses good technique. He debuted in Divizia A withSteaua 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 withGalatasaray SK in Turkey. He then joinedReal Betis of Spain, and played four and a half season there before joiningFussballclub 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.During the 2006 Swiss Championship,
FC Basel 1893 were atop the league table leading FC Zurich by three points. The last game of the season was between Basel and Zurich. If Basel were to win, the title would be theirs. If Zurich were to win, the title would be theirs even though they would have the same amount of points as Basel on the league table. This is because of Zurich's superior goal differential. If the game ended in a draw, Basel would win the title. in the 31th minute, Zurich'sAlhassane Keita scored giving Zurich the advantage. In the 73rd minute,Mladen Petric leveled it at 1-1. In the 93rd minute, Iulian Fillipescu scored past Pascal Zuberbuhler for the game winning goal. The final score was 2-1. FC Zurich won the Swiss axpo super league after the match that decided the champion out of the two teams atSt. Jakob Park .After the final whistle FC Basel fans stormed the pitch and chased the FC Zurich players and officials. Fillipescu was the main man targeted for scoring the winning goal. Filipescu was almost hit by a large firework.Career statistics
External links
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/f/filipescu.shtml RomanianSoccer.ro]
* [http://fussballdaten.de/spieler/filipescuiulian/ Career stats at fussballdaten.de]
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