About Dănuț Lupu
Dănuț Lupu (born 27 February 1967) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. == Club career == Lupu was born on 27 February 1967 in Galați, Romania and began simultaneously practicing football and ice hockey as a child, when he decided to concentrate exclusively on his football career. In 1985 he started to play professional football for Dunărea Galați in Divizia B. Two years later he was transferred to Dinamo București where he was wanted by coach Mircea Lucescu, playing his first Divizia A match on 8 March 1987 in a 2–0 win against FC Brașov. The club managed to win The Double in the 1989–90 season, Lupu contributing with six goals scored in the 22 league matches that Lucescu used him, and he also netted one goal in the 6–4 victory in the Cupa României final against Steaua București. He also made some performances in European competitions, helping The Red Dogs reach the quarter-finals in the 1988–89 European Cup Winners' Cup where they were eliminated on the away goals rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Sampdoria. In the following edition of the same competition, Dinamo reached the semi-finals where they were eliminated after a 2–0 aggregate loss to Anderlecht with Lupu playing seven games in the campaign. After the fall of communism in December 1989, Lupu moved to Greece and signed with Panathinaikos which paid Dinamo a transfer fee estimated between $1.2 – 2 million. He won the championship with The Greens, although he played there only 10 league games in which he scored one goal. During his time in Greece, he also had spells at Korinthos and OFI, totaling 66 appearances with five goals scored in the Alpha Ethniki competition. With OFI he also reached the round of 16 in the 1993–94 UEFA Cup, eliminating Atlético Madrid in the process.
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