Rareș Pop

Rareș Pop
	Pop with UTA Arad in 2023
Personal information
Full name	Rareș Mihai Pop
Date of birth	14 June 2005 (age 18)
Place of birth	Arad, Romania
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right midfielder
Team information
Current team	UTA Arad; (on loan from Rapid București)
Number	55
Youth career
0000–2022	UTA Arad
Senior career*
Years	Team
2022–2024	UTA Arad
2024–	Rapid București
2024–	→ UTA Arad (loan)
International career‡
2020	Romania U16
2022	Romania U17
2022	Romania U18
2023–	Romania U19
2022–	Romania U20
2023–	Romania U21
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 April 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 March 2024

Rareș Mihai Pop (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈrareʃ miˈhaj ˈpop]; born 14 June 2005) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for Liga I club UTA Arad, on loan from Rapid București.

Club career[edit]

Pop made his Liga I debut for UTA Arad on 1 May 2022, coming on for David Miculescu in the 79th minute of a 0–1 away loss to FC U Craiova.^[1] He scored his first professional goal on 19 October that year, in a 2–2 draw with FCSB in the Cupa României.

On 11 February 2023, Pop netted his first Liga I goal and provided an assist in a 3–1 home victory over Botoșani, and on 2 March scored again in a 1–2 away loss to five-time defending champions CFR Cluj.^[2]

Career statistics[edit]

Club[edit]

As of match played 28 April 2024^[3]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
UTA Arad	2021–22	Liga I	3	0	0	0	—		—		3	0
	2022–23	Liga I	25	3	4	1	—		2^[a]	0	31	4
	2023–24	Liga I	34	4	4	0	—		—		38	4
Career total			62	7	8	1	—		2	0	72	8

^ All appearances in Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs

References[edit]

^ "Rareș Pop, al 9-lea produs al Academiei UTA debutant în Liga 1! Man, Di Maria și Mahrez – modelele mijlocașului arădean" [Rareș Pop, the 9th product of the UTA Academy who made his Liga 1 debut! Man, Di María and Mahrez – the role models of the midfielder from Arad] (in Romanian). ProSport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
^ "Rareș Pop, transferul bombă pe care îl vrea Mihai Rotaru la Universitatea Craiova! Fotbalistul celor de la UTA Arad e în fruntea listei de priorități a oltenilor pentru mercato din vară | EXCLUSIV" [Rareș Pop, the bomb transfer that Mihai Rotaru wants at Universitatea Craiova! The UTA Arad footballer is at the top of the list of priorities for the Oltenia people in the summer transfer window | EXCLUSIVE] (in Romanian). ProSport. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ Rareș Pop at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

External links[edit]

Rareș Pop – Romanian league stats at LPF (in Romanian)

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[4] All appearances in Liga I promotion/relegation play-offs

[1] "Rareș Pop, al 9-lea produs al Academiei UTA debutant în Liga 1! Man, Di Maria și Mahrez – modelele mijlocașului arădean" [Rareș Pop, the 9th product of the UTA Academy who made his Liga 1 debut! Man, Di María and Mahrez – the role models of the midfielder from Arad] (in Romanian). ProSport. 2 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.

[2] "Rareș Pop, transferul bombă pe care îl vrea Mihai Rotaru la Universitatea Craiova! Fotbalistul celor de la UTA Arad e în fruntea listei de priorități a oltenilor pentru mercato din vară | EXCLUSIV" [Rareș Pop, the bomb transfer that Mihai Rotaru wants at Universitatea Craiova! The UTA Arad footballer is at the top of the list of priorities for the Oltenia people in the summer transfer window | EXCLUSIVE] (in Romanian). ProSport. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[SW-3] Rareș Pop at Soccerway. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

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