Mihai Maximilian Popa

Mihai Maximilian Popa is a Romanian goalkeeper born in Constanța on 12 October 2000. He began at Farul Constanța aged seven before moving to the Gheorghe Hagi Academy two years later. Popa returned to Farul on loan in 2018, making his senior debut in a 1–0 win over Viitorul Târgu Jiu. After developing with Astra Giurgiu, he spent a loan spell at Rapid București in 2020. He then established himself at FC Voluntari between 2021 and 2023, recording 13 clean sheets in the 2022–23 Liga I season. Torino signed Popa in June 2023, although he did not make a competitive first-team appearance there. He later returned to Romania, with CFR Cluj among his subsequent club associations, before joining Motor Lublin. Popa has represented Romania at youth level, including the 2020 Olympics and 2023 European Under-21 Championship.