Career
He was a centre back or defensive midfielder who possessed 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 with 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 Saskatchewan 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. He played his last international match in 2003, and got 52 caps and one goal in total.
During the 2006 Swiss Championship, Football Club Basel 1893 were atop the league table leading by three points. The last game of the season was between Basel and Zürich.
This was because of Zürich"s superior goal differential. in the 31st minute, Zürich"s Alhassane Keita scored giving Zurich the advantage.
In the 73rd minute, Mladen Petrić leveled it at 1–1. In the 93rd minute, Fillipescu scored past Pascal Zuberbühler for the game-winning goal. The final score was 2–1.
After the final whistle, Football Club Basel fans stormed the pitch and chased the players and officials.
Filipescu was the main man targeted for scoring the winning goal. He was almost hit by a large firework.