Background
Lupescu, son of Nicolae Lupescu, began his career in 1979 in the youth of Mecanica Fina Bucharest.
Lupescu, son of Nicolae Lupescu, began his career in 1979 in the youth of Mecanica Fina Bucharest.
In 1982 he moved to Dinamo Bucharest, and made his debut at the age of 17 in the Divizia A on 21 September 1986 in a 4–1 victory against South Carolina BacăUniversity After winning the Romanian championship and the Cup in the 1989-1990 season, and reaching the Cup Winners" Cup semi-finals during the 1989-1990 season. After five seasons with Leverkusen, Lupescu signed with Borussia Mönchengladbach for two more years.
After a brief detour to Bursaspor in the Süper Lig in the beginning of the season 2000-2001, Lupescu again returned to Dinamo Bucharest.
On 29 October 2001, he had a short half-year spell contract with First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Hilal club from Saudi Arabia a period of five months, but could not adapt, because of the high climate. In the same year he returned for the fourth time at Dinamo Bucharest, only to retire.
Lupescu made 74 appearances for the Romanian squad, and scored six goals. International goals Scores and results list Romania"s goal tally first.
"Score" column indicates the score after the player"s goal.
In 2003, Lupescu acquired his coaching license at the German Sport University of Cologne. By the end of his active career, he was head-coach for a short period at FCM Bacău and Football Club Braşov in Divizia A till 2004, and was dismissed because of poor results. He became Vice President Director of the Romanian Football Federation.
Club Lupescu is the son of former Romanian national player Nicolae Lupescu, who for a time also served as a manager.
He became a member of Fédération internationale de football association"s Technical and Development Committee in early 2008.