Daniel Adrian Minea is a Romanian footballer who played as a midfielder in the 1980s and 1990s.

He started his career with Steaua Bucharest, before moving to FC Olt Scorniceşti

FC Olt Scornicesti

FC Olt Scorniceşti is a football club based in Scorniceşti, Olt County in southern Romania. Founded in 1973, it soon became one of the best teams from a rural area...

. He returned to Steaua in 1989 and he went on to play for them in their 1989 European Cup Final

1989 European Cup Final

The 1989 European Cup Final was a football match held at the Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain on 24 May 1989, that saw Milan of Italy defeat Steaua Bucureşti of Romania 4–0. Two goals each from Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit gave the Italian side their third victory in the competition.-Match...

 defeat by Milan

A.C. Milan

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. He was still at the club in 1990-91 when he played two games in that season's Cup Winners Cup, one of which was the 1st round, 2nd leg match against Glentoran.

Minea played a total of 222 Divizia A

Liga I

Liga I, or in full, due to sponsorship reasons, Liga I Bergenbier, is the top division of the Romanian football league system. Before the 2006/2007 season, it was called Divizia A, but the name had to be changed following the discovery that someone else had registered the trademark "Divizia A"...

 matches for Steaua Bucharest and FC Olt, scoring 13 goals.

In 1991 he joined Belgian

Belgium

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 side K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E.

K. Sint-Niklase S.K.E.

Koninklijke Sint-Niklase Sportkring Excelsior was a Belgian football club from the town of Sint-Niklaas that merged with KSC Lokeren in 2000, establishing K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen....

and he remained with them for five seasons before retiring. He made 25 league appearances in his final season with them.