Iulian Sebastian Filipescu is a former Romanian footballer, who was born in Slatina, Romania. 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 Steaua Bucure?ti 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 SK in Turkey. He then joined Real Betis of Spain, and played four and a half season there before joining Fussballclub Z�rich in the Swiss Super League. Filipescu made his debut for the Romanian national team in 1996 against Yugoslavia, and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, Euro 1996 and Euro 2000. He played his last international match in 2003, and got 52 caps and one goal in total. During the 2006 Swiss Championship, FC Basel 1893 were atop the league table leading FC Z�rich by three points. The last game of the season was between Basel and Z�rich. If Basel were to win, the title would be theirs. 

March 29th, 1974 in Slatina (Age 50)