FILE: In this Nov. 2005 file picture, former Romanian soccer star and captain of the Romanian national soccer team Gheorghe Popescu walks outside the Romanian soccer federation headquarters in Bucharest Romania. Gheorghe 'Gica' Popescu, a former FC Barcelona player , on Monday June 29, 2009, denied a newspaper report that he was an informer of the feared Communist secret police in the 1980s. Popescu, 41, who is one of Romania's best loved sporting figures, said he signed a document promising to "defend the national interests" during the regime of late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. AP Photo logo AP Photo 4 months ago

FILE: In this Nov. 2005 file picture, former Romanian soccer star and captain of the Romanian national soccer team Gheorghe Popescu walks outside the Romanian soccer federation headquarters in Bucharest Romania. Gheorghe 'Gica' Popescu, a former FC Barcelona player , on Monday June 29, 2009, denied a newspaper report that he was an informer of the feared Communist secret police in the 1980s. Popescu, 41, who is one of Romania's best loved sporting figures, said he signed a document promising to "defend the national interests" during the regime of late dictator Nicolae Ceausescu.

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