Gheorghe Popescu I

Not to be confused with Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer, born 1967.
Gheorghe Popescu I
Personal information
Full name Gheorghe Popescu
Date of birth (1919-08-08)8 August 1919
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 9 May 2011 (age 91)
Playing position Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1946 Sportul Studenţesc 96 (58)
1944 Carmen Bucureşti
1946–1947 Venus București 17 (4)
1947–1949 CSCA Bucureşti 37 (16)
Total 150 (78)
National team
1937–1943 Romania 6 (1)
Teams managed
1951–1953 Steaua Bucureşti
1951–1957 Romania
1958–1960 Steaua Bucureşti
1961 Romania
1962 Steaua Bucureşti
1962 Romania

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Gheorghe Popescu (8 August 1919 in Bucharest, Romania – 9 May 2001) was a Romanian football player and also a manager. He began his career at 14 years. He used to play as a striker.

As a player, Gheorghe Popescu I won, in 1949, the Romanian Cup . He won 6 caps for Romania national football team.

Managerial career

Gheorghe Popescu was a successful manager, training in his career only two teams : Steaua Bucureşti[1] and Romania national football team. With Steaua, he won 4 times the National Championship (1951, 1952, 1953, 1959–1960) and also 3 times the Romanian Cup (1951,1952, 1961–1962). After retiring from managerial career, he was the President of Romanian Football Federation and the vice-president of Steaua Bucureşti.

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Steaua captain
1947–1949
Succeeded by
Alexandru Apolzan
Preceded by
Steaua Top Scorer
1947–1948
Succeeded by
Petre Moldoveanu
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