Gheorghe Popescu I

Gheorghe Popescu I

Personal information
Full name	Gheorghe Popescu
Date of birth	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)^†
	Sportul Studenţesc
	Carmen Bucureşti
1947–1949	Steaua Bucureşti	37	(16)
Total		37	(16)
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. † Appearances (goals)

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

1. "Profile at Steaua".

External links

• Gheorghe Popescu I @ Romaniansoccer.ro