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) |
| 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 | ||
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* 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.
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| 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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