Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1919)
| 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) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sportul Studenţesc | |||
| Carmen Bucureşti | |||
| 1947–1949 | Steaua Bucureşti | 37 | (16) |
| Total | 37 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1937–1943 | Romania | 6 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1951–1953 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1951–1957 | Romania | ||
| 1958–1960 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1961 | Romania | ||
| 1962 | Steaua Bucureşti | ||
| 1962 | Romania | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and 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.
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