Gheorghe Popescu I

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