Gheorghe Popescu I

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Gheorghe Popescu I
Personal information
Full name Gheorghe Popescu
Date of birth August 8, 1919 (1919-08-08) (age 88)
Place of birth    Bucharest, Romania, -
Playing position Defender, left back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
 ?
 ?
 ?
Sportul Studenţesc
Carmen Bucureşti
Steaua Bucureşti
 ? (?)
 ? (?)
 ? (?)
   
National team
 ?-? Romania 5 (0)
Teams managed
1951-1953
1958-1960
1962
Steaua Bucureşti
Steaua Bucureşti
Steaua Bucureşti

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)


Gheorghe Popescu (born August 8, 1919 in Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian football player and also a manager. He begun his career at 14 years. He used to play as a left back.

As a player, Gheorghe Popescu I won, in 1949, the Romanian Cup . He won 5 caps for Romania national football team.

Not to be confused with Gheorghe Popescu, Romanian footballer, born 1967.

[edit] Managerial Career

Gheorghe Popescu was a successful manager, training in his career only two teams : Steaua 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, 1959-1960). After retiring from managerial career, he was the President of Romanian Football Federation and the vice-president of Steaua.