Svetozar Popović

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Svetozar Kika Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Светозар Поповић) (February 6, 1902; Kragujevac – October 26, 1985; Belgrade) was a Yugoslav football coach and player.

He begin his playing career while being a refugee in Rome, Italy, while Kingdom of Serbia was fighting World War I. At the end of the war he returned to Serbia, and played with BSK Belgrade until 1925. Then, as an employee of the Commercial Bank Italia, he moved to Bucharest, Romania. While bank employee, he also continued to play football there by playing with Juventus Bucharest and Venua Bucharest.[1] In 1925 he played one match for the Romanian national team as Svetozar Popovici[2] May 1, 1925, against Turkey.[3][4]

After retireing he became a coach. He coached BSK Belgrade in their 1940 Mitropa Cup campaign.[5] He coached on three occasions the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national football team between 1937 and 1941. He was technical director of BSK Belgrade and later wrked in the direction of Red Star Belgrade.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Bsk - Jugoslavija, Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi" by Živko M. Bojanić, pag. 183 (Serbian)
  2. ↑ Svetozar Popovici at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ↑ Svetozar Popovici at romaniansoccer.ro
  4. ↑ Svetozar Popovici at Romanian Football Federation official website
  5. ↑ Match report at IFFHS
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