Gheorghe Popescu I

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	1 January 2001(2001-01-01) (aged 81)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Playing position	Striker
Youth career
1928–1935	Gloria Bucureşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1946	Sportul Studenţesc	96	(58)
1946–1947	Carmen 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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Gheorghe Popescu (8 August 1919 – 1 January 2001) was a Romanian footballer and also a manager. He used to play as a striker.

Managerial career

Gheorghe Popescu was a successful manager, training in his career only two teams, Steaua Bucureşti^[1] and Romania national football team. After retiring as manager, he was the President of Romanian Football Federation and the vice-president of Steaua Bucureşti.

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

Romania squad – 1952 Summer Olympics
1 Crîsnic 2 Farmati 3 Călinoiu 4 Bodo 5 Petschovschi (c) 6 Kovács 7 Mercea 8 F. Zavoda 9 Serfözö 10 Iordache 11 Paraschiva 12 Balint 13 Bone 14 Fodor 15 Ozon 16 Popa 17 Suru 18 Voinescu 19 V. Zavoda 20 Ritter Coach: Popescu

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