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)*
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 ?
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 Sportul Studenţesc
Carmen Bucureşti
Steaua Bucureşti
  ? (?)
 ? (?)
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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.

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FC Steaua Bucureşti – Managers

Braun-Bogdan (1948) • Vâlcov (1948–49) • Ronnay (1950) • Gh. Popescu (1951–53) • Ronnay (1953–54) • Savu (1954–55) • Dobay (1956) • Savu (1958) • Niculescu (1958) • Gh. Popescu (1958–60) • Onisie (1960–61) • Mladin (1961) • Gh. Popescu (1962) • Onisie (1962–63) • Ola (1963–64) • Savu (1964–67) • Kovács (1967–70) • Onisie (1970–71) • Stănescu (1971–72) • Constantin (1972-73) • Teaşcă (1974–75) • Jenei (1975–78) • Constantin (1978–81) • Ionescu (1981) • Cernăianu (1981–83) • Jenei (1983–84) • Halagian (1984) • Jenei (1984–86) • Iordănescu (1986–90) • Ştefănescu (1990) • Hălmageanu (1991) • Jenei (1991) • Piţurcă (1992) • Iordănescu (1992–93) • Jenei (1993–94) • Dumitriu (1994–97) • Stoichiţă (1997–98) • Jenei (1998–2000) • Piţurcă (2000–02) • Olăroiu (2002) • Piţurcă (2002–04) • Zenga (2004–05) • Dumitriu (2005) • Protasov (2005) • Olăroiu (2006–07) • Hagi (2007) • Pedrazzini (2007) • Lăcătuş (2007–)
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Romania national football team – Managers

Moraru (1922–23) • Rădulescu (1923) • Suciu (1923–24) • Moraru (1924–28) • Rădulescu (1928–34) • Uridil (1934) • Săvulescu (1934–35) • Rădulescu (1935–38) • Săvulescu (1938) • Iuga (1938–39) • Economu (1939–40) • Iuga (1940) • Economu (1941–42) • Lăpuşneanu (1942–43) • Vogl (1942–43) • Braun-Bogdan (1945) • Economu (1946) • Vâlcov (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Ronnay (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Vâlcov (1948) • Steinbach (1948) • Baratky (1948) • Vogl (1948) • Vâlcov (1949) • Vogl (1949) • Mihăilescu (1949) • Albu (1950) • V. Vâlcov (1950) • Vogl (1950–51) • Popescu I (1951–57) • Botescu (1958–60) • Popescu I (1961) • Teaşcă (1962) • Popescu I (1962) • Ploeşteanu (1962–64) • Stănescu (1964) • Ploeşteanu (1964) • Oană (1965–66) • Stănescu (1967) • Oană (1967) • Niculescu (1967) • Teaşcă (1967) • Niculescu (1967–70) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Stănescu (1973–75) • Drăguşin (1975) • Kovács (1976–79) • Halagian (1979) • Cernăianu (1979) • Kovács (1980) • Stănescu (1980–81) • Lucescu (1981–86) • Jenei (1986–90) • Constantin (1990) • Rădulescu (1990–92) • Dinu (1992–93) • Iordănescu (1993–98) • Piţurcă (1998–99) • Jenei (2000) • Bölöni (2000–01) • Hagi (2001) • Iordănescu (2002–04) • Piţurcă (2004–)