Octavian Popescu (born 25 April 1938) is a Romanian former footballer and coach known in Germany and Turkey as Popi or Pope.
_1963.jpg) Popescu (standing, second from left) with Ştiinţa Cluj | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 April 1938 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1948–1959 | Rapid București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1960 | Rapid București | 7 | (0) |
| 1960–1963 | Ştiinţa Cluj | 85 | (14) |
| 1963–1967 | Dinamo București | 70 | (15) |
| 1967–1968 | Jiul Petroşani | 22 | (4) |
| 1968–1969 | Rapid București | 8 | (3) |
| 1969–1971 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | 30 | (4) |
| Total | 222 | (40) | |
| International career | |||
| 1964 | Romania | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1972–1973 | Dunărea Giurgiu | ||
| 1973–1974 | Progresul Brăila | ||
| 1974–1975 | Eskişehirspor | ||
| 1975–1978 | Romania Olympic | ||
| 1978–1979 | Mersin İdmanyurdu | ||
| 1980–1984 | 1860 München II | ||
| 1984 | 1860 München | ||
| 1986 | Malatyaspor | ||
| 1991 | Offenburger FV | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Popescu acquired his coaching license at the German Sport University of Cologne and also worked as a coach instructor for the DFB Academy in Germany.[1] He is one of the founders of the IFTA International Footballtennis Association.[2]
Career
editBorn in Bucharest, Popescu started playing football for FC Rapid București. He joined Ştiinţa Cluj before moving to FC Dinamo București, where he won the league title twice with the club. He also played for CS Jiul Petroşani before returning to FC Rapid București in 1968.[3]
Popescu next moved to Turkey to join Mersin İdmanyurdu SK.[3] He made 30 appearances in the Süper Lig during the 1969–70 and 1970–71 seasons.
He made one appearance for Romania in which he scored in a friendly 2–1 win against Yugoslavia in 1964.[4][5]
Following the end of his playing career, Popescu managed several clubs in Romania and Turkey including Eskişehirspor,[6] and the Romania Olympic team before he moved to West Germany, where he studied at the Sports Academy of Cologne which is now called the Hennes Weisweiler Academy. He was appointed manager of TSV 1860 München,[7] Malatyaspor,[8] and Offenburger FV in 1991.[9]
In 2014, Popescu was among the candidates for the Romanian FA presidency.[10]
Honours
editPlayer
editDinamo București
References
edit- ^ "Die Teilnehmer des 30. Lehrgangs" (in German). DFB.de. Retrieved 11 February 2008.
- ^ "International Development of Futnet between 1987 and 2011". Futnet.eu. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
- ^ a b "Octavian Popescu acuza FRF ca ii ignora candidatura" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 1 November 2005.
- ^ "Football Match: Yugoslavia vs Romania". Eu-Football.info. Retrieved 16 March 2008.
- ^ "1964 Matches". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Octavian 'Pope' Popescu Manager" (in Turkish). Mackolik.com. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
- ^ "Von Dschungelkämpfern und Partylöwen" (in German). Merkur-Online.de. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- ^ "Futbol Tarihinden Bir Yaprak" (in Turkish). Malatyahaber.com. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ "Vereinsgeschichte Offenburger FV" (PDF) (in German). Offenburgerfv.de. Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ^ "Al cincilea candidat la șefia FRF: Octavian Popescu, fost fotbalist la Dinamo și Rapid" (in Romanian). DigiSport.ro. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "Campionii naționali (Divizia A winning squads)". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Romanian Cup season 1963-64". RomanianSoccer.ro. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
External links
edit- Octavian Popescu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Octavian Popescu at www.mackolik.com (in Turkish)
