This article is about the football manager. For the writer and academic, see Ion Pop (writer).
Ion Pop
Birth date8 May 1947[1]
Birth placeBucharest, Romania[1]
Death date8 December 2015 (aged 68)[1]
Death placeBucharest, Romania[2]
Height1.71 m[1]
PositionRight defender[2]
Youthyears 11960–1961
Youthclubs 1Victoria București
Youthyears 21961–1964
Youthclubs 2Flacăra Roșie București
Years 11964–1965
Clubs 1Petrolul Ploiești
Caps 11
Goals 10
Years 21965–1967
Clubs 2Dinamo Pitești
Caps 234
Goals 20
Years 31967–1978
Clubs 3Rapid București[a]
Caps 3276
Goals 35
Totalcaps311
Totalgoals5
Nationalyears 11968–1969
Nationalteam 1Romania U23[3]
Nationalcaps 12
Nationalgoals 10
Nationalyears 21972
Nationalteam 2Romania Olympic[3]
Nationalcaps 21
Nationalgoals 20
Nationalyears 31972
Nationalteam 3Romania
Nationalcaps 32
Nationalgoals 30
Manageryears 11989–1990
Managerclubs 1Rapid București

Ion "Popică" Pop (8 May 1947 – 8 December 2015) was a Romanian footballer who played as a right defender.[2][4][5] After he retired from playing football he worked for almost 30 years at Rapid București, mainly at the club's youth center where he taught and formed generations of players, which include Nicolae Stanciu and Nicolae Grigore.[4][5] His nephew, Mihai Iosif was also a footballer who played at Rapid București.[5]

International career

Pop played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Ola in a 4–2 away victory against Morocco.[6][7] His second game for the national team was a 2–2 against Peru and he also appeared once for Romania's Olympic team in a 3–2 loss against Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[3][6]

Honours

Player

Rapid Bucureşti

Manager

Rapid Bucureşti

Notes

  1. ^ The statistics for the 1977–78 Divizia B season are unavailable.[1]

References

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  2. ^ "Povestea lui Ion Pop, fostul nostru mare fundaş dreapta…" [The story of Ion Pop, our former great right defender…] (in Romanian). 1923.ro. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Ion Pop profile". 11v11. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Giuleștiul e din nou în doliu. A murit Ion Pop, fost căpitan și component al echipei care a câștigat primul titlu, în 1967. Cum l-a concediat Copos, deși câștiga 13 milioane de lei vechi pe lună" [Giulești is in mourning again. Ion Pop, former captain and member of the team that won the first title, died in 1967. How Copos fired him, even though he earned 13 million old lei per month] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Doliu în familia Rapidului. A încetat din viaţă Pop Ion" [Mourning in the Rapid family. Pop Ion passed away] (in Romanian). Telekomsport.ro. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Ion Pop". European Football. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Morocco - Romania 2:4". European Football. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1971 - 1972". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1974 - 1975". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 May 2020.