Virgil Popescu
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1916 | ||
Place of birth |
Austro-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 1989 | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1938–1941 | Vojvodina | ||
1943–1944 | Juventus Bucharest | 7 | (0) |
1945–1948 | Partizan | 17 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1963–1964 | Rijeka | ||
1964–1965 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1965–1966 | Partizan (assistant) | ||
1966–1967 | St. Gallen | ||
1968–1970 | Morocco Olympic | ||
1970 | Wormatia Worms | ||
1970–1972 |
KAC Kénitra | ||
1972–1973 | JSK Kabylie | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Virgil Popescu (1916–1989) was a Romanian footballer and later coach. In Yugoslavia, he was known as Stanislav Popesku.
Career
He was born in 1916 during the
The
He fought the Germans, and at the end of the war, in 1945, he was among the founders of Belgrade-based FK Partizan which became one of the major powers of Yugoslav football.[8] His passion for Serbia was such that he adopted a Serbian name, Stanislav.[1] He played with Partizan in the Yugoslav First League for two seasons. He played a total of 65 matches and scored once for Partizan, of which 17 matches were in the league.[9] Earlier, he played with SAP Vojvodina in the 1945 Yugoslav Football Tournament.[10] With Partizan he won the first Yugoslav post-World War II championship.
He later became a coach.
Honours
Player
- Vojvodina
- Novi Sad subassociation league: 1939, 1940
- Partizan
Manager
- Legia Warsaw
- Polish Cup: 1964
- JS Kabylie
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Popescu, românul care a fondat Partizan Belgrad, by Catalin Oprisan taken from Gazeta Sporturilor, 27-2-2011, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Romanian)
- ^ Gabriel Enache nu e primul jucător român care semnează cu Partizan! Gazeta vă prezintă povestea lui Virgil Popescu: fost fundaș la Juventus și fondator al clubului sârb at gsp.ro, 20-6-2018 (in Romanian)
- ^ Na današnji dan - Velika pobeda nad Segedom at fkvojvodina.com, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ 1938/39 FK Vojvodina season at fkvojvodina.com
- ^ 1940/41 FK Vojvodina season at fkvojvodina.com
- ^ 1939/40 FK Vojvodina season at fkvojvodina.com
- ^ Povestea lui Virgil Popescu, romanul de la Legia, prietenul lui Flamaropol si Oana! at A1.ro, 9-8-2013, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Romanian)
- ^ Istorija kluba FK Partizan at partizan.rs, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ FK Partizan all-time players, Popesku #819 at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 3-1-2014
- ^ 1945 Yugoslav season at Ligaški vremeplov, at hrsport.net
- ^ Pamtim naslov: "Konac delo – Karasi" at Politika, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ 1963/64 NK Rijeka season at HNK Rijeka official website, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Croatian)
- ^ Beše to jedne majske noći na Hejselu at FK Partizan official website, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Serbian)
- ^ Trenerzy Legii Warszawa at Legia Warsaw official website, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in Polish)
- ^ Trainers Wormatia Worms at wormatia.de, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in German)
- ^ Entraîneurs KAC de Kénitra at Kacfoot.ma, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in French)
- ^ Championne d'Algérie at carfootal.dz, retrieved 3-1-2014 (in French)