Ion Pop

Ion Pop
Personal information
Date of birth	8 May 1947
Place of birth	Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death	8 December 2015 (aged 68)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right defender
Youth career
1960–1961	Victoria București
1961–1964	Flacăra Roșie București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964	Flacăra Roșie București
1965	Petrolul Ploiești
1965–1967	Dinamo Pitești
1967–1978	Rapid București
Total
International career
1968–1969	Romania U23
1972	Romania Olympic
1972	Romania
Managerial career
1989–1990	Rapid București
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ion 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 team'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

Ion 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]

Rapid Bucureşti

Rapid Bucureşti

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Ion Pop at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Ion Pop profile". 11v11. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ion Pop". European Football. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "Morocco - Romania 2:4". European Football. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1971 - 1972". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^ "Romanian Cup - Season 1974 - 1975". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 May 2020.

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