Ion Pop

Ion Pop
	Pop with Rapid in 1970
Personal information
Date of birth	8 May 1947
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	8 December 2015 (aged 68)
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position	Right back
Youth career
1960–1961	Victoria București
1961–1964	Flacăra Roșie București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1964–1965	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 "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]

Date of birth 8 May 1947^[1]

Place of birth Bucharest, Romania^[1]

Date of death 8 December 2015 (aged 68)^[1]

Place of death Bucharest, Romania^[2]

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Personal information
Pop with Rapid in 1970
Date of birth	(1947-05-08)8 May 1947^[1]
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania^[1]
Date of death	8 December 2015(2015-12-08) (aged 68)^[1]
Place of death	Bucharest, Romania^[2]
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)^[1]
Position	Right back^[2]
Youth career
1960–1961	Victoria București
1961–1964	Flacăra Roșie București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1964–1965	Petrolul Ploiești	1	(0)
1965–1967	Dinamo Pitești	34	(0)
1967–1978	Rapid București^[a]	276	(5)
Total		311	(5)
International career
1968–1969	Romania U23^[3]	2	(0)
1972	Romania Olympic^[3]	1	(0)
1972	Romania	2	(0)
Managerial career
1989–1990	Rapid București
* Club domestic league appearances and goals