Octavian Popescu

Born 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. Popescu next moved to Turkey to join Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. 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. Following the end of his playing career, Popescu managed several clubs in Romania and Turkey including Eskişehirspor, 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, Malatyaspor, and Offenburger FV in 1991. In 2014, Popescu was among the candidates for the Romanian FA presidency.

Player

Dinamo București

Divizia A (2): 1963–64, 1964–65 Cupa României: 1963–64