Cristian Popovici

Cristian Popovici

Personal information
Full name	Cristian Daniel Popovici
Date of birth	(1968-02-13) 13 February 1968 (age 56)[1]
Place of birth	Bacău, Romania
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Știința Miroslava (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–2002	FCM Bacău
Managerial career
2002–2004	Aerostar Bacău
2004–2007	FCM Bacău
2008	FCM Bacău
2010–2011	Botoșani
2011	SC Bacau
2012	Dinamo II București
2012	FCM Bacău
2012–2013	Botoșani
2014–2016	SC Bacău
2016–2017	Foresta Suceava
2017–2018	Aerostar Bacău
2018–2019	Metaloglobus București
2019–2021	Știința Miroslava
2021–2022	Dante Botoșani
2022–2024	CSM Bacău
2024–	Știința Miroslava
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Popovici (born 13 February 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer and currently a manager. As a footballer Popovici played nine years for FCM Bacău, being an important member of the team that beat Steaua București with 5-1 right on the Steaua Stadium and also had appearances in European competitions as UEFA Cup or UEFA Intertoto Cup.[2] After retirement, Popovici started his football manager career, being well known for coaching especially teams from Bacău and Moldavia such as: Aerostar Bacău, FCM Bacău, SC Bacau, FC Botoșani or Foresta Suceava, the only interruptions consisting of two short spells at Dinamo II București and Metaloglobus București.

Honours

Player

FCM Bacău

• Divizia B: Winner 1994–95

Manager

FC Botoșani

• Liga II: Winner 2012–13

Aerostar Bacău

• Liga III: Winner 2017–18

References

1. "CRISTIAN POPOVICI – Antrenorul care i-a făcut pe români să privească în sus, spre Botoșani!" [CRISTIAN POPOVICI – The coach who made the Romanians look up to Botoşani!]. stiri.botosani.ro. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
2. "Bomba campionatului. Atunci si acum" [Championship's bomb. Then and now]. desteptarea.ro. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.

External links

• Cristian Popovici at Soccerway