Ion Pop

Ion Pop
Personal information
Date of birth (1947-05-08)8 May 1947
Place of birth Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death 8 December 2015(2015-12-08) (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 Apps (Gls)
1964 Flacăra Roșie București
1965 Petrolul Ploiești 1 (0)
1965–1967 Dinamo Pitești 34 (0)
1967–1978 Rapid București 276 (5)
Total 311 (5)
International career
1968–1969 Romania U23 2 (0)
1972 Romania Olympic 1 (0)
1972 Romania 2 (0)
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. 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. His nephew, Mihai Iosif was also a footballer who played at Rapid București.