Cristian Popovici (born 13 February 1968) is a Romanian former professional

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and currently a

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. As a footballer Popovici played nine years for

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău (also known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or FCM Bacău) was a Romanian association football, football football team, club based in Bacău, Bacău County, Moldavia. Founded in 1950 a ...

, 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

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. After retirement, Popovici started his football manager career, being well known for coaching especially teams from

Bacău Bacău ( ; , ; ; ) is the main city in Bacău County, Romania. With a population of 136,087 (as of 2021 census), Bacău is the 14th largest city in Romania. The city is situated in the historical region of Moldavia, at the foothills of the ...

and

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such as:

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, SC Bacau,

FC Botoșani Asociația Fotbal Club Botoșani (), commonly known as FC Botoșani or simply Botoșani, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Botoșani, Botoșani County, that competes in the Liga I. In 2013, twelve years after being ...

or Foresta Suceava, the only interruptions consisting of two short spells at

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and Metaloglobus București.

Honours

Player

; FCM Bacău *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

: Winner 1994–95

Manager

; FC Botoșani *

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

: Winner

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; Aerostar Bacău *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: Winner 2017–18

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* Living people 1968 births Footballers from Bacău Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players FCM Bacău players Romanian football managers CS Aerostar Bacău managers FCM Bacău managers FC Botoșani managers ACS Foresta Suceava managers FC Metaloglobus București managers CS Știința Miroslava managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1960s-stub