Svetozar Popović

Svetozar Popović

Personal information
Date of birth	6 February 1902
Place of birth	Kragujevac,Kingdom of Serbia
Date of death	26 October 1985(1985-10-26)(aged 83)
Place of death	Belgrade,SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1918–1919	Soko Pro Roma
1919–1925	BSK Belgrade
1925–1927	Juventus București
1927–1929	Venus București
International career
1925	Romania	1	(0)
Managerial career
1937–1938	Yugoslavia
1939	Yugoslavia
1940–1941	Yugoslavia
1941	BSK Belgrade
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

SvetozarKikaPopović(Serbian Cyrillic:Светозар Поповић;6 February 1902 – 26 October 1985) was a Yugoslavia and Romania nationalfootballplayer and coach.

Biography

He began his playing career while being a refugee inRome,Italy, while theKingdom of Serbiawas fightingWorld War I.At the end of the war, he returned to Serbia and played withBSK Belgradeuntil 1925.Then, as an employee of the Commercial Bank Italia, he moved toBucharest,Romania. While still a bank employee, he continued to play football by playing withJuventus BucharestandVenus Bucharest.On 1 May 1925, he played one match for theRomania national teamasSvetozar Popovici,against Turkey.

After retiring, he became a coach. He coached BSK Belgrade in their1940 Mitropa Cupcampaign.He coached on three occasions theKingdom of Yugoslavia national football teambetween 1937 and 1941. He was technical director ofBSK Belgradeand later worked in the direction ofRed Star Belgrade,where he was one of the founders of the club.

Honours

BSK Belgrade

• Serbian Championship:1919–20,1920–21

Venus București

• Romanian Championship:1928–29