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. 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

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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

Cristian Popovici