Svetozar Kika Popović (; 6 February 1902 – 26 October 1985) was a Yugoslavia and Romania national football player and coach.

Biography

He began his playing career while being a refugee in Rome, Italy, while the Kingdom of Serbia was fighting World War I. At the end of the war, he returned to Serbia and played with BSK Belgrade until 1925. Then, as an employee of the Commercial Bank Italia, he moved to Bucharest, Romania. While still a bank employee, he continued to play football by playing with Juventus Bucharest and Venus Bucharest. On 1 May 1925, he played one match for the Romania national team as Svetozar Popovici, against Turkey.

Svetozar Popović

After retiring, he became a coach. He coached BSK Belgrade in their 1940 Mitropa Cup campaign. He coached on three occasions the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national football team between 1937 and 1941. He was technical director of BSK Belgrade and later worked in the direction of Red Star Belgrade, where he was one of the founders of the club.

Svetozar Popović

Honours

BSK Belgrade

Serbian Championship: 1919–20, 1920–21

Venus București

Romanian Championship: 1928–29

References

1902 births

1985 deaths

Footballers from Kragujevac

Serbian men's footballers

Yugoslav men's footballers

Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers

Expatriate men's footballers in Italy

Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy

Romanian men's footballers

Romania men's international footballers

OFK Beograd players

FC Petrolul Ploiești players

FC Venus București players

Men's association football defenders

OFK Beograd managers

Serbian football managers

Yugoslav football managers

Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff

Svetozar Popović