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


Biography

He began his playing career while being a refugee in
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, Italy, while the
Kingdom of Serbia The Kingdom of Serbia was a country located in the Balkans which was created when the ruler of the Principality of Serbia, Milan I of Serbia, Milan I, was proclaimed king in 1882. Since 1817, the Principality was ruled by the Obrenović dynast ...
was fighting
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. 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 Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...
, Romania. While still a bank employee, he continued to play football by playing with Juventus Bucharest and Venus Bucharest."Bsk - Jugoslavija, Sećanja Na Prvi Beogradski Večiti Derbi"
by Živko M. Bojanić, pag. 183
On 1 May 1925, he played one match for the Romania national team as ''Svetozar Popovici'', against Turkey. 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 Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...
, where he was one of the founders of the club.Svetozar Popović
vesti-online.com


Honours

;BSK Belgrade * Serbian Championship: 1919–20, 1920–21 ;Venus București * Romanian Championship: 1928–29


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Popovic, Svetozar 1902 births 1985 deaths Footballers from Kragujevac Men's association football defenders Serbian men's footballers Yugoslav men's footballers Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers OFK Beograd players FC Petrolul Ploiești players FC Venus București players Yugoslav expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy Yugoslav football managers Yugoslavia national football team managers OFK Beograd managers Red Star Belgrade non-playing staff 20th-century Romanian sportsmen