| Ion Pop | |
| Birth Date: | 8 May 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania |
| Height: | 1.71 m |
| Position: | Right defender |
| Youthyears1: | 1960–1961 |
| Youthclubs1: | Victoria București |
| Youthyears2: | 1961–1964 |
| Youthclubs2: | Flacăra Roșie București |
| Years1: | 1964 |
| Clubs1: | Flacăra Roșie București |
| Years2: | 1965 |
| Caps2: | 1 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1965–1967 |
| Caps3: | 34 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1967–1978 |
| Caps4: | 276 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Totalcaps: | 311 |
| Totalgoals: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1968–1969 |
| Nationalteam1: | Romania U23[1] |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1972 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 1972 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 1989–1990 |
| Managerclubs1: | Rapid București |
Ion Pop (8 May 1947 – 8 December 2015) was a Romanian footballer who played as a right defender.[2] [3] [4] After he retired from playing football he worked for almost 30 years at Rapid București, mainly at the team's youth center where he taught and formed generations of players, which include Nicolae Stanciu and Nicolae Grigore.[3] [4] His nephew, Mihai Iosif was also a footballer who played at Rapid București.[4]
Ion Pop played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Ola in a 4–2 away victory against Morocco.[5] [6] His second game for the national team was a 2–2 against Peru and he also appeared once for Romania's Olympic team in a 3–2 loss against Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics qualifiers.[1] [5]
Rapid Bucureşti
1971–72, 1974–75, runner-up 1967–68[7] [8] [3]
Rapid Bucureşti
1989–90