Octavian Popescu (born 25 April 1938) is a Romanian former footballer and coach known in Germany and Turkey as Popi or Pope.

[2] Born in Bucharest, Popescu started playing football for FC Rapid București.

He joined Ştiinţa Cluj before moving to FC Dinamo București, where he won the league title twice with the club.

He also played for CS Jiul Petroşani before returning to FC Rapid București in 1968.

[4][5] Following the end of his playing career, Popescu managed several clubs in Romania and Turkey including Eskişehirspor,[6] and the Romania Olympic team before he moved to West Germany, where he studied at the Sports Academy of Cologne which is now called the Hennes Weisweiler Academy.