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 BacÃÂu, being an important member of the team that beat Steaua BucureÃÂti 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 BacÃÂu and Moldavia such as: Aerostar BacÃÂu, FCM BacÃÂu, SC Bacau, FC BotoÃÂani or Foresta Suceava, the only interruptions consisting of two short spells at Dinamo II BucureÃÂti and Metaloglobus BucureÃÂti.