Robert Popov

Robert Popov
Personal information
Full name	Robert Popov; Роберт Попов
Date of birth	16 April 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth	Strumica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1993–2000	Belasica
Senior career*
Years	Team
2000–2003	Belasica
2003–2008	Litex Lovech
2008–2010	AJ Auxerre
2008–2010	AJ Auxerre B
2011–2012	Kriens
2012–2015	Wettswil-Bonstetten
2015–2016	FC Birmensdorf
International career
2001–2009	Macedonia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2014

Robert Popov (Macedonian: Роберт Попов; born 16 April 1982 in Strumica) is a retired footballer from North Macedonia.

Club career

Robert is a right defender or defensive midfielder. He started his career with FK Belasica. In 2003 Popov signed with Litex Lovech for a fee of 200.000 €. In May 2004 he helped them win the Bulgarian Cup. In January 2008 Robert Popov signed with AJ Auxerre. Popov had a serious injury while at Auxerre but when he recovered, he did not play much so both Popov and the club mutually agreed to terminate his contract in the summer of 2010.

International career

He made his senior debut for Macedonia in a July 2001 friendly match against Qatar and has earned a total of 17 caps, scoring no goals.^[1] His final international was a November 2009 friendly against Iran.^[2]

Personal life

He is the older brother of former national team leftback Goran Popov.

References

^ Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF
^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

External links

Robert Popov at National-Football-Teams.com
Profile at MacedonianFootball.com (in English)

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[1] Appearances for (North) Macedonia National Team - RSSSF

[2] "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 3 March 2020.

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