Dmitri Popov

Dmitri Popov
Personal information
Full name	Dmitri Lvovich Popov
Date of birth	27 February 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Yaroslavl, Soviet Union
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
	FC Shinnik
Senior career*
Years	Team
1984–1989	FC Shinnik
1989–1993	Spartak Moscow
1993–1996	Racing Santander
1996–1999	Compostela
1999	Toledo
2000	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Total
International career
1992–1998	Russia
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dmitri Lvovich Popov (Russian: Дмитрий Львович Попов; born 27 February 1967) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a left midfielder, and the current director of football of FC Spartak Moscow.

Football career

Popov was born in Yaroslavl, Soviet Union. He started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow.

In 1993, Popov moved to Spain alongside teammate Dmitri Radchenko, and would spend there the following six-and-a-half years, with Racing de Santander (in the 1995–96 season, he teamed up there with compatriot Ilshat Faizulin^[1]), SD Compostela and CD Toledo. In January 2000 he joined Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, retiring at the end of the campaign.

Popov returned to Spartak Moscow in 2008, as its director of football. He obtained 21 caps and scored four goals for the Russian national team, and was part of the national squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.^[2] In 2009 he played in the national senior XI that won the Legends Cup.

^ "Desde Rusia con amor" (in Spanish). Fútbol de Primera. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ Arnhold, Matthias (12 March 2015). "Dmitriy Lvovich Popov – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 March 2015.