Serhiy Popov
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov | ||
Date of birth | 22 April 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Makiivka, Ukrainian SSR | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989 | FC Novator Mariupol | 21 | (0) |
1990-91 | SKA Kyiv | 36 | (2) |
1991 | FC Nyva Vinnytsia | 24 | (7) |
1992-96 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 96 | (12) |
1996-97 | Zenit St. Petersburg | 38 | (2) |
1997-04 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 142 | (28) |
2004-06 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 31 | (2) |
International career | |||
1993-2003 | Ukraine | 54 | (5) |
Managerial career | |||
?-2008 | FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | ||
2008-2013 | Shakhtar U-21 Donetsk | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Popov (Ukrainian: Сергій Олександрович Попов; Russian: Серге́й Александрович Попов; born 22 April 1971 in Makiivka) is a former footballer from Ukraine. He is the highest scoring defender of the Ukraine national football team.
Popov is a graduate of the Donetsk sports school of Olympic reserve and started to compete at senior level at age of 17 playing for the Novator Mariupol (Zhdanov). After being drafted to the army, he defended colors of SKA Kiev and FC Nyva Vinnytsia in 1990-91.
After the fall of the Soviet Union Popov signed with Shakhtar Donetsk of the Ukrainian Premier League, with which he stayed until 2004. In the mid 90s he also spend couple of seasons for the Russian Zenit Saint Petersburg. Before retiring in 2006 Popov played for Metalurh Zaporizhia.
International career
The hard-nosed defender was also a regular member of the Ukraine national football team from 1993 to 2003, having appeared in 54 international matches and notching 5 goals.[1]
References
- ^ Arnhold, Matthias; Mamrud, Roberto (28 August 2009). "Ukraine - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
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External links
- Serhiy Popov at UAF and archived FFU page (in Ukrainian)
- Use dmy dates from September 2011
- 1971 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Makiivka
- Association football defenders
- Ukrainian footballers
- Ukraine international footballers
- FC CSKA Kyiv players
- FC Illichivets Mariupol players
- FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
- FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
- FC Metalurh Zaporizhya players
- Ukrainian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Russia
- Ukrainian Premier League players
- Russian Premier League players
- FC Nyva Vinnytsia players
- Ukrainian football defender stubs