Viktor Popov
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viktor Nikolaev Popov | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Varna, Bulgaria | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cherno More | ||
| Number | 6 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2019 | Cherno More | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019– | Cherno More | 146 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | Bulgaria U19 | 4 | (0) |
| 2019–2022 | Bulgaria U21 | 18 | (0) |
| 2019– | Bulgaria | 15 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:11, 14 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19:00, 25 March 2024 (UTC) | |||
Viktor Nikolaev Popov (Bulgarian: Виктор Николаев Попов; born 5 March 2000) is a Bulgarian professional footballer[2] who plays as a right-back for Cherno More Varna and the Bulgaria national team.
Born and raised in Varna, Popov joined Cherno More's academy in 2010. He made his senior debut in May 2019, aged 19. Popov has also represented Bulgaria at various youth levels and made his senior debut in November 2019.
Career[edit]
Popov made his first team debut for Cherno More in a 1–0 home win against Botev Plovdiv on 18 May 2019, playing full 90 minutes.[3] Ten days later he signed his first professional contract with the club.[4] On 10 July 2022, he scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 away win over Lokomotiv Sofia in the opening game of the 2022–23 season.
International career[edit]
On 14 November 2019, he earned his first cap for Bulgaria, coming on as a late second half substitute for Strahil Popov in the 0–1 home loss against Paraguay in a friendly match.[5]
Career statistics[edit]
Club[edit]
As of 8 October 2023[update]
| Club | League | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Cherno More | First League | 2018–19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 0 | ||||
| 2020–21 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1[a] | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 31 | 0 | ||||
| 2022–23 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Career statistics | 131 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 141 | 1 | ||
- ^ Europa League play-off
International[edit]
- As of match played 25 March 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 2019 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 0 | |
References[edit]
- ^ "Профил на Виктор Николаев Попов" (in Bulgarian). fpleague.bg. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ "Bulgarian squad announced". Macedonian Football. 2022-05-28. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
- ^ "Черно море излезе пети след победа над Ботев. Младок направи силен дебют" (in Bulgarian). arenavarna.com. 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Черно море подписа с двама свои юноши" (in Bulgarian). chernomorepfc.bg. 28 May 2019.
- ^ Vutov, Viktor (14 November 2019). "България загуби с 0:1 Парагвай". topsport.bg. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
External links[edit]
- Viktor Popov at Soccerway
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- Living people
- 2000 births
- Bulgarian men's footballers
- Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
- Bulgaria men's international footballers
- PFC Cherno More Varna players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- Men's association football defenders
- Footballers from Varna, Bulgaria
- Bulgarian football defender stubs