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Dmitri Popov

Dmitri Popov

Russian retired footballer (born 1967)

For other people named Dmitri Popov, see Dmitri Popov (disambiguation).

Dmitri Lvovich Popov (Russian: Дмитрий Львович Попов; born 27 February 1967) is a Russian football official and a former player who played as a left midfielder.

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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.

Honours

References

  1. [1]
    "Desde Rusia con amor" [From Russia with love] (in Spanish). Fútbol de Primera. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    Arnhold, Matthias (12 March 2015). "Dmitriy Lvovich Popov – International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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