Dmitri Popov
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dmitri Lvovich Popov | ||
| Date of birth | 27 February 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Yaroslavl, Soviet Union | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FC Shinnik | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1984–1989 | FC Shinnik | 129 | (11) |
| 1989–1993 | Spartak Moscow | 78 | (7) |
| 1993–1996 | Racing Santander | 98 | (21) |
| 1996–1999 | Compostela | 76 | (4) |
| 1999 | Toledo | 6 | (0) |
| 2000 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 4 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1998 | Russia | 21 | (4) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Dmitri Lvovich Popov (Russian: Дмитрий Львович Попов; born 27 February 1967 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian retired footballer who played as a left midfielder. He is currently the director of sports for FC Spartak Moscow.
Football career
Popov started playing professionally at local FC Shinnik Yaroslavl, then signed with country giants FC Spartak Moscow.
In 1993, he moved to Spain alongside teammate Dmitri Radchenko, and would spend there the following six 1/2 years, with Racing de Santander (in 1995–96, he teamed up there with compatriot Ilshat Faizulin), SD Compostela and CD Toledo. In January 2000, he joined Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv FC, retiring at the end of the season.
Popov returned to Spartak Moscow in 2008, as its director of football. He obtained 21 caps and scored four goals for the Russia national football team, and was part of the national squad at the 1994 FIFA World Cup. In 2009, he played in the national team that won the Legends Cup.
Honours
- Soviet League: 1989, runner-up 1991
- Soviet Cup: 1992
- Russian League: 1992, 1993
External links
- RussiaTeam biography and profile (Russian)
- BDFutbol profile
- Dmitri Popov at National-Football-Teams.com
- International appearances, at RSSSF
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